Some think differently that they speak differently. The way one speaks is eloquently underscored by the way he feels about the society. Concomitantly, the way you posit your viewpoints, the same manner, the society finds a place for you.
If you cast a glimpse of him, he cuts the image of pietical hypocrisy. You may never imagine his attitude, which to many, is considered nettlesome, can be so hidden under his poker face. WS must have had people like him in mind when he says "appearance can be deceptive". A lawyer he is that should have constitution of the land and all that has to do with it as his guide, but neither cooperative nor constitutive, yet he still needs to be guided by the journalists in the studio on how to interpret the constitution guiding the filing of a case. He alluded to Dapo Abiodun case and he was immediately showed the difference in the merits of the two isolated cases. Shittu claimed to be a graduate with no NYSC certificate to boot, the former only tendered his O level result. The minimum required by law. Ours is a Barrister in a Barista. His approach is not only minimalist but oblique.
He said, he was smarting from the loss of his party in the last governorship elections, but refused to tell us how he could not save his "megida" from receiving same treatment in the last presidential election even in his homestead? Our man "ministering" to us about those people who are not very good to us, to borrow Marcus Aurelius, "never begin to show us example of how to live according to nature".
St Thomas Aquinas reminds us about politics as putting all that is needful for a civilized life, but we have self acclaimed political leaders positing contrary views. They manifest the uncultured aspect of politics. Like a salt calling snow white, the one that interrupted the serenity of the A -rated weekend delight of the listeners in the SW political circuit earlier today stormed the program like an angry northern storm that throws up huge waves to disrupt the stillness of a fine setting. He entered with loads of claptrap which even the gentlemen in the studio found to be unsettling.
He called a leader of the party "ignorant" but failed to show us the divine wisdom, or the shared moral values that separates the wise from the "ignorant".
He spoke on phone with unmistakable air of arrogance. Will he be given another chance as a Minister? Rather than using the opportunity provided to list out some merits of his administration and why he so deserves to be reappointed, he started prating about the "president not being a drunken bull". He unmasked an ignoble instincts that made his communication empire he superintends a clay footed giant that it is. He forgets to know that fortune can be a pretender. She pretends to be nice to those she wants to cheat. Those who she has given a first opportunity to prove their mettles, she will surely teach how not to search for a second one to create a first impression. Our man is a victim waiting to be had!
He said, somebody held his party on it's jugular and like a wild predator stifled it of much needed air to survive. The wise journalists asked him why he played a proverbial "Nero" when his own Rome was on fire, his rationality fled and couldn't answer right.
The Minister should have learnt by now that when on air, one should be ruled by decorum and be less combative. Some words that are horrible to the hearing are not permissible on air. Calling a sitting governor "predator" is one.
He should get a copy of image concept written by Water Lipman to learn more about image flow and how to control certain stimuli as a lengthened shadow of an organization. He who lives in a glass house should not, in his own case, should stop throwing stones.
We are eagerly waiting for him next Saturday God's willing.
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