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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Aye..!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Could someone please aver what the furor was all about on this list when systems failed at IEBC last week. I thought it was so that<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>we could address systemic issues in that part of the election process..? Please someone correct me, but I seem to be settling on<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>this conclusion that we collectively only raise hue and cry when the system(s) are perceived to be working against “us”, or not in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“our” interests – whichever side of divide each one of us sits. Once they serve ‘our’ interests, we quickly move on.. So where is <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>posterity in all this..? A pattern emerges where well calculated intellectual arguments everywhere nowadays, that thinly veil and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>mask the real motives in us. We completely bury our heads in the ground and deny that we have deeply rooted issues that stem<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>from tribe, class etc and as a result, we are caught up in this vicious cycle that we cannot seem to free ourselves from and which <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>clouds our entire vision as a nation. Who will free us, if we do not take initiative ourselves..? How and when will we as a nation <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>confront this ‘monster’ head on, by first of all acknowledging it exists. Then moving to deal with it. Can this list be at the forefront <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of it..?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If so, let’s start now..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Harry<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>