All right,
@World @yasmeen
It is I, and not they; let us go by that which I say, not what others might say, or have said. Let us set parameters for own sanity, and if unclear, do ask, instead of assuming:
a) On a scale of 1 - 10, how familiar are you with the history of ardu Somal?
b) Have you visited ardu Somal in the last 10 years?
c) Who is the 'they', some of you are referring to?
@yasmeen
Now, what extremely unreasonable things have I said? Try to be as objective as you could.
Postscript:
For the record:
a) The death and destruction that which befell the nation, and continues to beset, was the
legacy of the tyrannical regime,
b) I do not consider the current state 'good', nor desirable, nor worse than that of the 80s, judging from recorded historical events, if anything I consider it better than then. In the country as a whole, measurable factors to consider include health, education, clean water, number of schools, colleges, and universities, and students; social ills, degeneracy, debauchery, licensed violence etc.
c) I do not consider a tyrannical regime, subjugating its citizenry, operating in a single city, of 20 miles, a gov't by or of itself, if anything, it was a brutal mafia outfit comprising various groups, and whilst it utilised tribalism as means to realise its goals, its leadership was of, and from all clans,
d) I do not consider lack of just, functional gov't a desirable state, nor do I consider a bad gov't a suitable alternative,
e) Working towards the attainment of a representative gov't is the goal, and if doing so entails struggling, I'd rather that than the alternative.
Over to youS.