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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by Serray</title>
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		<dc:creator>Serray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mohamoud,

Try to hung out with christian highlanders to understand how they feel about ali salim.  You know, the neo-nazis and land grabers.  Sometimes i am amazed we share a planet let alone a country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mohamoud,</p>
<p>Try to hung out with christian highlanders to understand how they feel about ali salim.  You know, the neo-nazis and land grabers.  Sometimes i am amazed we share a planet let alone a country.</p>
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		<title>Comment on On Semere Tesfai’s Disagreeable Thoughts by Kokhob Selam</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/on-semere-tesfais-disagreeable-thoughts/#comment-9401</link>
		<dc:creator>Kokhob Selam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you very much. people like semere should not get chance to victimize our people. In here let me even complain against Awate as they are not suppose to give place for such type of people who want  to burn our common field. democracy is only as far as you don&#039;t cross the border and deny the right of others. once again thank you Said Sabir.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you very much. people like semere should not get chance to victimize our people. In here let me even complain against Awate as they are not suppose to give place for such type of people who want  to burn our common field. democracy is only as far as you don&#8217;t cross the border and deny the right of others. once again thank you Said Sabir.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by b'Alti W'qatto Arwe (As in a girl with a dragon tattoo).</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/the-ethiopian-roar-and-the-weary-eyes-of-eritrean-mothers-p-ii/#comment-9400</link>
		<dc:creator>b'Alti W'qatto Arwe (As in a girl with a dragon tattoo).</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Serray,

I am not sure if you said it for lack of a better word but I am not infatuated with Meles. But obviously I reserve the right to have my own reflection about his leadership and his legacy in his political life. Opining on a leader&#039;s character, integrity, political will and vision is not &quot;sticking your nose in somebody else&#039;s business.&quot; Of course, it is your prerogative to bash Meles or elevate him on a pedestal but if truth is to be told he has done far more better things to or for his country than his predecessors. And of course, he has been good to us Eritreans as well. 

His own fellow men and women might have an issue with him or resent him the fact that he doesn&#039;t hail from the real deal Amhara blood line or enclave but again any person should be judged and calibrated by the ideals he stands for and the kind of enduring legacy he leaves behind for generations to come. And which ever way one tries to upend the present reality in Ethiopia, the man has done great things for his people. I say this not because I go on vacation to Ethiopia and meet with him as you seem to wildly insinuate (I have never met him even though I wish I could meet him) but I say it for I was brought up to be truthful to myself. 

As for the deportation of Eritreans of an Ethiopian origin, I sure don&#039;t blame you for you were terribly taken over by the new found freedom back then where everything and anything lost any meaning including the inhuman treatment of those people as Isaias once condescendingly put it, &quot;People who lack the etiquette of using a fork and a spoon to eat Pasta.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Serray,</p>
<p>I am not sure if you said it for lack of a better word but I am not infatuated with Meles. But obviously I reserve the right to have my own reflection about his leadership and his legacy in his political life. Opining on a leader&#8217;s character, integrity, political will and vision is not &#8220;sticking your nose in somebody else&#8217;s business.&#8221; Of course, it is your prerogative to bash Meles or elevate him on a pedestal but if truth is to be told he has done far more better things to or for his country than his predecessors. And of course, he has been good to us Eritreans as well. </p>
<p>His own fellow men and women might have an issue with him or resent him the fact that he doesn&#8217;t hail from the real deal Amhara blood line or enclave but again any person should be judged and calibrated by the ideals he stands for and the kind of enduring legacy he leaves behind for generations to come. And which ever way one tries to upend the present reality in Ethiopia, the man has done great things for his people. I say this not because I go on vacation to Ethiopia and meet with him as you seem to wildly insinuate (I have never met him even though I wish I could meet him) but I say it for I was brought up to be truthful to myself. </p>
<p>As for the deportation of Eritreans of an Ethiopian origin, I sure don&#8217;t blame you for you were terribly taken over by the new found freedom back then where everything and anything lost any meaning including the inhuman treatment of those people as Isaias once condescendingly put it, &#8220;People who lack the etiquette of using a fork and a spoon to eat Pasta.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by Aklilu Zere</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/the-ethiopian-roar-and-the-weary-eyes-of-eritrean-mothers-p-ii/#comment-9394</link>
		<dc:creator>Aklilu Zere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Mr. Tesfay:

As a writer do you know your mindset; your personality; your soul is encoded in what you write? As I read your article, I noticed that you have regressed to your lowest point and that did not amaze me. What amazed me was that you took your &quot;readers&quot; as simpletons who simply sponge what ever you present them.
You are wrong because you are blinded by a psychological condition called fixation. What started as fixation has progressed to pure hatred and you sound consummed by it. But the worst aspect of it is you used the largese of this venerable website to disemminate and infect others with your ailment.

Your articles are nothing but hate literature and they clearly reflect your tendency: you are a far right extremist and as a matter of truth far right than that of the dictator himself. I will not dare call you a Christian or highlander extremist eventhough that&#039;s what you wish to be called deep down in your crenium. Christianity just like Islam teaches Love and not hatred. Nevertheless you have chosen to become an inquisitor and you have clearly and unequivocally chosen your victims.

What did our Moslem fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and children did to you? I shall not wait for your answer because I know: they did nothing wrong against you. You became who you are on your own volution.

Dear Sir:

Self interest is a very strong motive force for human beings and as I analysed your thoughts (and not merely your woven words, idioms, syntaxes , underlines, bold letters like some did) I suspect there is an omnious vision you want to espouse. Could that be power? Do you have aspiration to become the next dictator? Is what you write a signal to the rifraf who want to preserve the status quo and that is  to continue supressing the people and pilaging the land?

If that is what you dream you will never achieve your dream and you will be remembered as our Rip Van Winkle. It is a Twenty First century and do not fool youself. Eritrean people are smarter than what you consider them to be.

At the end of your hate literature you wrote &quot;..Time permitting, The Ethiopian Roar… P. III will argue about – a lasting solution to the Ethio-Eritrean political problem.

Who dou think you are to present a lasting solution? You have already soiled your view and you still believe you are capable to present a credible solution?

Not long time ago you wrote that you joined ELF at a tender age of 16. I am sad to say that even though you physicaly aged your thinking have frozen at 16. I could visualize that you were briliant young boy with potential to grow but you had Bad Mentors.

I deeply apologize for my harsh comment.

Regards,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Mr. Tesfay:</p>
<p>As a writer do you know your mindset; your personality; your soul is encoded in what you write? As I read your article, I noticed that you have regressed to your lowest point and that did not amaze me. What amazed me was that you took your &#8220;readers&#8221; as simpletons who simply sponge what ever you present them.<br />
You are wrong because you are blinded by a psychological condition called fixation. What started as fixation has progressed to pure hatred and you sound consummed by it. But the worst aspect of it is you used the largese of this venerable website to disemminate and infect others with your ailment.</p>
<p>Your articles are nothing but hate literature and they clearly reflect your tendency: you are a far right extremist and as a matter of truth far right than that of the dictator himself. I will not dare call you a Christian or highlander extremist eventhough that&#8217;s what you wish to be called deep down in your crenium. Christianity just like Islam teaches Love and not hatred. Nevertheless you have chosen to become an inquisitor and you have clearly and unequivocally chosen your victims.</p>
<p>What did our Moslem fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and children did to you? I shall not wait for your answer because I know: they did nothing wrong against you. You became who you are on your own volution.</p>
<p>Dear Sir:</p>
<p>Self interest is a very strong motive force for human beings and as I analysed your thoughts (and not merely your woven words, idioms, syntaxes , underlines, bold letters like some did) I suspect there is an omnious vision you want to espouse. Could that be power? Do you have aspiration to become the next dictator? Is what you write a signal to the rifraf who want to preserve the status quo and that is  to continue supressing the people and pilaging the land?</p>
<p>If that is what you dream you will never achieve your dream and you will be remembered as our Rip Van Winkle. It is a Twenty First century and do not fool youself. Eritrean people are smarter than what you consider them to be.</p>
<p>At the end of your hate literature you wrote &#8220;..Time permitting, The Ethiopian Roar… P. III will argue about – a lasting solution to the Ethio-Eritrean political problem.</p>
<p>Who dou think you are to present a lasting solution? You have already soiled your view and you still believe you are capable to present a credible solution?</p>
<p>Not long time ago you wrote that you joined ELF at a tender age of 16. I am sad to say that even though you physicaly aged your thinking have frozen at 16. I could visualize that you were briliant young boy with potential to grow but you had Bad Mentors.</p>
<p>I deeply apologize for my harsh comment.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by Serray</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/the-ethiopian-roar-and-the-weary-eyes-of-eritrean-mothers-p-ii/#comment-9391</link>
		<dc:creator>Serray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>B&#039;ali weqto,

There is something to be taken from semere&#039;s piece.  You have to finish reading it first.  About meles, I was responding to your &quot;he is the only leader...who has a good heart for Eritreans&quot; comment.

  I don&#039;t do two things: I don&#039;t apologize for others and I don&#039;t forgive for others.  Let those who are looted and deported do so.   You seem to be infatuated with meles...he is &quot;engaged with improving the livelihood of his people&quot;?  Leave that to the ethiopians, poking your nose in other country&#039;s business works both ways.  There are many ethiopians who disagree with you.   I hated it when my ethiopian friends were praising Isaias for standing up to the west ... when they were infatuated with him a couple of years ago.

There are many things I fault Isais, deporting the occupying Ethiopian army is not one of them.  The deportation of eritreans of ethiopian origin in 1991, where did you get that?  Don&#039;t get me wrong, it is possible.   It is weird, though, this is the first time i heard it from an eritrean.  Like I said, no eritrean should apologize for that, not now.  

Guys, you really don&#039;t have to sing meles&#039;s praise to vacation or have a meeting in ethiopia.  I think they are better than that.  

Amanuel, you must be kidding?  Yes to what?  To Meles is good, isais is bad.   To meles is the only leader who has good heart for eritreans?  Come on...I don&#039; think he is pure evil but I draw the line somewhere.  What&#039;s with this clap trap you guys seem to suffer recently?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>B&#8217;ali weqto,</p>
<p>There is something to be taken from semere&#8217;s piece.  You have to finish reading it first.  About meles, I was responding to your &#8220;he is the only leader&#8230;who has a good heart for Eritreans&#8221; comment.</p>
<p>  I don&#8217;t do two things: I don&#8217;t apologize for others and I don&#8217;t forgive for others.  Let those who are looted and deported do so.   You seem to be infatuated with meles&#8230;he is &#8220;engaged with improving the livelihood of his people&#8221;?  Leave that to the ethiopians, poking your nose in other country&#8217;s business works both ways.  There are many ethiopians who disagree with you.   I hated it when my ethiopian friends were praising Isaias for standing up to the west &#8230; when they were infatuated with him a couple of years ago.</p>
<p>There are many things I fault Isais, deporting the occupying Ethiopian army is not one of them.  The deportation of eritreans of ethiopian origin in 1991, where did you get that?  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, it is possible.   It is weird, though, this is the first time i heard it from an eritrean.  Like I said, no eritrean should apologize for that, not now.  </p>
<p>Guys, you really don&#8217;t have to sing meles&#8217;s praise to vacation or have a meeting in ethiopia.  I think they are better than that.  </p>
<p>Amanuel, you must be kidding?  Yes to what?  To Meles is good, isais is bad.   To meles is the only leader who has good heart for eritreans?  Come on&#8230;I don&#8217; think he is pure evil but I draw the line somewhere.  What&#8217;s with this clap trap you guys seem to suffer recently?</p>
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		<title>Comment on A Response To Hailemariam Tesfay: “Ich verstehe nur noch Bahnhof” by Hailemariam</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/a-response-to-hailemariam-tesfay-article-ich-verstehe-nur-noch-bahnhof/#comment-9386</link>
		<dc:creator>Hailemariam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Selam Metkel, The reason I responded to Gadi&#039;s article was simple. My name was mentioned in the article in conjunction to an event during which I was asked to meet the North America delegation. My response was written independently, and I represented myself alone and not ENCDC or its leadership. Besides .....no one should ask you to volunteer and write in this forum. You can join on your own free will; Like yourself ...did anyone ask you to respond on his/her behalf? I don&#039;t think so!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Selam Metkel, The reason I responded to Gadi&#8217;s article was simple. My name was mentioned in the article in conjunction to an event during which I was asked to meet the North America delegation. My response was written independently, and I represented myself alone and not ENCDC or its leadership. Besides &#8230;..no one should ask you to volunteer and write in this forum. You can join on your own free will; Like yourself &#8230;did anyone ask you to respond on his/her behalf? I don&#8217;t think so!</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by Tedros Haile</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/the-ethiopian-roar-and-the-weary-eyes-of-eritrean-mothers-p-ii/#comment-9384</link>
		<dc:creator>Tedros Haile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>phew! I don&#039;t think; I am the first to say this, but I never completed reading any article most of the time. The strange thing about this narrative as much as the narrator: you wouldn&#039;t know where he is getting at! Often when I read onERi-politics&quot; it is monotones, full of self-help igniters, and it  only takes two line to know the  lift from the right, but on this: it is a dogie , tightrope walking of the circus show, with artful footwork on football pitch, he is a diver, he is a hot iron-ball juggler, and yet never drops any of them. he give us, a clean cut, nicely trimmed- vivid approach in his analysis and objectivity....well-done!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>phew! I don&#039;t think; I am the first to say this, but I never completed reading any article most of the time. The strange thing about this narrative as much as the narrator: you wouldn&#039;t know where he is getting at! Often when I read onERi-politics&quot; it is monotones, full of self-help igniters, and it  only takes two line to know the  lift from the right, but on this: it is a dogie , tightrope walking of the circus show, with artful footwork on football pitch, he is a diver, he is a hot iron-ball juggler, and yet never drops any of them. he give us, a clean cut, nicely trimmed- vivid approach in his analysis and objectivity&#8230;.well-done!</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by Amanuel Hidrat</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/the-ethiopian-roar-and-the-weary-eyes-of-eritrean-mothers-p-ii/#comment-9383</link>
		<dc:creator>Amanuel Hidrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sister Arwe,

Your argument didn&#039;t give any room to make political spin for Serray. He has to acknowledge the facts you stated it in your argument. How nice would have been Serray to say yes, you are right in this case, to make our political discourse interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sister Arwe,</p>
<p>Your argument didn&#8217;t give any room to make political spin for Serray. He has to acknowledge the facts you stated it in your argument. How nice would have been Serray to say yes, you are right in this case, to make our political discourse interesting.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by soira</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/the-ethiopian-roar-and-the-weary-eyes-of-eritrean-mothers-p-ii/#comment-9380</link>
		<dc:creator>soira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i couldn&#039;t have said any better,  thank you</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i couldn&#8217;t have said any better,  thank you</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes Of Eritrean Mothers (P.II) by ZHAILE</title>
		<link>http://awate.com/the-ethiopian-roar-and-the-weary-eyes-of-eritrean-mothers-p-ii/#comment-9378</link>
		<dc:creator>ZHAILE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The first time I read Semere tesfai&#039;s article, a year or so ago, I was amazed that after all the troubles we had in the past 60 years there are still people that think in this way. the way Semere is expressing his ideas.
Now he did spill all his beans  and the responses he is getting make me feel very good. He is in the absolute minority. No person in his right mind can utter this kind of garbage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first time I read Semere tesfai&#8217;s article, a year or so ago, I was amazed that after all the troubles we had in the past 60 years there are still people that think in this way. the way Semere is expressing his ideas.<br />
Now he did spill all his beans  and the responses he is getting make me feel very good. He is in the absolute minority. No person in his right mind can utter this kind of garbage.</p>
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