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The Ghanaian Logic: Lynching is BAD Because the Soldier-Captain Maxwell Mahama Was Innocent–Writes Godwin Nii-Armah

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See how Ghanaians all come out fine fine dey condemn the lynching of the army officer – you would think there isn’t a single bad nut in the country.

It’s like I keep saying, everyone you talk to admits corruption is bad and killing the country, yet we still have corruption seeping through every fibre of the country – if everyone thinks corruption is bad, why is there so much corruption? (you can extrapolate this to indiscipline, tardiness or any other negative attribute we exhibit in Ghana)

The truth is a lot of us support mob justice in certain instances, when it affects the ‘other’ we also hate. It can be an armed robber, a thief, or even a homosexual. God knows many Ghanaians wouldn’t bat an eye, indeed would probably encourage, lynching of a gay person. (Many have actively encouraged it in online interaction).

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