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• Says Who 10 years ago

  "My mind quickly jumped to Ghana where both children and adults throw rubbish anywhere without any regards to the effects of their actions."
  
  I take exception to the statement that you made above. It will surprise you to le ...
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  "My mind quickly jumped to Ghana where both children and adults throw rubbish anywhere without any regards to the effects of their actions."
  
  I take exception to the statement that you made above. It will surprise you to learn that in many towns and villages in the country environmental awareness with regards to littering is very high indeed.
  
  The problem litter is however prevalent in areas of cities and towns where there are largely transient activities and lax policies by authorities. Of course you cannot have bins in those areas because they will be stolen.
  
  It is only certain types of people who litter- those with dirty habits and these are found everywhere.

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• Ken Ntiamoa 10 years ago

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• Says Who 10 years ago

  Recent population dynamics in the world has seen the rise of new kinds of crimewave including looting of metal objects for scrap by migrant career criminals. Metal railings, benches and seats, public artworks and plaques, bi ...
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  Recent population dynamics in the world has seen the rise of new kinds of crimewave including looting of metal objects for scrap by migrant career criminals. Metal railings, benches and seats, public artworks and plaques, bins and trouphs. You name it, they'll take it.
  
  Fortunes have been from robbing nations and society through rich pickings in countries not used to and unprepared for this kind of crime wave.
  
  Following this is the attendant bad habits of littering by these individuals- cigarette butts, empty cans, liqour bottles, snack packaging and such like.
  
  Surprisingly in their homegrouds, there are barely any litter either through lack or availability of these excesses.
  
  Cities bring out the real character of people. The theives will take advantage and those with poor training and bad habits will exhibit their failings in spectacular style.
  
  Like I said, it is a universal problem. Ghana has its own but it is not unique to be hoisted as an example of bad practice.
  
  I know places in Ghana where decent children live and do not litter.
  
  I always find areas with litter stiffling and more often than not they are caused by people who have no actual reason for being there in the first place. They don't fit in and don't deserve to be among decent people. This is true wherever you are in the world.

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• Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago

  We stand to lose anytime we start discussions on issues of national importance from a belief that corruption is global or accept some immorality as societal norm. I have never heard from any family here in Ghana or elsewhere ...
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  We stand to lose anytime we start discussions on issues of national importance from a belief that corruption is global or accept some immorality as societal norm. I have never heard from any family here in Ghana or elsewhere claiming satisfaction with the death of a family member because death came by gunshot and not by knife or knife and not by gunshot. Why then do we want to prefer some immorality over others? Who should decide on those acceptable immoral norms? We cannot allow our moral principles or foundations to be derived from those of other nations or bad practices that are normalized in other civilizations; we must have our own acceptable norms.

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