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Cities occupy a part or parts of countries’ landmass (es). Thus, as concentrations of people within areas of a country’s defined landmass (geographical area), it simplifies things that the population occupying a segmented area (city) of a country’s landmass is emphasized.

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Oh I see, that’s the frame of your view of the matter?🤣 Well, countries generally border each other, except for example, island countries such as Madagascar and so it makes, to me at least, that they are reckoned by the landmass they occupy….

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Based on my logic? Was it your logic then when you asserted that Ibadan is the largest city in West Africa? Are we going to just debate or try to enrich and enlighten? Why the pivot to countries when the subject of your lead post is the city of Ibadan?

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I apologize, my bad, there was an error on my part about Russia’s population. I had meant 145 million and didn’t even notice that I typed 245million rather than 145 million. Thanks for drawing my attention to it, other than that, 145 million is the current estimated population of Russia.

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I served in Russia at our Embassy there and only recently returned. I compiled and often updated quick facts about Russia for background briefing for our visiting government officials, Google and now AI don’t always get it right, just saying. Focus is what I am about, is it cities or countries?

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Note also that you’ve mentioned countries not a city or cities anymore.

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Russia has a population of 245 million but has a landmass in excess of 17 million square kilometers. Niger Republic on our northern border is the largest country in West Africa by landmass (over 1.270 million square kilometers) but with a population of just a little more than 25 million.

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The standard metric for ranking cities/countries, is population not landmass and regardless of landmass. At any rate, you didn’t state “by landmass” when stated that Ibadan is the largest city in West Africa hence my inquiry about your ranking metric.

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terna.bsky.social @terna.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

By what metric are you declaring Ibadan to be the biggest city in West Africa? It used to be but it’s not any more.

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Except that those that actually die on those roads would not be posting about them here, that’s for sure!

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terna.bsky.social @terna.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

It’s an idea worth exploring further for possible policy adoption.

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The words and tone that you use to express yourself constitute the language that you choose (elect) and control, that’s what the original tweet is about, it laments the incivility that dominates our exchanges and advocates a return to civility.

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Let me understand you properly, disagreement entails or should entail disrespect, is that a correct reading of your statement?

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Please note that the “ruling class” that we individually elect and control is the language we use to communicate in a social context. Is our use of language civil or uncivil? That’s the question we can each ask and answer for ourselves.

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Incivility has, undoubtedly, in my opinion, generated and is sustaining, a social climate of anger and extremism which has sucked many of our people into the fallacious notion that we have to be nasty to make our point.

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terna.bsky.social @terna.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Thanks for your refreshing restatement of this simple truth and logic, continually being ignored by many.

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They’ll return to Nigeria sooner than later, mark my words.

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terna.bsky.social @terna.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

More like they’re going to respectfully disagree with you.

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terna.bsky.social @terna.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

So what’s new? Referencing other countries to knock Nigeria is a jaded armchair criticism style, it’s a marvel that it continues to be resorted to.

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terna.bsky.social @terna.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

3 Trillion for defence and security sounds big but it’s actually chicken feed when converted to US Dollars. Defence and security should be allocated more, 3x the amount allocated in the budget.

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You are just a troll, adept at provocation but not value adding engagement. I am done with you. Go ahead and have your last provocative say, as I expect you’d.

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Please stay on the issue and the context of my comments. Your drip drop strategy to shift the focus away from Hamas won’t jell with me.

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You are not a troll, are you? What are you riling about? Your presumption about me needing to “read some history” (ie, your superior knowledge and my presumed ignorance of it) is scary, because it’s baseless and is liable to crash.

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I get the ideal that you have outlined re unarmed civilians in war situations. I will evaluate your suggestion(s) for realizing this ideal in the complex Gaza reality with a network of tunnels, rocket launch sites embedded with civilian infrastructure, etc by Hamas. That’s the real issue.

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lol, you are changing the subject. It’s your words, to wit: “the groups you consider terrorists” that I countered sarcastically by saying the groups you don’t consider terrorists.

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Can you remind me, how many children were massacred on Oct.7 by the group you don’t consider terrorists? Why fixate on Israel that’s only reacting to ongoing attacks against them but not on the groups that you don’t consider terrorists whose past and present attacks are triggering Israel?

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“obligation” applies to both “horrible” groups and Israel. Supposing all or most of their rockets and missiles found their intended targets without interception, what would be the situation in Israel? Yet, Israel should fight a war of survival but also avoid harming the other groups? Wow!

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