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Uniform: useful or worthless

Symbol is a thing, object, sign, etc that represents a more general situation or state of affairs. From the definition of symbol I am compelled to say that uniform is a symbol of an organisation, except they don't have one. Schools, sport teams, market and trade unions, trainees and apprentice, military and paramilitary organisations, etc all have one or more uniforms with which they can be identified. These institutions or organisations respect and pride themselves in the adornment of their various uniforms and can go as far as arresting any none member wearing their uniform. In some cases it is even seen as an illegal act for an individual to adorn the uniform of an organisation that he/she is not a member. For some weeks now, our nation have been under the quagmire brought upon us by the refusal of a particular ranking officer in our national institution to appear before the senate in full uniform. Many minds have tried to employ a classical fallacy of the genre petitio princi...

Reflecting on the Supremacy of our national constitution!

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is; according to wikipedia. It is with the above definition in mind that I want to make some basic logical inquiries into the eins qua eins of our being together as a nation. The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a nation with a definite constitution and jurisdiction, an aggregate of over 250 ethnicities and innumerable religious affiliations among whom are; Traditional religion, Animal worship, Sorcery and Witchcraft, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and a host of others too numerous to be mentioned. All these persons and personalities have come to take the constitution as the only neutral ground upon which all will be judged and disciplined. This stand have been so, right from the first constitution(Richard's) till the current constitution we are operating in this fourth Republic, thei...

Introduction to rational navigation

Blogging the philosophies of natural existence in a strategic format ! This blog is going to stand on the pedestals of philosophy while discussing real life experiences and intuitive navigation of the metaphysical state of affairs. Come one come all and have a feel of what made life worth living for the earliest philosophers and how that changed and shaped our lives today, and what we can derive by actually becoming logical in our daily existence.