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Caesar <cogole@gmail.

com>
To:cogole@gmail.com
May 5, 2015 at 1:30 PM
DECEPTIONS AND BLACKMAILS THROUGH NAME-CALLING, FABRICATIONS, ETC

[SIMPLIFIED]

By Caesar Ogole

Step 1. A says one thing to B in private, for example, praising him/her for being a very good

understanding, God-sent, cultured member of LAONA. "If everyone was like you, LAONA would be far"!

Now, B thinks the rest of the members are the lazy, bad people - cause of failure of LAONA.- It’s

common that A actually says things that badly damage the reputation of another person C to B. (I have

to be clear at this point that some of the rumor may be true, and it may be worth knowing. But the

majority are either lies or are not relevant at all).

Real examples from LAONA:

(i) A talks behind the back of another person to B, “That woman is mentally disturbed. Don’t

listen to her. I don’t even read her emails. She doesn’t even know what she writes”. This

particular one came from a Canadian woman talking about a fellow Canadian woman – in a

private email when I asked one (A) to help me understand what the other(B) was saying in

her rather ambiguous email.

(ii) Words that I last heard before teenage: “Dako no obedo awingi ”

(iii) Another example, someone says to me (over telephone): “that guy from USA went on some

visit with his family to Canada. But the woman who lives in Canadian city kept visiting him in
the hotel room… three times!” I asked myself, what’s the relevance of this, even if it were

true? [But B listens for the sake of listening]

(iv) Or, in private or public (email forum), a relatively new member (B) gets attacked by A, “In

your current mental state, I don’t see you winning any grant soon!” … only for the “accused”

to win a grant or two months later – but of course the accused might not be the type to

engage in such behavior (of proving A wrong by publicizing or showing off his/her “new

awards”- out of natural modesty, if not anything else), so B will simply ignore such charges

…. But it should be immaterial or none of anyone’s business whether or not the “accused”

won a grant or not. People have so many priorities in their lives. [What if the accuser is the

one suffering from severe mental problem or simply acting maliciously– causing him/her to

engage in spreading lies?]

(v) “That guy is gay!” This came from another woman (over the phone, talking about another

man). So what? Very dirty tricks that I don’t think anyone should be proud of.

(vi) “That guy is HIV positive… !” Yes, it may be true. What can we do to help, if he/she needs

our help? [That is, why are you telling me- if you are not simply celebrating someone else

downfall or misery?] If we need to help, put things in writing – formally!

(vii) “His wife left him with the children. Now he is stranded”. Yes, it may be true, what can we do

to help? [That is, why are you telling me- if you are not simply celebrating someone else

downfall or misery?] If we need to help, put things in writing – formally!

(viii) “That guy is [used to be] a thief”. How am I supposed to believe you without proof?

(ix) “Oh, that guy is very smart especially over wine! Don’t try him”!

(x) A woman or man talks seductively to divert attention from a serious issue at stake (or by

employing other types of emotional manipulation)


(xi) Someone emotively goes, “Man, please, talk to the Treasurer. At least your voice is heard.

Tell her that Mr. D paid his membership fee at the Convention but I can’t understand why his

name has not been added to the membership(email) list! I talked to her but she is not

listening. Call her, tell her.. Man, I don’t know what to do…” I actually gave it a pass, called

the Treasurer that evening and asked why the man was cry-talking over a membership fee

of another person, for whatever reason… (Of course, the treasurer would not know nor

would she be held accountable since she assumed her office way after the Inaugural

convention). Sometimes, someone on the phone fakes emotions including crying, seductive

talks, or anything that can help his or her point garner support. [And using elders (expected

to be role models) to say misleading stuff, as long as their nearest relatives are not affected

negatively - …]

(xii) And the most sophisticated ones are fallacious reasoning: one that manipulates language

and logic, basically the predator preys on the ignorance of the prey, or rather limited

understanding of the language and its loopholes (e.g fallacies). The language can be any

language in the discourse.

(xiii) Other real examples: Attacking people’s physical characteristics. That man is tall/big. He is

a “Security guard. “ That short man/woman… He is “ogwingkol”. That fat slob, etc… If [the

other civilized] societies were to behave like this, for example, we would not have our great

Stephen Hawking, the world authority of Physics.

(xiv) Timing of coordinated coercions and other forms of manipulations (e.g with seductions

running in parallel behind the scenes): mounting unnecessary pressure (in disguise) on an

otherwise well-meaning person to force him/her to regress (to a dependent or child-like

behavior), lose rationality– or lose autonomy at a crucial time (e.g peak of his/her relatively
good performance); with such coercive forces leading to confession, if any – or subversion

(especially for people who are faking ,,) , etc.

(xv) Other techniques such as planting [unfounded] suggestions into the subconscious (in private

or on subgroup forum)….mostly works when people have blind and unquestioning

loyalty/obedience, or when the rational part is obscured using seductive allures … E.g this

particular one from a senior (female) Board member came to me in January 2014 (in

oblivion of the fact that I’m a top gun or Founding Father, above all these things), and I

believe the same suggestion (or variants of it – depending on the target’s likely predilection)

given to other people is the cause of some (not all!) people “scampering” to Uganda en-

masse (in late 2013 and early 2014) to conduct cultural research, or start their own local

NGOs (or “NGO-affiliates”- a term I have just come to understand in Jan 2015) - as evidence

of work on the ground:

“Yes education remains a priority - something very close to my heart -

therefore the International Programs Advisory Committee is making Education in

Lango its top priority. Unlike the other committees, the International Programs

Committee cannot just recommend that we start working on such and such a

project without making a case for it and without evidence. I have been doing

someleg work on schools in Lango (all levels) and where our support would

make the most impact now, medium-term and long-term. I will present that as

part of our business case. The most important thing for the Association to focus

on will be to raise money for these programs otherwise my old quote remains

valid "Good thoughts are no better than good dreams unless they be executed".

So you can join me or even take over the Committee if this is something you

would be interested in. No discussions have been initiated on school issues here

in North America and how the Association can play a role.”


(xvi) Going back to the very lowest common denominator, and this was my very first shock in

March 2013… when one community member called me on phone and told me, “Naka dako

dang amito bedo Won Nyaci”. Then he added, “Lono obedo akun akun ni, ni imito bedo

Chairman, .. ayeto totere dang te kun kene”. In America?! Personal attacks is as primitive as

anything one can imagine!

(xvii) Control of information flow: "Freedom is all about sorting information and distributing

knowledge. Politics, the distribution of power, is all about controlling the free flow of

information under a pretense of knowledge. The Internet changes this dismal

calculus, and few people with tremendous political power are able to control the

distribution of information about the decisions that are made about the things that

really matter, things that impact your life and your stuff, and the taxes you pay, or

the health care you are allowed to buy, or even the things you are allowed to say in

public square. This is a very good thing." From the text-book - Don't hurt people,

and don't take their stuff", a Libertarian Manifesto(2014) - Matt Kibbe

Step 2. Then, person A turns around to another person C (in private), and praises C exactly the same

way as he/she did to B - making C look at B and others as the lazybones or detractors or less qualified,

for that matter. "I 'm the man! (Or I'm the woman!)" [If it is not an attack, then it is some flattery… or

so].

It does not matter whether A, or B is only a regular member or a Board member (or Executive)-

although I must be careful to say it could only be about 10 members of LAONA (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J)

playing these games - sometimes based on the premises built in 1 above. And the whole thing is meshed
up like grids, with silent majority feeding on anything they can hear. Everyone (especially

silent/reserved/servile person) thinks he/she is looked at more favorably. Of course, one feels much

better when praised by a more popular Executive Officer of LAONA, owing to his/her - yes – perceived

power! [And it is becoming more of a tradition that the most recent or bigger donor gets more

attention/praise - which is understandable - making him/her think he/she is God-sent]. But overall,

confusion reigns!

Step 3. Until someone (say B) comes public (producing private email or phone conversation as

evidence) and to show how these contradicting "private emails" are happening, you will never know

how A is saying one thing toC about D and yet A might also be saying the opposite thing

to D about C... while A independently cautions C and D to keep it private! But now, C and D have some

(baseless) bad feelings about each other because of what A told them in separate private emails (which

is usually false information). And yet, in reality, C and D are very good people who could otherwise be

very good friends and work together only if it wasn't because of the LAONA culture!

Step 4. And this is a very difficult problem even in a community as small as 30 members, and it gets

worse when recruitment is motivated by the need to reinforce these sorts of partisan thinking. It

requires only two people to start such a dynamic and the whole association plunges in chaos, just as it is

in LAONA

Step 5. Anyone who goes public, out of sympathy- for example, and tries to explain something will be

met with an "enemy" - that person who already has a bad view of the other. [Apoo apoa anwongo dong

ngatoro tye ayeta. This is not funny!] The idea is that people then fear to talk publicly or fear to express

differing opinions publicly - which is terrible! And now that the few leaders (who manipulated trust to

get to their positions) warn people about private communication, the problem goes back to number 3

above. And to explain these things, one has to be elaborate. And people who have phobia for reading or
writing, or for fear of being exposed, rush to call it "lame dissertation". They rush to ask questions such

as, “why are you writing books?!” Is writing a book a crime?

 So are you surprised why we have lots of strikes in [Ugandan] schools, etc…? The dynamics

above is the cause ! Of course, there might be some genuine causes—… but that’s another

topic…

Solution:

Don’t easily believe anything anyone tells you! And be suspicious with people who don’t want to write

down clearly their messages; those who like” talking” only on the phone one on one or in subgroup, and

when you ask them to send an email (that is, put things on writing), they will hesitate to do it… And even

with the email, check to verify facts… with different reliable sources. Best thing to do: if it is community-

related, resend or broadcast the “private email” to the entire list—that’s one way of exposing thieves or

charlatans. [That’s why peer-review in academia is a great thing. To check for “lies”, if not inadvertent

mistakes made by peers. That’s why the definition of “truth” is still a philosophical problem.]. Above all,

 Master, AT LEAST, the common ways where thinking goes wrong.

 How to resolve false arguments [The document is quite technical but very important indeed! It

is very tempting to burst into “ayet”, or vulgars or profanity– in response to a false argument

but as explained in that document, “ayet” will not help dissipate the “perplexity”. The

perplexity may even worsen! The correct response, called resolution of false arguments must

be through sound reasoning! And that’s why we have this so many pages of documents!
Through sound reasoning, we may throw it back to the person making allegations to prove

beyond reasonable doubt his/her claims, etc]. Perhaps, in some cases, it is better to simply not

pay attention to it… for example, some indirect articles may be published in newspapers or

blogs, etc. Ignore it for it is a waste of time… Let them waste their own time and resources as

long as the larger community is enlightened! Those are people who perhaps have known that

they are nearing the end of their capabilities, in one way or the other, so what better things can

they think of…?

 Other critical thinking references may help as well.

 Lest, you become (at least, a mental or emotional)

slave! The slave owner can be of any color, black, white, blue, etc- and he may not be as

smart as you are!

Go back to main page:

1. Part 1 (2013) or Part 1 (2013)

2. Part 2 (2014) or Part 2 (2014)

3. Author’s page

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