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The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by DefendTheTruth » 16 Feb 2024, 14:03

In his bodily stature HIM Haile-Selassie could be considered below an average height of African men, but he walked tall among all of them and became key instrumental in finding AU (formerly OAU) to unite Africa and empower it to pursue its interests on the global stages. His dreams are not yet met in their entirety, among them the still missing of permanent seats of Africans in the UNSC, which is the legacy of injustice of the world that we all call home.

But we no more talk about colonialism and exploitation of the continent by means of forceful extortion, among others.

From 250 Million Africans back then we have now fast 1.5 Billions of us, we need a fair and equal representation on the global stages and institutions. The campaign started by the likes of HIM will be carried on until change is achieved.


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Re: The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by DefendTheTruth » 17 Feb 2024, 03:50

The mother of African freedom, Ethiopia, offered many things for the current day AU (formerly OAU):

- a big initiative to unite Africans and come under one umbrella in order to enable them to wage a united struggle for liberation
- it gave it its headquarter in its own capital city
- education for the youth to gain knowledge and serve their respective motherlands, including liberating them from colonization
- it gave it its continental anthem
- it gave it the design of its emblem to signify its whole purpose of existence

and many more.

Ethiopia is the mother of African freedom, not without a reason.


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Re: The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by sesame » 17 Feb 2024, 12:55

A little dose of reality. When Haile Sellassie I, King of Kings, Lion of Judah, Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Commander of the Ethiopian Armed Forces was deposed in 1974, after more than 50 years of ruling Ethiopia as Regent and King, he left his people in the stone age. Ethiopia (minus Eritrea) had less than 30 high-schools. Entire provinces such as Wello, Bale, and other Southern provinces had only one high-school for millions of their residents. A man who lived in England for 5 years as an exile, came back to his nation not determined to develop it, but to keep its people as back-ward as possible because he sensed that education was a danger to his throne. In other words, he cared more for his throne than his people. Hundreds of thousands of peasants died in the 1972-73 famine which eventually was his down-fall. And the feudal system that he oversaw was one of the most unjust systems of land ownership where millions, Oromos mind you, were kept in virtual slavery. But Ethiopians have a tendency of mythologizing their past no matter how miserable that past may have been. But for DTT to Eulogize HIM shows the bankruptcy of PP clowns. Is this supposed to impress the Amharas? God these people are morons! :lol: :lol: :lol:
DefendTheTruth wrote:
16 Feb 2024, 14:03
In his bodily stature HIM Haile-Selassie could be considered below an average height of African men, but he walked tall among all of them and became key instrumental in finding AU (formerly OAU) to unite Africa and empower it to pursue its interests on the global stages. His dreams are not yet met in their entirety, among them the still missing of permanent seats of Africans in the UNSC, which is the legacy of injustice of the world that we all call home.

But we no more talk about colonialism and exploitation of the continent by means of forceful extortion, among others.

From 250 Million Africans back then we have now fast 1.5 Billions of us, we need a fair and equal representation on the global stages and institutions. The campaign started by the likes of HIM will be carried on until change is achieved.

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Re: The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by Abere » 17 Feb 2024, 13:28


Well, if you are ungrateful to Emperor Haile Selassie, during which people of Eritrea province had their best time ever, who does life look like in Eritrea? The peak of Eritrean happiness and freedom to live, work and wealth everywhere in Ethiopia was his Majesty's Haile Selassie. He was one of the pioneers of civilization of Ethiopia and Eritrea province included. Many Eritreans moved the social ladder from being Italian coolie to educated officers during Emperor Haile Selassie. Your ungratefulness now forced many poor Eritreans to live ghosted, ruined and hellish poverty.

sesame wrote:
17 Feb 2024, 12:55
A little dose of reality. When Haile Sellassie I, King of Kings, Lion of Judah, Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Commander of the Ethiopian Armed Forces was deposed in 1974, after more than 50 years as a ruling Ethiopia as Regent and King, he left his people in the stone age. Ethiopia (minus Eritrea) had less than 30 high-schools. Entire provinces such as Wello, Bale, and other Southern provinces had only one high-school for millions of their residents. A man who lived in England for 5 years as an exile, came back to his nation not determined to develop it, but to keep its people as back-ward as possible because he sensed that education was a danger to his throne. In other words, he cared more for his throne than his people. Hundreds of thousands of peasants died in the 1972-73 famine which eventually was his down-fall. And the feudal system that he oversaw was one of the most unjust systems of land ownership where millions, Oromos mind you, were kept in virtual slavery. But Ethiopians have a tendency of mythologizing their past no matter how miserable that past must have been. But for DTT to Eulogize HIM shows the bankruptcy of PP clowns. Is this supposed to impress the Amharas? God these people are morons! :lol: :lol: :lol:
DefendTheTruth wrote:
16 Feb 2024, 14:03
In his bodily stature HIM Haile-Selassie could be considered below an average height of African men, but he walked tall among all of them and became key instrumental in finding AU (formerly OAU) to unite Africa and empower it to pursue its interests on the global stages. His dreams are not yet met in their entirety, among them the still missing of permanent seats of Africans in the UNSC, which is the legacy of injustice of the world that we all call home.

But we no more talk about colonialism and exploitation of the continent by means of forceful extortion, among others.

From 250 Million Africans back then we have now fast 1.5 Billions of us, we need a fair and equal representation on the global stages and institutions. The campaign started by the likes of HIM will be carried on until change is achieved.


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Re: The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by euroland » 17 Feb 2024, 14:12

Abere wrote:
17 Feb 2024, 13:28

Well, if you are ungrateful to Emperor Haile Selassie, during which people of Eritrea province had their best time ever,


Are you kidding? You must be hallucinating.

Eritrea was much more developed, advance and had over a thousand functional factories, roads and hospitals. Once the short man invaded Eritrea, he made Eritrea as backward as his own backward Ethiopia. He, along his masters the British, looted 99% of the Eritrean factories, railway steels, more than anything, he completely distroyed the Eritrean democratically elected parliament and party systems and again, made it just like his backward country. Those factory workers, businessmen and women, higi education industry managers were left out of job and was told they could continue to work as their profession if they moved to “central government” i.e, Addis Ababa and other major cities. My own father was a victim of these crule policy who moved with his profession to Addis to develop the backward people of Ethiopia who were at least a century behind than Eritreans. Your own historian, such as Tsehaye Gebremedihin wrote a detailed facts about this issues I listed above. In short, the colonization of Ethiopia on Eritrea completely destroyed the very progressive country and political and economic system. I am sure you are a victim of the fake stories you were fed by the Ethiopian authorities since its inception, however, I suggest you read the factual history from the very few historians who have integrity in a country where it is a high commodity.

Do you also know that Eritrea was one of the early countries who had independent parties, such as Progressive Party of Eritrea, the Islamia Al Rabita, the Unionists, the Social workers party and so on. Almost all of these pary leaders were immediately assassinated bu Ethiopian forces not even a week after the occupation began in Sep. 1961. This is the gift your country gave Eritrea, a hell on Earth for 30 years.

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Re: The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by DefendTheTruth » 17 Feb 2024, 15:43

sesame wrote:
17 Feb 2024, 12:55
A little dose of reality. When Haile Sellassie I, King of Kings, Lion of Judah, Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Commander of the Ethiopian Armed Forces was deposed in 1974, after more than 50 years of ruling Ethiopia as Regent and King, he left his people in the stone age. Ethiopia (minus Eritrea) had less than 30 high-schools. Entire provinces such as Wello, Bale, and other Southern provinces had only one high-school for millions of their residents. A man who lived in England for 5 years as an exile, came back to his nation not determined to develop it, but to keep its people as back-ward as possible because he sensed that education was a danger to his throne. In other words, he cared more for his throne than his people. Hundreds of thousands of peasants died in the 1972-73 famine which eventually was his down-fall. And the feudal system that he oversaw was one of the most unjust systems of land ownership where millions, Oromos mind you, were kept in virtual slavery. But Ethiopians have a tendency of mythologizing their past no matter how miserable that past may have been. But for DTT to Eulogize HIM shows the bankruptcy of PP clowns. Is this supposed to impress the Amharas? God these people are morons! :lol: :lol: :lol:
DefendTheTruth wrote:
16 Feb 2024, 14:03
In his bodily stature HIM Haile-Selassie could be considered below an average height of African men, but he walked tall among all of them and became key instrumental in finding AU (formerly OAU) to unite Africa and empower it to pursue its interests on the global stages. His dreams are not yet met in their entirety, among them the still missing of permanent seats of Africans in the UNSC, which is the legacy of injustice of the world that we all call home.

But we no more talk about colonialism and exploitation of the continent by means of forceful extortion, among others.

From 250 Million Africans back then we have now fast 1.5 Billions of us, we need a fair and equal representation on the global stages and institutions. The campaign started by the likes of HIM will be carried on until change is achieved.

ዉድ የኤርትሪያዉ ወንደሜ፣ አንድ ነገር ልብ በል፤ የማይሳሳት ድንጋይ ብቻ ነዉ ይባላል። ለምን እንደተባለ ታዉቃለህ?

ድንጋይ አይንቀሳቀስም፣ ምንም ነገር አይከዉንም፣ ምንም ከልከወነ ደግሞ ምንም ስህተት አይፈፅምም። ይህን ተረደህ?

ሀይለ-ስላሴ ስለ ሰሩ ነዉ ስህተት የፈፀሙት፣ ስህተቱ ተፈፅሞ ከሆነ ማለቴ ነዉ።

አቶ ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ የተባሉት ግለሰብ ከ35 አመት በላይ የስልጣን ቁንጮ ላይ ቁጭ ብሎ እስከ ዛሬ ምንም የጨመሩት ነገር የለም፣ ይህ የኔ የግል ግንዛብዬ ሳይሆን በቦታዉ ተገኝቶ በአካል የዩት ሰዎች የሰጡት ምስክርነት ነዉ።

ሰዉዬዉ ቁጭ ብሎ ስለሌላዉ አቃቅር ስዘነዝር ዉሎ ያድራል፣ ተነስቶ ስራ እንደመስራት ና አገሩን እንደመቀዬር።

አፄ ሀይለ-ስላሴ ብዙ የለፉ ሰዉ ናቸዉ፣ አልመ የመሰከረላቸዉ ሰዉ ናቸዉ፣ በስራቸዉ ታክለዉ ስህተቶች ተፈፅሞዋል፣ ብዙዎች እንደምከሱት። ሆን ብሎ ስህተቱን እንደፈፀሙት ማንም ምስክርነቱን አልሰጠም።

በዉን እንደምናየዉ አብዪ አህመድ ብዙ ነገር እየሰራ ነዉ፣ በሰራ ቁጥር ደግሞ ስህተቶች ልፈፀሙ ይችላሉ፣ ማንም ሰዉ እስከ ዛሬ ይከሰወል፣ ሆን ብሎ ስህተት ሰራ ብሎ አንዳች መስረጃ የአቀረበበት ግን አንድም የለም።

ለዚህ ነዉ የማይሳሰት ድንጋይ ብቻ ነዉ የምባለዉ፣ ወይ ደግሞ ምንም ነገር ሳይሰራ እንደ ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ቁጭ ያለ ብቻ ነዉ። እዉነትን ተጋፈጠዉ፣ ለራስሁ ስትል።


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Re: The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by sesame » 02 Mar 2024, 19:14

It is a tragedy that an Oromo is reduced to praise Haile Sellaise because he hopes Amharas may stop beating his arse. DTT, have a little respect for yourself. I never expected the Oromos to be as worthless as Agames! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: The short man who walked tall and left a lasting legacy behind

Post by Educator » 02 Mar 2024, 22:15

Can you start by trying to unite the neighboring Somalia?
DefendTheTruth wrote:
17 Feb 2024, 03:50
The mother of African freedom, Ethiopia, offered many things for the current day AU (formerly OAU):

- a big initiative to unite Africans and come under one umbrella in order to enable them to wage a united struggle for liberation

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