Eric Cordian wrote:
But Nigeria is a very poor country, with high unemployment, where people are forced by economic circumstances to do almost anything to try and feed their families.
The 419ers aren't the starving poor - they know exactly what they are doing and have got the resources to do it. And they have no scruples about ripping off fellow Africans either. Getting rid of them might be doing the majority of Nigerians a favour.
It seems to me the relationship between affluent Americans and poor Nigerians is an example of a dominant class/subordinate class structure, and in such a structure, the subordinate class has rights, and the dominant class has responsibilities.
Nigeria's a big country. Nearly everyone there is poor. But there are still a great many rich. And not many of them got rich honestly.
