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@ kryptik, ah, yes, text twist. used to have that on my pc, then my 6220. still on it. don't know if my dad plays it. its fun, but i tend to settle for gamehouse games that are a little more brain dead, like collapse. anyone have that?
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Posted: 2006-07-12 01:19:09
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On billy gates, as little as i might like him, he has done more good for this world than i can dream of. he is full time involved into his organisation that does aids research and anti poverty things. if you support a guy who tries to see the best in our crime ridden country, surely supporting guys who actually make a difference daily is the way. why fight the good guys. the bad guys got that job.
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Posted: 2006-07-12 01:24:26
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Eish magents, yet another site casting negativity over our beloved mZantsi...
http://southafricathetruth.net/index.php
It would appear that Addy's blog is slowly losing momentum, seeing that there are far fewer new comments. A pity really, since the points of view have been well balanced up till now, imho.
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Posted: 2006-07-12 08:32:00
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We have to remember, if we are unhappy with the crime, leave the country. But the goverment has been alarmed by the increase of it anyway, and will try to do something about it anyway.
I am not happy with our government purely because they are so corrupt in their way of handling everything. I don't even trust them to sit the right way on a toilet (Quoting Rowan Atkinson from one of his old sketches=)
I mean, consider the apartheid era, and how alot of these people have been wronged. Now, in a sense they are sort of trying to make up for it by scoring as much as they can out of the country. Who suffers? The masses. The prevously oppressed are now the poverty ridden masses.
It is sad, alot of people that suffered, that was supposed to be set free from the bondages apartheid put them in are still not free.
Okay, let's not deny that a lot of people are way better off than we make it seem. Our country is doing really well, but I am still not satisfied at the rate at which it has been done. Our president buys a plane. Why? There is so much poverty, but yet government wastes the money on useless things.
If our politicians were proudly South African, it would help a lot. Everyone looks out for their own good....
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Posted: 2006-07-12 10:20:45
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@francoislr... You think you've seen corrupt government official! I laugh. Please visit my beloved country- nigeria
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Posted: 2006-07-12 11:27:24
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@ pxthomas, yes, but that is what we are headed to with our government.
Has anyone seen this?
http://www.polity.org.za/html[....]2001/pr0718c.html?rebookmark=1
You guys have any idea what that means?
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Posted: 2006-07-12 11:45:29
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@francoislr...when will corruption end in MOTHER AFRICA? Oh how i cry.
Cry for our raped continent.
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Posted: 2006-07-12 12:08:26
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@Francois, yep, i've seen it, and i do know that we're headed towards a Big Brother situation ultimately. The irony is that no matter how bad the situation is in Africa, i don't see myself leaving.
Despite having received 3 offers over the past 12months to up stakes and settle in the USA, we're staying put. My siblings are equally fortunate in that they're sought-after abroad. In fact, my brother spends at least 3months per year, in total, hopping between various countries, yet he's not even considering moving to any one of the 10 where his company has business interests. I don't begrudge anybody the freedom to choose to live abroad, in fact, so many emigrate for various reasons, yet i'm not even considering travelling abroad whilst the continent lies before me. I'd love to see as much of Africa before i venture over the big waters
and God willing i'm going to see much of it before i shrug off the mortal coil.
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...and on the 8th day God said, "Murphy, you're in charge!"...
[ This Message was edited by: Kryptik on 2006-07-12 12:01 ]
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Posted: 2006-07-12 12:59:00
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@ Kryptik, My big concern here is privacy. And limitations. I want to be free to say what I want, why I want, to whom I want. Limiting that is limiting a basic human right. The thing with that act is that if the crap hits the fan, all communication to anybody elsewhere might be limited. It is almost as if the goverment is trying to gradually locking us in, closing the door slowly, basically to the point when a cry for help goes out, and no-one will be able to hear it.
Our president has strong links to Marxism and Russia, having gotten military training there. All his methods and ways tend to be the wrong wing in my opinion. I mean, most of the systems he seems to lean towards are systems that are slightly dodgy in the human rights arena. The systems where the government does as it likes and kills and covers up.
Go read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki
I personally value my freedom, but if I leave the country it would be escaping a goverment that has completely gone into a state of left wing. And a lot of evidence suggests this is happening, slowly, like a frog in a pot, water slowly warming up....till it is cooked.
I just hope our government would get a grip on reality, and not throw our country back into the dark age. We have so much potential, and we should be the leading the continent. Lead by example.
I think its time for a woman president=P
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Posted: 2006-07-12 13:25:39
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I think the one factor which weighs heavily in favour of democracy as such is capitalism, in the sense that the capitalists have plenty of clout. The government is all too aware that it needs big business in our country, and they at least provide some balance. There's a saying which i read somewhere, when a Swiss banker jumps out of a 20th storey window, follow him, there's sure to be money in it somehow. Similarly, when the big money pulls out of SA, that would probably be a good time to get going as well, since they tend to cling on until the very last.
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Posted: 2006-07-12 15:18:00
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