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A farmer was in a serious condition in hospital after being shot by robbers who confronted him at his house on Tuesday morning, said Mpumalanga police



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Donno...To think Delmas is a small town and nothing actually happens there. I have a couple of friends that stayed on "plots" that are also moving to towns because of these farm-attacks...cant blame them. I thought these type of attacks were diminishing but it seems that i was wrong :sick:
 
Fudzy said:
It's not the content of the link which is a problem, I find the fact that it's just a link the problem. No insight, no thoughts on the matter? Rather just start one thread and post all your links in there. Give it some catchy title like Robin Hood's Negative News Central
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I don't agree on this issue of requiring some deep & thoughtful opinion in OPs [post#1's].

IMO posting a snippet and attributing that snippet with a link to the source, is sufficient for a post#1:
  • it starts the debate off on neutral ground where the discussion is not centred around the thread starter's personal opinion on the snippet and the rest of whatever the link points to;
  • it also encourages forumites to actually click on the link and read the rest without getting tied into making knee-jerk reaction comments based on what would otherwise be the thread starter's personal opinion and not necessarily what the thread is about.
The thread starter can easily add his|her own personal opinions in later posts - I don't think the thread starter should be mandated to express his|her opinion in post#1 if he|she does not wish to do so at that time.
 
ic said:
I don't agree on this issue of requiring some deep & thoughtful opinion in OPs [post#1's].

IMO posting a snippet and attributing that snippet with a link to the source, is sufficient for a post#1:
  • it starts the debate off on neutral ground where the discussion is not centred around the thread starter's personal opinion on the snippet and the rest of whatever the link points to;
  • it also encourages forumites to actually click on the link and read the rest without getting tied into making knee-jerk reaction comments based on what would otherwise be the thread starter's personal opinion and not necessarily what the thread is about.
The thread starter can easily add his|her own personal opinions in later posts - I don't think the thread starter should be mandated to express his|her opinion in post#1 if he|she does not wish to do so at that time.
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Thanks ic...Also now i have a better idea how to post as well...BY THE BOOK :D
 
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I for one am quite happy to have people post these articles here.
Stupid news items like the UFS thing will remain at the top of the news sites for months, while white farmers being slaughtered in their homes barely leave a dust mote ruffled as they whiz past.
 
Moederloos said:
Stupid news items like the UFS thing will remain at the top of the news sites for months, while white farmers being slaughtered in their homes barely leave a dust mote ruffled as they whiz past.
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Exactly.
Where's the indignation, the Delmas mayor to assure his family that justice will be served?

btw, they're looking for a motive? How about - "kill the boer, kill the farmer"
 
Robin Hood said:
A farmer was in a serious condition in hospital after being shot by robbers who confronted him at his house on Tuesday morning, said Mpumalanga police



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but a big thing like a UFS video will make international news, and this doesn't. The mind boggles, where are we going?
 
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