Will you just f**k off then?

People are talking (again) about leaving the country. Others are actually planning to leave, putting houses on the market etc. I can't speak for the Boere (who occupy a different country altogether), but down here on the leafy lawns of Parkhurst, Parkmore and Melville, we have reverted powerfully to type.

Some of the racist horse **** being released from English mouths at the moment is beyond belief, and it is being reinforced by the terrible global gossip power of communications technology.

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Amongst many others, there are two major things pissing me off about the current wave of whining. Firstly, I would far rather talk with relatives and general associates about rugby (or cricket, or football) - topics we all know a lot about - than swop bad history and urban legends over raised eyebrows. Secondly, the whole thing throws me back to the 1990s. A long stretch of time where what you really wanted to say to the tormented, angstful emigrators was, 'will you please just **** off already?'

South Africa has been violent place for centuries. We all know this. We all know that nothing has truly changed. We all also know that re-gearing our society to cater to all citizens and not just a few million whiteys will be a lifetime's work. There will be ups, ****s ups and downs, in no consecutive order.

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In South Africa we are, in fact, governed by the will of a majority of business people and housewives and maids and teachers. No Zuma, or power shortage will alter that. Once the next batch of weepy English and enraged Afrikaners and indignant blacks have left, we will still be who were two years ago. A people who have a miraculous ability to act collectively and positively - over vast hurdles of violent history - instead of reverting to conflict. That is not about to change. We will collectively resolve our power problems, even if it takes six years. Zuma will likely lead the country to the left, unless he gets stuck in court. Regardless, we will continue to stick to basic democratic principles - even if that means, unlike Egypt, accepting politicians who claim to represent the working man. We'll probably remain as violent as we've always been, at least for the next decade or two. We will continue to do good business, because gold is still very valuable stuff, as is platinum and coal, and because Africa is wide open for business and this country is one of the best launching pads you can find.

We will not turn into Zimbabwe, because we are South Africa.

And life is different here.

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We will not turn into Zimbabwe, because we are South Africa.

And life is different here.

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Dominic Rooney said:

I like it how he wants everyone to talk about rugby etc. and not the real issues facing the country like crime, corruption, service delivery etc. Apparently South Africans (in his opinion) don't know about current affairs.

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Dominic Rooney said:

We will not turn into Zimbabwe, because we are South Africa.

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saffakanera said:

This guy sounds like an American reported splashing BS across the board to an ignorant populace. Hey "bra", we all live on ground zero here, we know exactly whats going on, just because we are action packed with racism and fear does not exactly make us oblivious to certain realities.

Id rather talk about inner conflicts and worries than ignore them for the absolute pulp this guy is recommending people share with each other, our negativity is our coping mechanism idiot.

I would rather talk about the horrors, and realities of life, and die a bit younger from stress related illness, than die a moron with a sports jersey on. At least then, I would have known what was "cracking".

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saffakanera said:

This guy sounds like an American journalist splashing BS hippy talk across the board to an ignorant populace. Hey "bra", we all live on ground zero here, we know exactly whats going on, just because we are action packed with racism and fear does not exactly make us oblivious to certain realities.

Id rather talk about inner conflicts and worries than ignore them for the absolute pulp this guy is recommending people share with each other, our negativity is our coping mechanism idiot.

I would rather talk about the horrors, and realities of life, and die a bit younger from stress related illness, than die a moron with a sports jersey on. At least then, I would have known what was "cracking".

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zagame said:

lol to stir the pot abit I got this e-mail yesterday from my aunt



Did anyone read the paper last week (Mercury) where the main headline stated the following?
"It's not too late for whites to say sorry for apartheid............."
Check the email that went around responding to the headline. It's a kick ass response and brilliant.

To the Previously Disadvantaged

We are sorry that our ancestors were intelligent, advanced and daring
enough to explore the wild oceans to discover new countries and develop them.

We are sorry that those who came before us took you out of the bush
and taught you that there was more to life than beating drums, killing
each other and chasing animals with sticks and stones.

We are sorry that they planned, funded and developed roads, towns,
mines, factories, airports and harbours, all of which you now claim to be
your long deprived inheritance giving you every right to change and rename
these at your discretion.

We are sorry that our parents taught us the value of small but strong
families, to not breed like rabbits and end up as underfed, diseased,
illiterate shack dwellers living in poverty.

We are sorry that when the evil apartheid government provided you
with schools, you decided they'd look better without windows or in piles of ashes.

We happily gave up those bad days of getting spanked in our all white
schools for doing something wrong and much prefer these days of
freedom where problems can be resolved with knives and guns.

We are sorry that it is hard to shake off the bitterness of the past
when you keep on raping, torturing and killing our friends and family
members, and then hide behind the fence of "human rights" with smiles on your faces.

We are sorry that we do not trust the government. We have no reason
to be so suspicious because none of these poor hard working intellectuals
have ever been involved in any form of corruption or "irregularities".

We are sorry that we do not trust the police force and, even though
they have openly admitted that they have lost the war against crime and
criminals, we should not be negative and just ignore their corruption and carry on hoping for the best.

We are sorry that it is more important to you to have players of colour
in our national teams than winning games and promoting patriotism. We
know that sponsorship doesn't depend on a team's success.

We are sorry that our border posts have been flung open and now left you
competing for jobs against illegal immigrants from our beautiful
neighbouring countries. All of them countries that have grown into
economic powerhouses after kicking out the "settlers".

We are sorry that we don't believe in witchcraft, beetroot and garlic
cures, urinating on street corners, virginity testing, slaughtering of bulls
in our back yards, trading women for cattle and other barbaric practices.

Maybe we just grew up differently.

We are sorry that your medical care, water supplies, roads, railways and
electricity supplies are going down the toilet because skilled people who
could have planned for and resolved these issues had to be thrown away
because they were of the wrong ethnic background and now have to work in
foreign countries where their skills are more needed.

We are so sorry that we'd like this country to fulfill its potential so we
can once again be proud South Africans.

The Previously Advantaged

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