A positive crisis? WTF???

Na, there is nothing wrong with this word bending.
But, the IEC must be slapped HARD for not reacting quicker to the problem.
I mean ... there's 1000 people in the queue outside, it's 15H00, and only 2000 ballots left ... quick .. get more ballots!
How difficult is that?
 
A crisis is positive when it allows you to institute policies that would have been scorned or never allowed to pass before the crisis.

Think 9/11 and the PATRIOT act.

Before the crisis people would have been up in arms about the invasion of privacy and loss of personal freedoms. Now after 9/11 people accepted it because it will 'protect' them from more terrorist attacks.
 
davemc said:
Na, there is nothing wrong with this word bending.
But, the IEC must be slapped HARD for not reacting quicker to the problem.
I mean ... there's 1000 people in the queue outside, it's 15H00, and only 2000 ballots left ... quick .. get more ballots!
How difficult is that?
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Thats what you would expect a person of normal intelligence to foresee. And Gwede Mantashe is an idiot. Period.
 
If they had just disallowed people from voting anywhere they would not have had this issue.
 
The 3rd Force has once again released a press statement, an unprecedented 3rd or 4th in one day. "When we get voted into government we will be implementing somewhat controversial measures indeed. We will start with words. Any words that end "ist" ism" will be banned. These sections of words will be replaced by *happy bunny* So instead of calling some one a racist bastid they will be calling someone a rachappybunny bastid. Biological organisms will be called organhappybunnys. So it shall be written. So it shall be done!"
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:rolleyes:
 
knobshine said:
A crisis is positive when it allows you to institute policies that would have been scorned or never allowed to pass before the crisis.

Think 9/11 and the PATRIOT act.

Before the crisis people would have been up in arms about the invasion of privacy and loss of personal freedoms. Now after 9/11 people accepted it because it will 'protect' them from more terrorist attacks.
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I am sure you must have posted this more tongue in cheek. :P
Poor Yanks. Lots of controversial angles to that Patriot Act on the net.:D
 
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