Is renaming geographical areas important?

[Rickster]

It's all about those tendas and im not talking about routers.

 

[BBSA]

If renaming places does nothing else but trigger myBB, then I am all for it.

As I said, mainly spitefulness.

 

[Coasti]

The ANC's slogan should become: Proudly renaming stuff since 1994

 

[Charlesjjm]

Is there a Coca Cola factory in PE?

 

[SAguy]

Is there a Coca Cola factory in PE?

Maybe PE just trying to be less white

 

[R13...]

Yes but just stop making **** after people.

 

[SmartShack]

it would be Fantastic if we could focus that money that goes to name changes to things more important .

 

[PPLdude]

Let's just give it Chinese names?

It's going to happen sooner or later

 

[BBSA]

It is important, good way to know which areas has become shitholes

 

[Dairyfarmer]

I see. I was looking at High Fat and Full Cream wondered wtf if any the difference is except the fat content.

Raw milk has a minimum fat content of 3.75% (called butter fat).

Before the milk is pasteurised the separate the fat from the milk. They then pasteurise both milk and fat. They then put the fat back and homogenise so that the milk and fat don't separate. Full cream is about 3.5%-4%. Semi skimmed (or 2% milk) is 2%. Skimmer or fat free milk is basically water.

So if you want semi skimmed milk just dilute full cream milk 50/50 with water and save yourself 50% (less the cost of the water). If you want skimmed milk go milk an almond.

 

[The_Librarian]

wasting more money and procrastinating is what they do the best...

 

[Former member 61586]

Naming or renaming is fine. WHEN you have extra funds to piss away.

 

[The_MAC]

Does it matter enough? So much else wrong in need of attention.

My homeland in eastern Europe re-named everything (towns and streets) after the German and then Russian occupation.

So it's a bit of a tricky one, but yes, if the economy is collapsing, maybe put off the extra expense for now.

 

[Athos]

No it is not important, but I wish they would just get it done already.

 

[pinball wizard]

My homeland in eastern Europe re-named everything (towns and streets) after the German and then Russian occupation.

So it's a bit of a tricky one, but yes, if the economy is collapsing, maybe put off the extra expense for now.

Look, I get it if it's a particularly hateful name like Stalingrad or Verwoedburgstad, but fairly innocuous ones like PE (which everyone was calling by Nelson Mandela's name anyway) can wait a while, right?

 

[SAguy]

If the name is really hurtful then yes, otherwise it is just a wast of money and spitefulness.

Which is pretty much every place named after a person, it's hurtful to someone.
Shaka Zulu, Mandela, OR Tambo, Cecil John Rhodes, Baden-Powell, Paul Kruger... all people who have blood on their hands - and we want to name places after people like this (or did in the past).

 

[BBSA]

The people who celebrate these changes are the same once who bemoan the fact that black people are mostly poor. They just can not connect the dots.

Really sad.

 

[dualmeister]

I still think Gauteng should be renamed to Gangsters Paradise.

 

[SAguy]

Let's rename cities to basic food items, bread city, maize town - then at least people can imagine being fed by the money that would have helped them otherwise.

 

[The_MAC]

Look, I get it if it's a particularly hateful name like Stalingrad or Verwoedburgstad, but fairly innocuous ones like PE (which everyone was calling by Nelson Mandela's name anyway) can wait a while, right?

Sure, but unfortunately there is no yard-stick for hateful

Although, is there is any engagement with the community/residents prior to a name change?