Open letter to malema

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'Dear Julius...'
18/02/2009 12:20 - (SA)

Rivaan Roopnarain, News24 User

Dear Julius,

Aware that you lack, both, the temperance and the ability to respond, I pen these thoughts, nevertheless, in the shallow hope that the contents hereupon irk you enough to provoke some measure of a rejoinder.

Yet, I won't my hold my breath.

You see, Julius, in order for something to irk a person sufficiently, it is requisite that that person has the capacity to comprehend what is being put to him. And you've never left doubt in any mind that your intellect and rationality are - how should I put it - severely compromised.

Not ordinarily given to personal directives, seeing as you pride your image on being someone who regularly and consistently moves to personal assaults of the most vile and despicable form, I will feel satisfied in making an exception.

More than why you say the preposterous things that you do, Julius, why do you feel that you can say what you say so glibly, without so much as a glimmer of guilt or recourse for consequence?

Constricted as your mind may be, does it ever occur to you that, as an elected office holder, yours are duties that are to be treated with the highest respect? Yet, it has been a terribly long time since you were sufficiently moved to address the matters for which you occupy public space, hasn't it?

As much as it pains me to have to say this, you are - at least to those who share your IQ, or your hapless disregard for dignity, whatever the case may be - something of a role model. Now we know, Julius, that in this country, that's an awful lot of people. Or should I say, tragically, that's an awful lot of votes?

Be that as it may, one wonders if you feel that being the most prominent circus clown in a band of troubled performers is a feeling that brings you a measure of achievement.

Making ludicrous utterances, then hiding behind the cheapest riposte imaginable, "taken out of context," undermines the collective intelligence of this entire nation. It appears, quite convincingly, that you simply do not care.

But what strikes me most disturbingly, is your complete inability to see the gross errors in your demeanor. The sheer incapacity to penetrate the leathery form that barely passes for a skull, with logic and reason.

Some might attribute a hard-headedness like yours to the hallmarks of a "leader". Don't flatter yourself; most (and I refer here to those who actually matter) simply defer it to stupidity and arrogance - but you can choose for yourself.

Not forgetting the hideous circumstances that you came to be President of your beloved Youth League, Julius, one can only imagine that the many great leaders that were bred in that organisation must be turning senselessly in their graves to know that they have bequeathed their legacy to you.

Together with possibly the only person more shameful than yourself, your predecessor, you have communally destroyed the ANCYL for eternity. Not that it took much, but an organisation that was once prided upon, is now a complete farce - that is, to say the least. That, Julius, I desperately hope will be the only memory that the country has of you, and nothing more.

"For a jester's chief employment is to kill himself for your enjoyment, and a jester unemployed is nobody's fool."

My guess, dear friend, is that that is precisely how your masters feel about putting up with you. Don't you find?
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To be honest i dont think this letter was that great, the author seems to be trying to hard.
 
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tau1z said:
To be honest i dont think this letter was that great, the author seems to be trying to hard.
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This ^^

Seemed overly complicated and lengthy. Could have written that all in a simpler paragraph. At the moment it seemed like the writer was just trying to show off his eloquence.

Lol, but then even this sentence I am writing now could be considered showing off against dear old Malema.
 
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The author of that letter envies Naledi Pandor. He so wishes he could get some of that Malema dis.
 
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While that letter was barely amusing, but still enjoyable, I have to disagree with one point:

Julius, one can only imagine that the many great leaders that were bred in that organisation must be turning senselessly in their graves to know that they have bequeathed their legacy to you.
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Which great leaders? :confused: How do you define 'great' anyway? The author should know that leading an opposition organisation like the ANC is totally different to running a country. It is impossible to say with Biko or Tambo would have been good leaders, if they were given the chance.
 
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Chris said:
While that letter was barely amusing, but still enjoyable, I have to disagree with one point:



Which great leaders? :confused: How do you define 'great' anyway? The author should know that leading an opposition organisation like the ANC is totally different to running a country. It is impossible to say with Biko or Tambo would have been good leaders, if they were given the chance.
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Biko was not a member of the ANC.
And it is possible to expect he would have been a great leader based on his personal history.
 
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joelus said:
Biko was not a member of the ANC.
And it is possible to expect he would have been a great leader based on his personal history.
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Well people like Jimmy Carter said that about Uncle Bob and look how that turned out. :rolleyes: Admittedly there was friction between the ANC and Biko, but he did help to form the SA Students Organisation which basically - well in today's world (not sure about the 1970s) - an ANC mouthpiece.
 
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Chris said:
Well people like Jimmy Carter said that about Uncle Bob and look how that turned out. :rolleyes: Admittedly there was friction between the ANC and Biko, but he did help to form the SA Students Organisation which basically - well in today's world (not sure about the 1970s) - an ANC mouthpiece.
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Well given that the great Madiba has 'turned' to the dark side all these 'great struggle icons' are now in doubt. Because if Madiba can surely they could too ;)
 
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A radio caller today referred to him as Julius Vuvuzela - quite appropriate.
 
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Alan said:
Well given that the great Madiba has 'turned' to the dark side all these 'great struggle icons' are now in doubt. Because if Madiba can surely they could too ;)
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What? Are you being sarcastic?
 
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Moederloos said:
The day Mandela* supported Zuma, is the day he moved to the dark side.


* The honorific "Madiba" no longer suits him.
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You are right. What the hell was he thinking? It just shows you the path this country is taking.
 
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Malema's job is to recruit the youth into the ANC.
Is he failing?

I don't think so.
 
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