Students question #RhodesMustFall

Nicodeamus said:
This is the problem with student protests. I remember at my time at Tuks when we organised a march. It was really easy to convince students to protest, you needed 1-2 lines mixed with a bit of liberty, history and emotion and they were all for it. A lot of these students protesting dont believe in their cause, I bet they do not give a damm, they were there for the nice feeling caused by a protest.
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The Crowd is Untruth (Søren Kierkegaard)
 
So like the black lawyers association then. Funny how you can have exclusivity for blacks and not be racist but not exclusivity for whites without being racist.
 
Have you not seen the tshirts the protestors wear on the news? It clearly states that "blacks can't be racist".

Notice how the headlines dont bring in racism, they just state the story objectively. This is because "blacks cannot be racist".
 
lordrage said:
Have you not seen the tshirts the protestors wear on the news? It clearly states that "blacks can't be racist".

Notice how the headlines dont bring in racism, they just state the story objectively. This is because "blacks cannot be racist".
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They really are going full on doublespeak. The term "blacks cannot be racist" is racist.
 
konfab said:
They really are going full on doublespeak. The term "blacks cannot be racist" is racist.
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Yip. Just like the "xenophobia" incidents. It cannot be called racism because "blacks cannot be racist"... :/ There should really be disciplinary action against the media. I think most of actions which get out of control (after the initial action) are caused by mass hysteria fuelled through biased and racist reporting.
 
Pakka said:
It's becoming crucial for students of all races to come forward and display non racialism. The media is (probably not purposefully) creating a very dangerous atmosphere in SA. The views of a handful of racists isn't reflective of most South Africans - and we need to let everyone know that
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the sad reality is , THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. Why. Lets see, the party that is in power, has fundamental policies to outst the white man. their struggle is about getting rid of the white man.
Africa, more so the AU, was about Africa for the Africans.
Which means, NO WHITES! You look at racism from blacks, racism from the government, they don't go and say things against it, in essence, 2/3 of this country vote for the party who sings(add to that their world icon is part of this) "kill the boer, kill the farmer", "We 're going to kill the white man"
So this a democratic SA, ITS all BS. You can't have people support racism and think you can fix it.
I don't see that happening.
 
The media is owned by Zupta ever since the Guptas were given tax money to but the Independant group. The ANC are definitely seeing a return on their investment and most of society are too stupid to see how they are being manipulated.

No doubt when their circumstances continue to deteriorate they will keep blaming white people.
 
Pakka said:
It's becoming crucial for students of all races to come forward and display non racialism. The media is (probably not purposefully) creating a very dangerous atmosphere in SA. The views of a handful of racists isn't reflective of most South Africans - and we need to let everyone know that
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It's not just a handful.
 
Kilgore_Trout_Redux said:
The media is owned by Zupta ever since the Guptas were given tax money to but the Independant group. The ANC are definitely seeing a return on their investment and most of society are too stupid to see how they are being manipulated.

No doubt when their circumstances continue to deteriorate they will keep blaming white people.
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Yeah it's taking ages to undo the "oppressive" rule of the white man who brought functional roads and sewer systems and work for every black man.
 
Swa said:
Yeah it's taking ages to undo the "oppressive" rule of the white man who brought functional roads and sewer systems and work for every black man.
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Look at the DRC. given enough time and it can be completely reversed, iirc there was sufficient road/rail/navigable waterways in the DRC in 1960 to allow people to travel across the country, north to south and east to west, now there is almost impossible to travel around the country other than by air.

In 1960 it was the second most industrialised country in Africa and is still one of the richest countries in the world regarding natural resources, yet it is a basket case where the majority of its people live as they would have have 300 years ago, and a small ruling elite rob the country of everything they can.

To hear a description of just how industrialised infrastructure can be run into the ground I would recommend reading Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher.
 
Dave123 said:
Look at the DRC. given enough time and it can be completely reversed, iirc there was sufficient road/rail/navigable waterways in the DRC in 1960 to allow people to travel across the country, north to south and east to west, now there is almost impossible to travel around the country other than by air.
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Look at liberia & ethiopia (briefly occupied, about 5yrs) that were never colonised & some of the worst off countries on the continent.
 
ponder said:
Look at liberia & ethiopia (briefly occupied, about 5yrs) that were never colonised & some of the worst off countries on the continent.
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nowadys Ethiopia is picking up though. SA lacks the emotional maturity of most African countries.
 
This is not a nice thread
 
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Dave123 said:
Look at the DRC. given enough time and it can be completely reversed, iirc there was sufficient road/rail/navigable waterways in the DRC in 1960 to allow people to travel across the country, north to south and east to west, now there is almost impossible to travel around the country other than by air.

In 1960 it was the second most industrialised country in Africa and is still one of the richest countries in the world regarding natural resources, yet it is a basket case where the majority of its people live as they would have have 300 years ago, and a small ruling elite rob the country of everything they can.

To hear a description of just how industrialised infrastructure can be run into the ground I would recommend reading Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher.
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Yup, we really miss slave labour we do. So much can be achieved with it at little cost.

And everyone benefits of course.
 
imranpanji said:
Yup, we really miss slave labour we do. So much can be achieved with it at little cost.

And everyone benefits of course.
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What has slave labour got to do with it? The DRC had the infrastructure and resources to maintain what they had, their corrupt leaders decided to enrich themselves at the expense of the rest of the country. The DRC should be a wealthy and strong country, have you seen what natural resources it still has? Even after decades of the country being raped by its ruling elite and their foreign helpers (mostly Chinese, these days iirc).

Perhaps go and learn a little about a situation before making hysterical sound bites...
 
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