Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:57:52 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jive (was RE: was this really necessary?) Message-ID: <200302252157.52451.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <20030225145050.F17048@papagena.rockefeller.edu> References: <20030225145050.F17048@papagena.rockefeller.edu>
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On Tuesday 25 February 2003 21:50, someone, possibly Rahul Siddharthan, typed: > The colonists should realize that they can't just sit back now and > enjoy the fruits of 200 years of entrenched inequality, either: they > need to take the lead in reforming the society (and I understand that > many do, just as many whites were active in the anti-Apartheid > struggle). Failure to do that will lead to a Zimbabwe-like situation > -- which is a result of Britain and the local white community breaking > their promises and failing to implement land reforms for 20 years > after independence. I'm not trying to defend the despicable Mugabe. > But we all hope South Africa will fare much better. Well, given the situation in Zim, I would say we are doing much better, but the point I was making is that people should stop trying to politicize everything, at every oportunity. It's just not productive. Will -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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