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Africa Subsaharan
Britain accused of cholera 'genocide'
2008-12-13
Zimbabwe's government is strongly accusing Britain of causing a "genocidal" cholera epidemic labeling it as genocide "of our people".

"Cholera is a calculated, racist attack on Zimbabwe by the unrepentant former colonial power, Britain," which has received full support from its American and Western allies so that they can have a pretext to invade the country, Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu told a press conference.
Then his lips fell off.
The epidemic which has engulfed Zimbabwe "is a serious biological, chemical war force, genocidal onslaught, on the people of Zimbabwe by the British," AFP quoted him as saying.
"Careful where you're walking! Those are my lips!"
The accusations came as the World Health Organization (WHO) said the death toll had risen to 792. And the worst part of it, hospitals have no drugs, no equipment and no staff left to treat the cholera epidemic, which is spreading as sewage and water lines have broken down, contaminating the drinking supply.
Damn those Brits!
A day earlier, President Robert Mugabe said in a nationally broadcast speech that "there is no cholera" - comments his spokesman George Charamba said Friday were meant as "sarcasm."

Mugabe's remarks stoked anger internationally as well as by aid agencies. The aid groups warn the epidemic could last for months. Britain, France and the United States cried out loudly for Mugabe to step down.

The South African Anglican Bishop Joe Seoka told The Times newspaper that Mugabe must be viewed as the 21st century Hitler as he should be held responsible for the deaths and sufferings of Zimbabweans under his rule, and calling for him to face war crimes charges at The Hague.
Posted by:Fred

#9  rule of thumb for blogs = same for polite society: if you think it might be incorrect, assume it is. If you don't care, go ahead. I have mixed the two, but only in personal - in bidniss, STFU
Posted by: Frank G   2008-12-13 21:22  

#8  I can't say I know all of the rules, but I personally feel the dehumanization of an entire race of people falls into the "do not do" category.
Posted by: sjb   2008-12-13 20:45  

#7  They're pretty easy bigjim-ly. When visiting someone's house or blog, if you say or do something that offends your host, you apologize or leave.
Posted by: rammer   2008-12-13 20:36  

#6  I'm 36 years old and I still cant quite figure out what the 'rules' are concerning race discussion in our society. If you have a handle on them I'm sure more than a couple of us would love to hear the hard and fast guidelines.
Posted by: bigjim-ly   2008-12-13 20:23  

#5  whitey-
Racist epithets are never welcome here and therefore neither are you.
Posted by: sjb   2008-12-13 11:29  

#4  animals get what they get The dark continent remains just that
Posted by: whitey   2008-12-13 10:56  

#3  Yet.
Posted by: Hellfish   2008-12-13 09:15  

#2  Well, at least he doesn't blames Jews.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-12-13 06:05  

#1  So they're marinating in their own sh*t due to their own inability to fix broken pipes and the Zimbob governments's first impulse is to blame whitey?

I'm speechless.
Posted by: Pheart Smith4367   2008-12-13 05:37  

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