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2006-07-10 Africa Subsaharan

S.Africa: Shocking tales from my Crime Page

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-07-10 02:14|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I lived in Jo'berg in the mid-seventies. Crime was a concern then, but at least the police combatted it. It is in times when civil authority becomes totally impotent, military authority seizes power. I lived in Greece when the "Colonels" held power.

Posted by Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-10 02:42|| 2006-07-10 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Yep! S. Africa leads the world in murders and rapes per capita

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-07-10 03:15|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-10 03:15|| Front Page Top

#3 As people straggle back home from Germany after a brilliant World Cup (party-wise anyway), talk has naturally turned to SA in 2010.

Between poor to middling infrastructure, inability to complete stadiums on schedule, and rampant crime and disease, I won't be surprised if the US or UK are asked to step in as a late replacement host nation as Mexico did for Colombia in '86.

Despite it's best efforts, an SA WC would be a disaster.

Posted by JDB 2006-07-10 08:34|| 2006-07-10 08:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Two sister missionaries from the LDS Church were just raped--one was also shot--in an area just outside of Durban. I don't have words to describe how angry I am about that but it's just one more reason why I don't have any hope whatsoever for any part of Africa. It truly is "the Dark Continent" and as colonial rule recedes farther into the past the more precolonial savagery comes to the fore. Any white with brains should be out of Africa even if all they can leave with is the clothes on their back. The alternative, sooner or later, will be far worse.

Posted by mac 2006-07-10 12:40|| 2006-07-10 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Some of the worst of it are the brutal murder of white farmers. It's all taking the same course as Zim, they're just not as open about it. The ultimate goal is a black Zuid Afrika, very clear to most. Nothing will ever be said at the UN or in Washington.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-07-10 12:51|| 2006-07-10 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 When I was a kid, South Africa was one of the worlds premier economies. It was a competative and highly productive place of industry and trade. Then it changed hands and I can only see one difference now from then. Unfortunately decorum prohibits mentioning it here.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-07-10 14:08|| 2006-07-10 14:08|| Front Page Top

#7 We all know what happened Big Jim. African self-rule following "colonialist" governments is an unmitigated disaster all over Africa, not just the South.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-10 14:57|| 2006-07-10 14:57|| Front Page Top

#8
If they (the Africans) had been capable of anything other than primitive tribalism before colonization, then they would have attained it.

Evacuate all non-native peoples, quarantine the whole continent and let them kill each other all they want.

In fact a modification of that prescription could be applied to the Muslim problem. A guy can dream can't he?

-M

Posted by Manolo 2006-07-10 16:03|| 2006-07-10 16:03|| Front Page Top

#9 I lived in Africa for a bit..

PC: I know all of Africa is 'suposed to be Whiteys fault, but are there ANY nations in Africa today 2006, that are both socially egalitarian and modestly safe?

Posted by RD 2006-07-10 23:49|| 2006-07-10 23:49|| Front Page Top

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