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2006-12-09 Africa Subsaharan

S.Africa: European Official Gang Raped in Durban, 11 Tourists Mugged

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-09 14:18|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ummm, I believe South Africa is a world leader in the category of .... rape. Sad, very sad.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-12-09 15:27|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-12-09 15:27|| Front Page Top

#2 This is horrifying, but what were they thinking going for a walk at that time of night?

Hmm... that South Africa was a 'civilized' place? Obviously they were wrong.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-09 16:01|| 2006-12-09 16:01|| Front Page Top

#3 the scene of the gang rape of three teenagers on December 16, the Day of Reconciliation

I'd hate to see what happens on their "Day of Revenge".

This is horrifying, but what were they thinking going for a walk at that time of night?

The voice of reason.

If the authorities got rid of the street children and vagrants along the beachfront, then surely those still hanging around have to be criminals and the police could act. Often the police drive past criminals, believing them to be street children and vagrants.

The voice of eliteism. (i.e., "Keep that riff-raff away from the water's edge.)

Anyone idiotic enough to walk about at one o'clock in the morning in a crime-ridden nation is begging for disaster. I can only suppose that eliteists refuse to consider such an indecent notion as self-responsibility.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-09 16:27|| 2006-12-09 16:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Good luck with the World Cup.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-09 16:52|| 2006-12-09 16:52|| Front Page Top

#5 It's definitely one of the more likely spots to get raped, and it also has a high HIV infection rate.

I've wanted to go to South Africa. I heard it was beautiful. However....I think I'd rather go somewhere else safer, thankyouverymuch.

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#6 I'm not sure I'd go to Africa on a bet.

I'll take Belize instead.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-12-09 18:25|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-12-09 18:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Foot-ball, a gentleman's game, played by thugs.

(Rugby, a thug's game, played by Gentlemen).

Phok phoot-ball, Johanna, I aint gonna play (Sun City, lol!), and will not pay a red cent to lively up/ptomote this shite.

Why on earth anyone go to this place? Full of Paleo wanna-bes, from about 700 years ago.

Posted by Sloluque Omairt2392 2006-12-09 18:28|| 2006-12-09 18:28|| Front Page Top

#8 With the new batch of ANC cadre winning the elections, SA will be Zimbabwe South in about in 3 years. The ANC is already talking about gangstering the white-held farms, just like Mugabe did. The whole of southern and central Africa is just a write-off, anymore. And you are safer vacationing in Beruit, than in Joburg : Hizb'allah protects tourists because of the jobs and money they bring in.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-12-09 19:20|| 2006-12-09 19:20|| Front Page Top

#9 A source in the hospitality industry described the incident as outrageous, but wondered why the couple had ignored clear safety tips in their hotel.

Clausal oxymoron, I guess.

It's getting to be about time to vacate the country if you have more than three functional neurons. Now I'm just trying to figure out which place would be least bad to flee to.

Posted by gorb 2006-12-09 21:04|| 2006-12-09 21:04|| Front Page Top

#10 So I guess if I'm insane enough to go to South Africa someday, I should just stay in the hotel...

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-09 21:08|| 2006-12-09 21:08|| Front Page Top

#11 The attack comes at a time when South Africa is observing 16 days of activism against the abuse of women and children and follows the recent mugging of 11 cruise liner passengers at Durbans North Beach.

So, I guess they remain inactive the other 349 days of the year? Jeebus, SA sounds more and more like ZimBOBwe every day.

Posted by BA 2006-12-09 22:02|| 2006-12-09 22:02|| Front Page Top

#12 Not just South Africa, tu3031. When Mr. Wife went down to Caracas on a business trip a few years ago, the hotel doorman called a cab to take him to the pub across the street, as it was deemed unsafe for gringos to walk across the street without an armed guard... a considerable change from a decade earlier, when a friend of ours happily wandered the streets doing errands while his wife worked at the office (he was a trailing husband, and thoroughly enjoyed it the opportunities that entailed) with only a loaded pistol in his pocket.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-09 22:30|| 2006-12-09 22:30|| Front Page Top

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