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Australia has had quite a few white farmers come here to resettle after leaving Zimbabwe (quite a few black ones as well!) These were people who are highly skilled and trained and make an important part of an economy. The vast majority have said that they will not return, even if the government changed and they were invited back.
That is a great loss for Zimbabwe, one that will set them back many years. |
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Seems Mugabe isnt going anywhere. There should be a country created for the European Africans, they have that right. |
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Why shouldnt civilized people that have lived for centuries in africa have the right to live in peace and prosperity? Most of those blacks in South Africa moved there after there was something to move to. |
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The goverments in Southern Africa and most of the population arent very well educated, im not talking about all blacks in the world. |
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I'm certainly not intending to take any side here but there is a lot of support worldwide which believes that the blacks are only taking back what was originally taken from their ancestors anyway.
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On one level, remember that 'black' is far from a monolithic, unified grouping. In this case, let's say the Bantu are legitimately taking back the land that was theirs when the whites came. One hopes they will be equally happy when asked to give it back to the Bushmen, from whom they themselves took it a millenium ago. On another level, one could make the case that the 'property' has been rather improved. I rather doubt that even the most ardent nationalist would want it back the way that the colonialists got it. Pastoral, beautiful and undisturbed it may have been, but from what I have seen, what is desired is not just the pristine land but also the things built on it and done with it. I doubt Mugabe would want to move into a grass hut, for instance, which was the status quo before the whites arrived. The claim, in other words, includes considerable 'interest' which is generally ignored when discussing the debt. Would 'black Africa' (whatever in H that is) have brought itself to the state left by the various colonial powers? Maybe, but the evidence to date rests with decay, destruction and brutality. Africa is full of countries that were once prosperous and self-supporting but are now front-page disaster zones. Don't get me wrong. Apartheid was a blight on the human soul, but the reality is that for every Archbishop Tutu or Nelson Mandela, there are a dozen Idi Amins and Robert Mugabes. The colonial powers were racist, short-sighted and often cruel, but their efforts were often most constructive. Demagoguery is much easier - and more common - than constructive effort. At some stage of the game, the 'oppressed' have to start spending their energy solving their problems rather than blaming others for them. |
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What's going on?
Is he planning his breakout with the loot or what?
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I'll never forget the first time i saw him on TV there was some parade he walks up to a large banner of himself and salutes... to himself :rotfl::rotfl:
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We are talking about so massive area that dividing part of it shouldnt be a problem. South Africa isnt a viable nation, as seen in the mass exodus of the European Africans. Mass killings of white farmers, some 2000 murdered. "Genocide Watch has stated that these attacks constitute early warning signs of genocide against Boers and has criticised the South African government for its inaction on the issue, pointing out that the murder rate for them ("ethno-European farmers" in their report) is four times that of the general South African population." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_A...urders#_note-3 |
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So what's the answer.....apartheid on a continental scale ?
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Could actually improve relations. This colonialist self-loathing has to stop some time, the Africans have had genocides, enslavement and poverty even without Europeans. |
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