I will rape, kill your wives" says South African police chiefMichellezm 07-20-2007
"Mr Robert MCBRIDE
Synopsis Chief of the Metropolitan (metro) Police: Chief of Ekurhuleni Municipality, Ekurhuleni Municipality; He was convicted for the "Durban Bombing" 1986, he was released from prison in 1992. He was granted amnesty by the TRC for his actions.; In 1998 he was arrested by the Mozambican police for alleged gun smuggling, he was later released".
This man, under the apartheid era, planted a bomb in a nightclub and killed and maimed several people. He is now our Metro Police Chief.
Fine country we live in hey?
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Thunderscot 07-20-2007 3.07 pm
But at least he's not a racist...
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Anyone for crocodile?Thunderscot
We eat Gators here in Jawja.
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Apartheid's Victims as Victimizers - zenophobia in South Africa
Michellezm 07-10-2007
www.time.com
In a tiny room at the back of a Somali restaurant near Port Elizabeth's harbor, Abdi Maolin, 26, has spent 11 months lying on a dirty mattress, eating kitchen leftovers and urinating through a tube attached to his bladder. Propping himself up on his elbows, Abdi digs out a police report that describes how on June 6 last year, six men stormed a Somali grocery store where Abdi and his elder brother Mohammed worked. One shot Mohammed in the forehead, killing him. When Abdi ran, another shot him in the spinal chord, paralyzing him from the chest down. Abdi says the killers wanted him to know why. They told him he was stealing South African land, taking South African money. They called him "kuwara" — nigger. "But they were black," says Abdi. "They were African, like me."
As the richest nation in a blighted continent, South Africa is a magnet for immigrants. And, as in Western Europe and the U.S., the more foreigners arrive, the greater the hostility to their presence.
Righthand 07-10-2007 5.05pm
African immigrants in South Africa are not unaware of the irony of their treatment in the self-proclaimed "Rainbow Nation," whose constitution declares "that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity." But for Betri Jama, 21, whose shop in Motherwell was razed in February, South Africans are not learning from their own history: "The same people who know oppression, who know dehumanization, they are the people who are oppressing us now," she says.
This is a very hostile article. You get the strong impression that the writer would prefer the old apartheid white rule was back!!
"The same people who know oppression, who know dehumanization, they are the people who are oppressing us now," she says.
These words would be more appropriately applied to the US's client state where the oppressed certainly have become the oppressors of totally innocent victims. A case of the camp inmates becoming the guards!!!
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Michellezm 07-10-2007 7.55pm
This is a very hostile article. You get the strong impression that the
writer would prefer the old apartheid white rule was back!!!
I disagree with your judgment. There is no hostility and I certainly don't get the impression that the writer would prefer apartheid white rule back.
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Axelsenzon 07-11-2007 7.51pm
you spelled
xenophobia wrong. btw
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Michellezm 07-11-2007 8-06pm
You are so right. I am so wrong. Thanks for the correction. Spelling isn't my strong point.
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Postcard from Port Elizabeth
Monday, Jul. 09, 2007
By
ALEX PERRY
Thirteen years after the country's first democratic election, the constitution's promise of a nation united in its diversity may remain more an aspiration than a reality. In today's South Africa, whites, coloreds and blacks still segregate themselves into single-race neighborhoods — not by law, but consent and economic circumstance. "It's the continuation of the apartheid mindset," says Lefko-Everett. And apartheid's saddest legacy turns out to be this: it didn't just make racists out of whites.
Michellezm 07-23-2007 9.07 pm
Why do I remember Yuma, Arizona?
It was hell-hot, the tarmac was melting and I had a babbalas (hangover) from a wild night in Las Vegas. I stepped out of the mini-van, slammed the automatically locking van door and found myself key-less and barefoot. My melting feet left yeti-like imprints as I hopped, skipped, jumped and sprinted (screeching all the way) across a busy road to find relief in a supermarket. My feet were blistered. Yuma is deeply burned into my memory!
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fingers as credit cards
Michellezm 07-23-2007 11.12pm
That's no lie, Haraya. In South Africa, where many people are illiterate, thumb prints are accepted. Though it's rare, It's been known for family members to retain the thumbs of deceased pensioners in order to continue claiming their benefits.
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Vendor arrested for selling "Impeach Him" buttons Michellezm 07-24-2007 10.34am
Shades of
South Africa under the
Apartheid Regime. You have no idea how bad it can get.
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Bulger's boy killer 'to get married'Righthand 07-23-2007 9.09pm
we have the power to screen out or censor another clipper and this individual can be shunned and shut out if he/she does not, or cannot control themselves.
Please explain. Who is the 'we' that you write of?
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Michellezm 07-23-2007 9.41pm
The comment was directed at Dorine and the "we" I was referring to was the both of us (but that, obviously, doesn't preclude anyone else from doing the same). Some people are so persistently offensive that in order to enjoy the experience of Clipmarks one has to take drastic action. It's always a pity to have to do it, but necessary at times. So, righthand, if you ever find me offensive, you have the power to stop seeing my clips, stop me from commenting on your clips and hide my comments on other people's clips. I thought it was a brilliant Clipmark idea and gives each clipper the right to banish the horrible and focus on the enjoyable.
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Dorine1722 07-23-2007 9.45pm
I'm confused. Was this meant for another clip?
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Michellezm 07-24-2007 2.07am
Not sure myself Dorine, or why the "we" part should be an issue. But, nevertheless .....
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Kkcapricorn 07-24-2007 2.07am
I am totally out of the zone!
But, my comment is "Why do we afford protection to this monster?" (we in the collective sense). Who protected the poor little boy they killed?
I am always ready to give a second chance & not to judge, but I have seen up close & dirty, when kids are that sociopathic, they are 99% beyond redemption.
One can only hope the girl friend reads the internet avidly.
If not, I hope they never have children.
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Righthand 07-25-2007 12.17pm
I love Clipmarks. I'm only a relative newbie on Clipmarks. It is less than two months. I got attacked by rightwing fascist early on.
I'll always watch our for the bullied. It's in my nature. When I see an attack on a newbie then I'll try to aid him/her. Else where will be no newbies. So I'll try anyway. When I read...
we have the power to screen out or censor another clipper and this individual can be shunned and shut out if he/she does not, or cannot control themselves.
..then I get very worried. It infers that there is some hidden censorship or power in operation. Your explanation ...
The comment was directed at Dorine and the "we" I was referring to was the both of us (but that, obviously, doesn't preclude anyone else from doing the same).
...does not hold up. If you did not intend others to read your 'private' message then an email would have been proper and not for all to see.
If there's a slimy person on Clipmarks, it's you. I notice you haven't CLIPPED ONE SINGLE ITEM, yet you've had the nerve to comment on 28. Clipmarks is the poorer for having you on
...is excessive, IMO. If I was that newbie then I'd think for a long time before I'd get involved further with Clipmarks. I've pondered the correct manner of handling this. Should I have posted a separate clip?
@KkcapricornI am always ready to give a second chance & not to judge, but I have seen up close & dirty, when kids are that sociopathic, they are 99% beyond redemption.
Agreed. And they did do their time. The UK is not yet a fascist state. Hopefully under Brown, it will be less so. God got Blair and f----ed him up.
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Dorine1722 07-25-2007 3.53pm
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righthand, I've been confused by all of this. The newbie you were referring to had made a direct attack on me for reasons I still don't understand. Although I was taken aback by his comment, I just chocked it up to him being a troll.
I have never censored anyone at Clipmarks. I'm here to learn, share, and have fun. Occasionally, I clip a political piece that I find interesting, ironic, loaded with bias, or double standard, otherwise, I leave the friendly banter to those who are better at it than I am.
As to the contents of this clip, I'm appalled that the woman is being kept from the truth about her soon-to-be husband. She should know what he did. I'd want to know, wouldn't everybody?
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Michellezm 07-25-2007 4.17pm
Righthand, you're just spoiling for an argument and I won't bite. As for my discussion with Dorine, I'm entitled to say what I want, when I want to, provided I don't deliberately set out to hurt people. I don't need you to tell me when and how I communicate. I suggest you go trawling/trolling/badgering someone else. You're splitting hairs over inconsequential things - things that don't even concern you and I suspect your motive is to provoke an argument Don't start with me, bud! And yes, I have banished people and will do it again if necessary.
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Righthand 07-25-2007 7.17pm
Doreen1722, I have absolutely no problem with any part you had. You were unjustly attacked for no reason. Other came to your defence in fair ways. One did not and threatens repeat performances in the future.
Only on a very minor level do I question your judgment in accepting the content of any newspaper as fact and particularly a rag. You can be certain that if this bloke's intended does not know by now, then the rag will be the first to broadcast it to the world, in the public interest of course.
As to the contents of this clip, I'm appalled that the woman is being kept from the truth about her soon-to-be husband. She should know what he did. I'd want to know, wouldn't everybody?
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You're splitting hairs over inconsequential things - things that don't even concern you and I suspect your motive is to provoke an argument Don't start with me, bud! And yes, I have banished people and will do it again if necessary.
Bullying will always concern me. Obviously it is admitted that this is repeat behaviour. Very unladylike. I cannot remember ever being threatened in this fashion by a real female.
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Michellezm 07-25-2007 7.42pm
Righthand, I've seen your clips. I've read your comments, and I've come to the conclusion that the only bully is you. You are aggressive and argumentative.
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Michellezm 07-25-2007 8.23pm
Because you have chosen to continue badgering and have now resorted to insults, I have decided to utilize the censorship option. I can tell, you're not the sort that will stop - you're too aggressive. I refuse to allow an individual like you to spoil my experience on Clipmarks.
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