More Important
Few things can annoy me more than people who think their cause is more important than others who are in a similar situation.BLM comes to mind. It is not that I think that black lives don't matter. To me, when a white (or black) cop kills a black (or white) man in the USA, it is no different than when a black (or white) vagrant kills a white (or black) farmer in South Africa. The fact is that all lives matter.
Sometimes we are too fond of playing the race card when we cannot get our way otherwise. In my experience such a person either secretly resent who he is and really wish he was somebody else or otherwise he uses racism as a ruse to gain sympathy for his cause.
Using racism as a prop just takes the focus away from the real problem.
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Who fought on the Taliban side when Russia fought Afghanistan, because of the Taliban spreading their influence in the Russian republics?
Who trained them and armed them?
Good, old USA...
I rest my case
Mujahideen, Arabic mujahidun, members of a number of guerrilla groups operating in Afghanistan during the Afghan War (1978–92) that opposed the invading Soviet forces and eventually toppled the Afghan communist government. The CIA decided to arm the Afghan resistance fighters (mujahedeen) to repel the Soviet invasion as part of the larger cold war strategy.
In the brutal nine-year conflict, an estimated one million civilians were killed, as well as 90,000 Mujahideen fighters, 18,000 Afghan troops, and 14,500 Soviet soldiers.
Who fought on the Taliban side when Russia fought Afghanistan, because of the Taliban spreading their influence in the Russian republics?
Who trained them and armed them?
Good, old USA...
I rest my case
That war did do some good though. It brought about the collapse of what Ronald Reagan dubbed the Evil Empire.
Good to see ya
Been Along time
Mujahideen, Arabic mujahidun, members of a number of guerrilla groups operating in Afghanistan during the Afghan War (1978–92) that opposed the invading Soviet forces and eventually toppled the Afghan communist government. The CIA decided to arm the Afghan resistance fighters (mujahedeen) to repel the Soviet invasion as part of the larger cold war strategy.
In the brutal nine-year conflict, an estimated one million civilians were killed, as well as 90,000 Mujahideen fighters, 18,000 Afghan troops, and 14,500 Soviet soldiers.
Firstly - Al Jazeera reliability generally is reasonably well rated. Okay?
"Allsides.com – Al Jazeera’s Lean Left rating was confirmed in review in June 2022 - Reviewers on the left, center, and right detected types of media bias including Lean Left slant, story choice, bias by omission, opinion presented as fact, subjective qualifying adjectives, and word choice in Al Jazeera's content."
"Wikipedia - Al Jazeera has a large audience, but the organization (particularly its original Arabic channel) has been criticized for its alleged involvement in controversies ranging from slanted journalism to anti-Hindu bias and anti-Israel bias."
Secondly - This particular story blames apartheid and colonialism for the fact that 10% of population owns more than 80% of wealth. It doesn’t mention that 2 of the people on the top 20 richest are State President Cyril Ramaphosa at #17, with a mere $450 million, and Patrice Motsepe at #4 with $2.7 billion. Lean Left journalism. Don’t spoil a good story with facts. Only TWO out of TWENTY, I hear you cry, that’s SHOCKING. Well, all 20 (okay, maybe not Ramaphosa) employ a great many people and you may not be aware that B.E.E. legislation ensures nearly all of those will be black. So don’t be thinking the other 18 are huddled in little white enclaves. Look up B.E.E. for yourselves, you and Jac, do you good.
Forbes doesn’t have any black billionaires in the top twenty.
Thirdly - who do we blame for the world figures? A mere 1.1% hold nearly half the world’s total wealth.
I suspect Al Jazeera does pretty well out of excitable stories – I couldn’t track down its worth in the time I was prepared to give it but Qatar Investment Authority (from which Al Jazeera is financed) is estimated to be worth somewhere north of $85 billion. Maybe one day they’ll do an exposé on themselves
Anyone want to place a bet on which of my comments will be taken out of context and attacked? I’m running a small book . . .
Apologies, Cat
No need to apologize. Remember, this blog is defined as opiniated and therefore the comments are opiniated as well. As opinion is not based on fact but rather personal preference, everybody is entitled to an own opinion, whether that be correct or not.
As for Al Jeera (and any other news outlet) their credibility is relative to your orientation. News media report what their viewers, listeners & readers want to see, hear or read. It all depends where you stand.
No need to apologize. Remember, this blog is defined as opiniated and therefore the comments are opiniated as well. As opinion is not based on fact but rather personal preference, everybody is entitled to an own opinion, whether that be correct or not.
As for Al Jeera (and any other news outlet) their credibility is relative to your orientation. News media report what their viewers, listeners & readers want to see, hear or read. It all depends where you stand.
It IS interesting that no-one, yet, has come up with an intelligent counter to your actual blog content. And that nobody has responded to my comment about the damage caused in protests, the people who lose out big time but don't apparently matter.
And now I do have to go and do other stuff, back in a week mas o menos
It backfired and blew up in the American face.
Many more lives were lost, unnecessary.
Is that what we want, pretending we care when we bet on sides of a conflict.
The result of the Israely Palestinian situation is a proof of that.
It's all about someone's interest when people die and these same people get blamed for making someone kill them.
Taking us on a guilt trip to places most of us have never been.
This "logic " is sick.
And the proof has been all over the place sinse the WWs.
Anyone got the message?
Obviously not.
It IS interesting that no-one, yet, has come up with an intelligent counter to your actual blog content. And that nobody has responded to my comment about the damage caused in protests, the people who lose out big time but don't apparently matter.
And now I do have to go and do other stuff, back in a week mas o menos
You see, there are one or two persons here who make a point of derailing my blogs and when that has happened, there is nothing to get it on track. This is why I don't bother to blog anymore.
Suzie, your comment is forgotten, burried under tons of irrelevant comments. You see, most people read only the last few comments on which they then comment.
Case lost.
It backfired and blew up in the American face.
Many more lives were lost, unnecessary.
Is that what we want, pretending we care when we bet on sides of a conflict.
The result of the Israeli Palestinian situation is a proof of that.
It's all about someone's interest when people die and these same people get blamed for making someone kill them.
Taking us on a guilt trip to places most of us have never been.
This "logic " is sick.
And the proof has been all over the place since the WWs.
Anyone got the message?
Obviously not.
As to whether MLK would be content, he would know how much he achieved but also how much remained to be done. Same for women, for homosexuals, to a lesser extent too the indigenous peoples of the world. Annoy you, do they?
I wont pick sides too, but rather take the route of logic.
Anyone that can hold more than 2 million people captive in this relatively small space is insane.
The people of Palestine was offered freedom and prosperity by Hamas, an organization that hates all Jews, and who in their right mind can blame them for accepting Hamas or in fact 'anyone' that promises a tiny improvement on current issues, as the saviour?
@ Jack,
I would suggest that you find a B&B in Tembisa and visit for a few day before believing a TV station that was apparently influenced by the very wealthy criminal Gupta family, for stealing from SA coffers, which are on the currently on the most wanted list of Interpol. They will do and say just about anything to take the spotlight off them. Why I suggested Tembisa?, because you seem to me very similar in your ways to Tembiseans, as they too always very subtly love starting shit with any available folks. Hopefully you might find a suitable it there for you.
As to whether MLK would be content, he would know how much he achieved but also how much remained to be done. Same for women, for homosexuals, to a lesser extent too the indigenous peoples of the world. Annoy you, do they?
You're derailing the blog again. This blog is about people being murdered. Not about homosexuals or women's rights or anything else. Try to stick to the topic.
I better read what your blog is about...
I better read what your blog is about...
When the video was presented true colors once again emerged and she was arrested.
Too fond of playing the race card is underestimated, its gets totally abused at every possibly geleentheid.
Too fond of playing the race card is underestimated, its gets totally abused at every possibly geleentheid.
Tom the crybaby who can't take a beating and also can't differentiate between English and Afrikaans.
Watter kant is die bal.... Die wit kant.
Boks took you out of your safe space, Tom.
I guess you are entitled to an opinion.
Anyway, have a good Thursday, Catfoot!
Despite @tenof claiming this is a passe issue of 200 years or so ago, it is a present day fact. Racism runs in the veins of Americans, whether that notion irritates you or not. Racism is still an everyday fact in America, in Australia too, though to a much lesser extent. 14% black and 18% hispanic Americans live that fact.
Despite @tenof claiming this is a passe issue of 200 years or so ago, it is a present day fact. Racism runs in the veins of Americans, whether that notion irritates you or not. Racism is still an everyday fact in America, in Australia too, though to a much lesser extent. 14% black and 18% hispanic Americans live that fact.
I'm not sure of it got worse or better after BLM emerged
but my best guess is it was not very helpful.
How to get rid of racism according to Morgan Freeman:
Leftie talking points only Fargo. Let go.
Racism is the world over. A survey has just proved Germany the worst racist (specifically towards blacks) in Europe. Africa is saturated with racism. So is Asia. You will find racism on all continents. Ethnic cleansing is just another form of racism. It need not be just white on black. But the enigma here is that racism is the lesser evil. People are being killed and that is serious.
South Africa has one of the highest murder stats in the world very little of it is racism. I recon more than 95% of it is black on black. Nothing racial, politically motivated or just plain criminal intent.
And it does not matter what you or anybody say, racism in itself does not kill people, people are killed by other people. People with criminal intent.
By putting a racial issue in in the foreground , the real crime, which is murder, is obscured.
Somehow nobody is interested in making it known.
We are not entitled to complain. And if we do we get the "You deserve it" treatment.
Nope, I don't deserve it and it's time we punish the criminal acts of the so called BLM during "protests", wrecking people's lives for no cause at all.
Even their leaders proved to be daylight arrogant thieves, buying mansions and living in ouxury with the donated money.
Jail the bastards.
We also have a bit of black on white racism in South Africa but it is sporadic. There is a lot of goodwill amongst the different peoples of South Africa. It is mainly some political groups that will practise racism.
As for myself, I ignore racial slurs if it comes my way. Stick and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.
In 1994 US ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and UN later reviewed and reported: UN Review of US Record on Racial Justice Should Prompt White House Action
I know you dislike reading - here is a short extract:
The average white family in the US has roughly eight times the wealth of the average Black family, and white college graduates have over seven times more wealth than Black college graduates.
Almost two million people are locked up across the United States, with Black people imprisoned at a rate three times higher than white people. Black women are imprisoned at 1.7 times the rate of white women.
Discrimination in enforcement of US immigration laws, including the US criminal re-entry statute, which a federal judge found was “enacted with discriminatory purpose” and would not have been enacted absent racial animus, continues unabated.
In 2020, the US had an estimated 580,000 unhoused people, 39 percent of whom were Black, even though Black people are only 12 percent of the US total population.
Though Black and white people use drugs at similar rates, Black people are imprisoned for drug crimes at five times the rate of white people.
Police in the US continue to kill Indigenous, Latinx, and Black people at significantly higher rates, as much as 350 percent more frequently, than white people. Even greater racial disparities attend nonfatal uses of force by police.
Somehow nobody is interested in making it known.
We are not entitled to complain. And if we do we get the "You deserve it" treatment.
Nope, I don't deserve it and it's time we punish the criminal acts of the so called BLM during "protests", wrecking people's lives for no cause at all.
Even their leaders proved to be daylight arrogant thieves, buying mansions and living in ouxury with the donated money.
Jail the bastards.
Here in South Africa you find black people with good education and good jobs, driving smart cars and dressing in brand name clothing. While they are perfectly capable of going to any bank to secure a bond to buy a proper house, they prefer to live in informal settlements.
You will find them living in tin shacks, quite prepared to sit there for twenty years until goverment gives them substandard houses intended for the poor. They have a mindset that government must provide everything for free.