Dave Smith wrote:

Blinky the Shark wrote:


Apparently I needed big blinking sarcasm /sarcasm tags around
what I said. I guess the sarcastic negation "Right" with which I
closed what I said wasn't obvious enough.

He's Canadian, Blink. Naive is second only to maple syrup in their
national output.

Far too many handicaps have been sighted in the wild for me to be able
to keep them all straight.

I apologize for my naivety, but I have encountered too many PC types who

No problem.

would actually believe that was true.

I wasn't born yesterday and have never bought a pair of rose-colored
glasses -- I *remember* when those breakaways began, and have seen their
half-century of failure. And - trust me - the *last* thing you'll find me
to be is PC.


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James Silverton wrote:
Hello, All!

It almost seems possible that there will be a change. Perhaps, barbequed
Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be appropriate (sorry).

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Who cares?

"George Cebulka" wrote in message
...
James Silverton wrote:
Hello, All!

It almost seems possible that there will be a change. Perhaps, barbequed
Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be appropriate (sorry).

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Who cares?

I do.



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On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 23:51:24 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote:


"George Cebulka" wrote in message
...
James Silverton wrote:
Hello, All!

It almost seems possible that there will be a change. Perhaps, barbequed
Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be appropriate (sorry).

Who cares?

I do.

Not everyone knows what's going on over there. I think CC's dad moved
away from Zimbabwe to escape the political unrest.

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George Cebulka wrote in
:

James Silverton wrote:
Hello, All!

It almost seems possible that there will be a change. Perhaps,
barbequed Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be appropriate (sorry).

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Who cares?



Obviously James.

But I do, as well.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

Edmund Burke.

PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:49:13 +0000 (UTC):

?? James Silverton wrote:
?? Hello, All!
??
?? It almost seems possible that there will be a change.
?? Perhaps, barbequed Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be
?? appropriate (sorry).
??
?? James Silverton
?? Potomac, Maryland
??
?? E-mail, with obvious alterations:
?? not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
??
?? Who cares?
??
P Obviously James.

P But I do, as well.

Zimbabwe was once "the bread basket of Africa". Under the expert
guidance of Mr. Mugabe, inflation is 10,000% and people are
starving. I was just suggesting a menu item for a banquet to
celebrate his going.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"James Silverton" wrote in news:c%
LJj.417$Ah1.120@trnddc08:

PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:49:13 +0000 (UTC):

?? James Silverton wrote:
?? Hello, All!
??
?? It almost seems possible that there will be a change.
?? Perhaps, barbequed Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be
?? appropriate (sorry).
??
?? James Silverton
?? Potomac, Maryland
??
?? E-mail, with obvious alterations:
?? not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
??
?? Who cares?
??
P Obviously James.

P But I do, as well.

Zimbabwe was once "the bread basket of Africa". Under the expert
guidance of Mr. Mugabe, inflation is 10,000% and people are
starving. I was just suggesting a menu item for a banquet to
celebrate his going.




I would rather have just fed him to the hyenas.




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
nothing.

Edmund Burke.

James Silverton wrote:


??

P But I do, as well.

Zimbabwe was once "the bread basket of Africa". Under the expert
guidance of Mr. Mugabe, inflation is 10,000% and people are
starving. I was just suggesting a menu item for a banquet to
celebrate his going.

According to the author of "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun" Mugabe
was taking land from successful white farmers and giving it to
"veterans" of the civil war, many of whom were too young to have
even been around during the war, never mind being veterans of it.
They new owners would move in and chase off the farmers, not even
allowing them to harvest the crops that were ready to be reaped.
Then the did nothing to the land. They did not farm it or even
build on it. They just didn't want the white farmers to have their
land. In some cases, the white farmers had bought the land from the
Zimbabwean government after the war.

They are the authors of their own misfortune. It is a seen typical
of a number of countries in Africa. They were easily colonized
because the people were in no position to fight them, often having
so many tribal conflicts that they could not put up a united front,
never mind fight a modern army. They prospered under white
development programs but seemed envious of the advantaged whites and
ended up seeking independence and black rule, and the common result
is oppressive governments, bribery and corruption, a huge drop in
their economies and more suffering for the people.

Personally, I think we should take a lesson from the past. I live in
a country that thrived as a colony and made great advances. Most of
the major successful countries in the world share that background
and enjoy the benefits. The others had their chance and they blew
it. They deserve their current situation. Since they fought so
hard to remove white westerners from power and pushed them out of
the country I see no reason for westerners to bail them out.

PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:52:18 +0000 (UTC):

?? PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:49:13 +0000 (UTC):
??
?? James Silverton wrote:
?? Hello, All!
??
?? It almost seems possible that there will be a change.
?? Perhaps, barbequed Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be
?? appropriate (sorry).
??
?? James Silverton
?? Potomac, Maryland
??
?? E-mail, with obvious alterations:
?? not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
??
?? Who cares?
??
P Obviously James.
??
P But I do, as well.
??
?? Zimbabwe was once "the bread basket of Africa". Under the
?? expert guidance of Mr. Mugabe, inflation is 10,000% and
?? people are starving. I was just suggesting a menu item for
?? a banquet to celebrate his going.
??
P I would rather have just fed him to the hyenas.

Posssibly even they are hungry!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"James Silverton" wrote in message
news:trMJj.421$Ah1.368@trnddc08...
PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:52:18 +0000 (UTC):

?? PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:49:13 +0000 (UTC):
??
?? James Silverton wrote:
?? Hello, All!
??
?? It almost seems possible that there will be a change.
?? Perhaps, barbequed Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be
?? appropriate (sorry).
??
?? James Silverton
?? Potomac, Maryland
??
?? E-mail, with obvious alterations:
?? not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
??
?? Who cares?
??
P Obviously James.
??
P But I do, as well.
??
?? Zimbabwe was once "the bread basket of Africa". Under the
?? expert guidance of Mr. Mugabe, inflation is 10,000% and
?? people are starving. I was just suggesting a menu item for
?? a banquet to celebrate his going.
??
P I would rather have just fed him to the hyenas.

Posssibly even they are hungry!


FWIW, I find your comments, along with Peter's an Morrons, really offensive.
Like people colonized for hundreds of years have a chance at starting out
well governing themselves. And furthermore, **** you, you racist assholes.



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"cybercat" schrieb :

"James Silverton" wrote in message
news:trMJj.421$Ah1.368@trnddc08...
PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:52:18 +0000 (UTC):

?? PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:49:13 +0000 (UTC):
??
?? James Silverton wrote:
?? Hello, All!
??
?? It almost seems possible that there will be a change.
?? Perhaps, barbequed Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be
?? appropriate (sorry).
??
?? James Silverton
?? Potomac, Maryland
??
?? E-mail, with obvious alterations:
?? not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
??
?? Who cares?
??
P Obviously James.
??
P But I do, as well.
??
?? Zimbabwe was once "the bread basket of Africa". Under the
?? expert guidance of Mr. Mugabe, inflation is 10,000% and
?? people are starving. I was just suggesting a menu item for
?? a banquet to celebrate his going.
??
P I would rather have just fed him to the hyenas.

Posssibly even they are hungry!


FWIW, I find your comments, along with Peter's an Morrons, really offensive.
Like people colonized for hundreds of years have a chance at starting out
well governing themselves. And furthermore, **** you, you racist assholes.

Hundreds of years ?
cough
Apart from the Portugese in Sambesi (Mozambique), colonialization started
in the 1850ies. The Boers started in the 1750ies, OK.
Otherwise, Deutsch-Südwestafrika came into being around 1908.
So, let's see : Roughly 100 years of colonialism. Compared to 50 years
of pumping money into Africa. We could have flushed the money down
the toilet with the same effect.
It's nice to see political correctness at work ...

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

"Michael Kuettner" wrote

FWIW, I find your comments, along with Peter's an Morrons, really
offensive.
Like people colonized for hundreds of years have a chance at starting out
well governing themselves. And furthermore, **** you, you racist
assholes.

Hundreds of years ?
cough
Apart from the Portugese in Sambesi (Mozambique), colonialization started
in the 1850ies. The Boers started in the 1750ies, OK.

Try not to post about things of which you know nothing. West Africa
had been carved up and colonized by the Dutch, English, and Germans
by 1736.

http://tinyurl.com/4cle76

Subsaharan Africa was heavily colonized by 1850. I'm short 40 years,
so the **** what?


Otherwise, Deutsch-Südwestafrika came into being around 1908.
So, let's see : Roughly 100 years of colonialism. Compared to 50 years
of pumping money into Africa. We could have flushed the money down
the toilet with the same effect.
It's nice to see political correctness at work ...

Whether or not any nation should give aid is another issue.

You and others smugly jeer at the way these people are struggling to run
their own nations, just to sneer. You're a pig.




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cybercat wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:29:18 -0400:


c "James Silverton" wrote in
c message news:trMJj.421$Ah1.368@trnddc08...
?? PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:52:18 +0000 (UTC):
??
?? PeterL wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:49:13 +0000 (UTC):
??
?? James Silverton wrote:
?? Hello, All!
??
?? It almost seems possible that there will be a change.
?? Perhaps, barbequed Mugabe with Sauce Robert might be
?? appropriate (sorry).
??
?? James Silverton
?? Potomac, Maryland
??
?? E-mail, with obvious alterations:
?? not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
??
?? Who cares?
??
P Obviously James.
??
P But I do, as well.
??
?? Zimbabwe was once "the bread basket of Africa". Under
?? the expert guidance of Mr. Mugabe, inflation is 10,000%
?? and people are starving. I was just suggesting a menu
?? item for a banquet to celebrate his going.
??
P I would rather have just fed him to the hyenas.
??
?? Posssibly even they are hungry!
??
c FWIW, I find your comments, along with Peter's an Morrons,
c really offensive. Like people colonized for hundreds of
c years have a chance at starting out well governing
c themselves. And furthermore, **** you, you racist assholes.

Here we go again! I was born in Britain in the last century so I
am responsible for Cromwell's Drogheda massacre in the
seventeenth century even if four of my great grandparents said
they were Irish.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

cybercat wrote on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:21:49 -0400:


c "Michael Kuettner" wrote
??
?? FWIW, I find your comments, along with Peter's an
?? Morrons, really offensive. Like people colonized for
?? hundreds of years have a chance at starting out well
?? governing themselves. And furthermore, **** you, you
?? racist assholes.
??
?? Hundreds of years ?
?? cough
?? Apart from the Portugese in Sambesi (Mozambique),
?? colonialization started in the 1850ies. The Boers started
?? in the 1750ies, OK.

c Try not to post about things of which you know nothing. West
c Africa had been carved up and colonized by the Dutch,
c English, and Germans by 1736.

c http://tinyurl.com/4cle76

c Subsaharan Africa was heavily colonized by 1850. I'm short
c 40 years, so the **** what?

?? Otherwise, Deutsch-Südwestafrika came into being around
?? 1908. So, let's see : Roughly 100 years of colonialism.
?? Compared to 50 years of pumping money into Africa. We
?? could have flushed the money down the toilet with the same
?? effect. It's nice to see political correctness at work ...

c Whether or not any nation should give aid is another issue.

c You and others smugly jeer at the way these people are
c struggling to run their own nations, just to sneer. You're a
c pig.

So you feel that criticism of the quite well-educated Mugabe
who has proved to have no administrative abilities whatsoever,
has ruined his country financially and maintained himself in
power and riches by terror while his countrymen starved was a
necessary step in nation building. Have you seen or read the
news from Zimbabwe? I hope that the opposition is allowed to
take power peacefully but I doubt it

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"James Silverton" wrote in newsmTJj.180
$_I1.33@trnddc02:


??
P I would rather have just fed him to the hyenas.
??
?? Posssibly even they are hungry!
??
c FWIW, I find your comments, along with Peter's an Morrons,
c really offensive. Like people colonized for hundreds of
c years have a chance at starting out well governing
c themselves. And furthermore, **** you, you racist assholes.

Here we go again! I was born in Britain in the last century so I
am responsible for Cromwell's Drogheda massacre in the
seventeenth century even if four of my great grandparents said
they were Irish.




Don't mind cyber****...... it must be that time of the month again!!



--
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Brisbane
Australia

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

Edmund Burke.