The Dewani attacks begin

I'm truly sad to see South Africans dismissing judicial process so easily, and having their opinions swayed by emotion and rhetoric, not facts.

http://mg.co.za/article/2014-02-22-dewani-continues-fight-against-extradition

G-man:

It's disgusting. This poor man having to beg for his life twice. Once at the hands of your common-or-garden variety SA thugs, and now against the SAn judicial thugs who are no doubt under political and media pressure to hang him, and hang him high. He's paying for the sins of all the criminals who have sullied the name of SA, by being accused by a convicted lying, murdering piece of scum.

South Africans should be ashamed of themselves for believing the murderer. But you're so desperate to convince the world that it's outsiders' fault why you're so violent. You'd all apparently be peaceful if your criminals weren't tempted! Pull the other one. We who once lived there know better.

The following is a reply after receiving a mouthful from various quarters and no counter argument worth spitting at.

G-man:

I read through all these replies and attempted to scrape any semblance of a case against the man from between all the ad hominem attacks and I couldn't find any.

The British decision to agree to have him return to SA was a political one, not a judicial one. And if you were in Dewani's place, after going through what he went through, losing his wife, being accused by EVERYONE in the country for a crime you didn't commit, and that includes judges (Shlippery Hlophe), politicians, the general public and the SA media who are all baying for his blood in a country where connected politicians get certain legal favours and avoid facing any repercussions for their doings, would you be any hurry to get there?

The entire case against Dewani rests on the the words of a convicted and admitted killer, and a few text messages. The text messages are turning up nothing. And the killer got a reduced sentence for 'spilling the beans'. In my world, where a man is presumed innocent before facing trial, he is someone who shouldn't even be brought before a court, much less go through this sham of a trial.

SAns never fail to shock the world. But this time you may pay very dearly if this comes out wrong for you. You're image as a tourist destination will be forever tarnished, and your rocky economy may never fully recover. SO think carefully before you begin to cast stones (or burning tyres, as is your wont).