De-idioting his mind, more like

Anyone ever heard a constructed, well reasoned effort at what Black culture actually is? And even harder, has anyone heard the same effort made to explain why it's better than Western culture?

They're the only people whining about Western culture, and it's plain to see why: they simply can't keep up, so their frustration boils over and they lash out instead of addressing their shortcomings. Well I've done my bit to set the record straight.

I have very little hope they'll allow this to be published.

http://voices.news24.com/themba-radebe/2012/12/decolonising-the-mind/

G-man:

You've outlined both nothing (apart from fancy rhetoric with no point) and the partial problems that lie with your culture.

You see, averting your eyes when talking to elders as a sign of respect, explains quite a lot. Your elders take advantage of your given respect by abusing your confidence in them without having to actually EARN that respect like we Westerners have to. Respect - to us - is earned, not granted because of something as trivial as age. And to prove how elders of Black Culture (whatever the hell that is) takes advantage of your misplaced respect I give you exhibit 'A', The ANC and all it's puffed up, swanning leaders who treat all it's citizens like subjects, as if they're kings of their domain. And it's all thanks to you and your silly Afro-respect.

But what else do you hide up your cultural sleeve? What else makes your culture so much better suited for your lifestyle and how you conduct yourselves? On the surface, it doesn't seem like there are any true virtues, especially when you consider how you lot (dis)respect the rule of law. You're already making noises to the effect that laws are White constructs, and you should all go back to the old ways (where these same elders would have you crucified because of some old Zulu grudge they were told about your family 'round the camp fire). It's an excuse to behave like thugs, not to adhere to old cultural principles like you say.

It is plain to see that Africans just don't want any White interference, and by that I mean they don't want our criticism. Surprisingly (to you) we're not taught to hate you, and there's no mass conspiracy to laugh behind your sub-cultural backs whenever you make one of the expected cock-ups we seem to spend time excusing. No, we simply want the best for us, AND YOU. And criticism of your culture - which I understand you would prefer being treated as untouchable - should be welcomed, as it either galvanizes your position, or it makes you take stock of your beliefs. In this way you can improve. That's how we roll.

ALL reasonable people and cultures accept this instinctively. But not Africans. No. You demand special treatment where we lower the bar for you, give you a puddy up mahala, excuse your shortcomings and ignore your obvious, dangerous faults. But not me. I prefer treating you like I would prefer being treated, which ironically means respecting you enough to correct you when you most need it.

Another AAIC does a number

Methinks the hair-trigger race-o-meter used to monitor posts at the M&G will be kicking this to the curb. What say you?

http://mg.co.za/article/2012-12-29-six-traffic-post-applicants-die-after-fitness-test

This is so sadly laughable on so many levels, especially considering Zuma's comments this week on White culture. How desperate are people for jobs in SA?

It's probably safe to assume that these poor candidates died at the hands of some over-preened, under-qualified Affirmative Actionite who did things the 'African' way. No planning, no set rules, no contingency plans and definitely no outline as to what the limits were, or if there were any pre-screening done on these applicants health. In a country riddled with AIDS, TB and a number of other diseases that had been previously wiped out during the awful Apartheid years, you'd think a bit of thought would have gone into this mid-summer nightmare. But no. The AAIC (Affirmative Actionite In Charge) forged ahead with some ham-fisted attempt at weeding out the slower candidates. And some paid with their lives.

But at what point did they stop the 'screenings' and put a halt to their tests? (If they bothered of course). Surely a few tentacles were raised after the first collapse, and surely they would have at least paused proceedings after the first death? Well, that wouldn't be the African way now would it? What do we Whities know?

It is disgustingly obvious that a politically connected half-wit, used to joining hands under the mahogany table for some palm crossing, was the person who managed this stupidity. But will there be an investigation? Funny you should ask. These buffoons are not done with their Afro-charade, they continue the entire pseudo-bureaucratic mess by handling the aftermath in the only way they know how; by ordering a meeting. No doubt this meeting will take place at some swanky hotel complete with bigwigs flown in from the outer reaches of Limpopo (and other hellholes), ostensibly looking for answers, and to be lathered up with the best booze, buffet and baby-oil white South African tax paying money can buy.

They should honestly make you sick, as an honest SA citizen. But I doubt it. The carnage and mis-management will continue unabated and unchallenged, and whites will be ultimately blamed, just like they always are.

A lesson in writing and The NuSA

Even simple blogs are torn asunder by the idiocy of your local AAites in SA. Thoughtleader should have higher standards, but they don't. It's all very typical of The NuSA: one set of higher standards for whites, and a lower bar for blacks to jump over.

Of course, none of them will see it this way.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/levikabwato/2012/12/26/on-zims-wounded-political-beasts/

G-man:


Just a word to the wise here Levi - and a bit of soft advice - when you write a commentary or blog such as this, you're supposed to have - what we in the industry call - a 'point'. In addition to this, you come to your 'point' by giving the reader, what we also in the business call, an 'opinion'.

We have none of those in this piece.

But to aid you in this, and to divert attention away from the fiscal train-smash that calls itself an economy North of The Limpopo, I draw some parallels that should cause some resident NuSAns to reach for the Maalox. To wit, to what lengths will The ANC go to, in order to hold onto power if they ever find it slipping? This question never seems to be raised by those of you who are die-hard ANC voters, and never will. But what of those who will become disillusioned? We only have recent ANC chair-chucking history to go by, and unfortunately it tells a rather alarming tale.

So, be afraid New unimproved South Africans. You live in a one party totalitarian state. Come to grips with this and you will begin to understand why your country is being run into the ground. You might also pause to reflect on your future under this regime; your water sources Delamatised, industries Affirmatively Actionised, civil society Umtatified and your simple cleanliness and general maintenance Yeovillised.

Thank goodness I don't have to deal with this certainty. Saw it coming a mile away in '96 and promptly left. I feel for you all.

In a way.

Zuma's dog

I woke up to read about whites driving bakkies in the rain with blacks exposed in the rear to the elements, while their pet dog is nice and snug in the front. I'll wager that if you hook up every one of these filth who believe this to be true to a lie detector, they'd all prove to be the liars they are. Even the most ardent racist of white farmers wouldn't do this, ESPECIALLY in the NuSA.

But what amazes me is that Zuma makes a racial slip, the media reports it, and suddenly this is all about white people. If I still lived in The Pit I'd be standing in the middle of a city square looking at everyone exclaiming, "Who me? What I do?" The simple truth is Zuma blamed whites for looking after their pets. His scurrying, snapping dog (appropriately) comes quickly to his defense and manages to pin this entire manufactured nonsense by a nation leader on the minority who are nothing more than innocent bystanders to this horrible racial mess.

But not to allow Gillian off the hook for not posting my last rebuttal, I tied this response into Zuma's recent tirade against whites.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/gillianschutte/2012/12/18/unpacking-the-discourse-of-domination/

G-man:

The definition of hate-speech appears to be anything that disagrees with a Left winger's warped views.

But what EXACTLY is 'Whiteness' according to you Gillian? The rule of law? Social order and cohesion? Respect for the individual? The right to progress, work, live and generally behave like a model citizen as long as it does not impede on the rights of others? And if you do manage to pull off the anti-rhetoric-pro-logic impossible by explaining this definition, can we then assume that there must be a 'Blackness'? And if so, can we assume that in the event that Whiteness becomes inconsequential (as you believe) and irrelevant, that it will be replaced with a new - improved - dominant culture of Blackness? If so, please define this for us mere hoi-polloi.

We received a nice note commenting on our Whiteness yesterday from none less than Pres. Zuma. It seems that this 'Whiteness' lark is catching on, and worthy of some criticism. Whites seem to look after their pets and he takes issue with this. (A quick read up of the link between those who abuse animals and psychotic behaviour might be worthy of some of his Std 2 time).

But when called up on this ringing endorsement of Blackness, his patsy comes quickly to his defense and blames - you guessed it - WHITES! Not only that, they've conjured up mystery whites who drive in the rain with blacks in the rear of the bakkie with pets in the front seat.

Liars and race-hate-stirrers. And promoted by Gillian.

Domination, is the new key word

These angst filled, guilt wracked white libbies are really quite pathetic. It is obvious to me that these past two decades of attempting to lift up the average black above subsistence level has proven fruitless. Now that they are left not knowing what else to do (even after removing white private property at an alarming rate), they resort now to blaming whites for not doing enough. Could it all possibly be because blacks in SA simply can't hack it? They're not whites' betters? They can't keep up? Not so according to Gillian. White people are eveil by the fact that they seem to impervious to economic change (no matter the unfair laws), and that they seem quite resilient to these crippling laws.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/gillianschutte/2012/12/18/unpacking-the-discourse-of-domination/

G-man:

What a load of race-based pseudo-intellectual piffle.

But I've been waiting for this. You've had 19 years where the black majority have held political, judicial, military and police power over the state with nothing but meek and mild contest from their opposition. Not only that, they have a compliant white tax paying base who seem all too willing to support this unfair and skewed system.

You've had almost two generations of kids squeezed through the black controlled education system. A generous black government all too willing to pass laws, hand over money and pressurise the private white sector to hand over their property to black folk, mahala. Not only that, but an unbelievable massive political con where white tax money is used to purchase white mines and farms only to hand it over to suspect black owners who have no idea what it takes to farm at a scale larger than stocking a fruit & veg stall.

But no. This isn't enough. Whites need to give MORE, because blacks aren't improving their lot.

Recent statistics show that more whites open new businesses than blacks. Not pro rata, but in absolute terms. Why? Culture perhaps? Fact is there's no conspiracy, no 'whiteness', nothing. Just blacks not keeping up, so the race-pimps believe it's because of oppression.

All this goes to prove that conditions are never quite perfect enough for Africans to thrive.

When will black Saffers have the guts to examine their own cultural shortcomings? Will that day ever come?

African ineptocracy at work

A 'must read'

http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/old-houghton-wall-a-heritage-disaster-1.1440932#.UMwCMW9X3Sg

This is quite unbelievable, and on so many levels!

Firstly, these keystone cops couldn't solve a crime even if their pathetic Affirmatively Actionised lives depended on it. Look at the photo. It's perfectly cut metal sheets shielding whatever is going on behind them, from the street. As if this isn't clue enough, we have the next door neighbours having the same front yard adornments. And last, but by no means least, there is the trashed trucks and vehicles in the front yard. Chop-shop anyone?

But at risk of embarrassing these 3rd world retards any further, I just HAVE to take issue with how it's all being handled. NO ONE has suggested - naturally - that there could be any criminal activity going on behind these tin walls (well, you may say, innocent squatters want privacy too), and no one has asked for a warrant to search. Instead, we have the usual bumbling, passing-of-buck and otherwise circle-running we have become accustomed to when reading of these idiots.

First a Ward Councillor has her antennae raised, who in turn confers with her local MP to discover that the property is government owned. But not to be outdone in the buck-passing department, the ANC government gets involved when the question of ownership is raised in Parliament. Do they not have tax registers in the NuSA? It then goes full circle when the Minister of Public Works goes back to Norwood Police Station and asks them to do some further investigation. This has the desired NuSAns effect and they snap right to it, and promptly pass this dossier of complaint over to the Yeoville police station.

And is if there isn't enough idiots taking part in this Chinese fire drill, a state attorney has gone back to the minister to request that a legal representative (with BEE credentials no doubt) be appointed to 'attend to the matter'. And so it sits.

But in the meantime, a deputy director of a Heritage Department (immovable) in the city has put his tuppence worth in by washing his hands of the entire affair and suggesting the public works department is responsible.

Who ARE these people?

And now - folks - you MIGHT begin to understand why things cannot and will never be done in SA.

What a shambles. What a lark. How so very African.

Barbara needs a lesson in logic

Had to add to my previous points while I was thinking about it.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/readerblog/2012/12/10/the-unbearable-unrightness-of-whiteness/

G-man:

Just thought of this.

Ms Ruwende attempts to make an 'happens everywhere and we're all equal' point by giving two isolated incidents involving white people (who may or may not have mucked up the toilet in Chicago during a marathon with obviously over-stressed ablutions). This actually proves the point that these examples are evidently not the rule, as you couldn't point to streets of white booger spitters, or entire neighbourhoods of whites accepting broken toilets day-in-and-day-out.

But no, she only had these two incidents. And they in no way can be compared to Brendon's experience which was over a considerable amount of time in one area populated overwhelmingly with black South Africans, which he attempted to clean up to the cackles and brays of his lovely neighbours. So, what does that say about THEM? No one appears to want to take these miscreants to task. Not ONE black South African has spoken out against the filth who live so unhygienically, or because they don't live according to African values. Why is that?

Hmmm?

But let's take the easy route. Let's attack the message bringer. Much easier and politically correct. And Yeoville will remain in filth, but the race-baiters will feel as if they've accomplished something once Brendon just shuts the hell up and accepts that he's nothing but a scummy racist.

Not so?