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September 23rd, 2005, 08:52 AM
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OT: Places not to go
South Africa
When you the deputy president saying we need "The skills of Zimbabwe" cross that place of the list of destinations.
What are the skills of Zimbabwe anyway? Armed mobs, rigging elections, shooting the opposition and starving the population to death. They don't seem usefull 'skills' to me...
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September 23rd, 2005, 10:24 AM
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Re: OT: Places not to go
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What are the skills of Zimbabwe anyway? Armed mobs, rigging elections, shooting the opposition and starving the population to death. They don't seem usefull 'skills' to me...
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Useful for those doing the armong, rigging, and shooting.
BTW, you forgot "fuelling racial hatred" and "bulldozing entire shanty commmunities out of existence".
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September 23rd, 2005, 11:30 AM
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Re: OT: Places not to go
Living proof that power corrupts and being a dictator of a central african country turns you insane. He was, apparently, all in favour of democracy and the 'good guy' when he first became leader.
Still when your replacing a bunch of white supremacists you do have to work quite hard not to be the good guy. This makes it all the more impressive that he has managed to make life worse for everyone in the country, apart from his mates.
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September 28th, 2005, 05:50 PM
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Re: OT: Places not to go
Go to comebackalive.com for a list and synopsis of the worlds most dangerous places. Yes, South Africa and Zimbabwe are listed as well as some places in the USA. The website is written by ex reporters and ex NGO's who have been around. I had really hoped that by now South Africa would have become some sort of regional superpower in that part of the continent, bringing stability and prosperity. I guess the only ones prospering now are private security firms.
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September 28th, 2005, 11:51 PM
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Re: OT: Places not to go
Europe.... I hear they want to hang Americans from trees and beat us to death with rocks and twiggs. Ouch.
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September 29th, 2005, 06:14 AM
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Re: OT: Places not to go
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Europe.... I hear they want to hang Americans from trees and beat us to death with rocks and twiggs. Ouch.
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Now that's just blatantly untrue! We Europeans all believe that Every Last American is overweight with the IQ of a rock! A Tree would never support their weight 
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