i agree with all of the above, i wish i could argue otherwise especially on the topic of hiv and violence. but it's very easy to think all of this just start happening out of the blue when the black government took over. crime and violence was a problem under the aparthied government too. they just used the aparthied system to keep out it the white neighborhoods and the media.
i take issue with white south africans who say, 'look at the state of the country now, things weren't so bad before. it's the black governments fault.' that's just not entirely true. you might not have been exposed to it if you were white, thanks to aparthied, but these problems are not new.
the reason i pulled the racist card on the parent is because he immiediately framed the problem in terms of race and implying that it's all the black governments fault. that sounds pretty racist too me.
i really wish we could just move on from it. the country is in a state, we all need to accept resposibility for it. the battle between the races might be the reason we're in this mess but it can't be a part of any sort of resolution.
and for that to happen we need accountabity and transparency, something that both the current 'black' government and previous 'white' government were terrible at
I'm from south africa too and this post is just emabassing. 'since the government changed from white-run to black about 15 years ago'? 'a bit of background'?
your little racist rant bares absolutely no relevance to the actual accident. if you really want to go comparing the state of the army to pre-aparthied days then it's worth bearing in mind that army needed to be a well oiled machine to keep 'them' (as you so affectionately put it) in order. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Africa_in_the_apartheid_era#State_security)
what happened was a tradedy. and you're right, poor maintainance is a highly likely cause too. but using this incident to justify your racist beliefs is just pathetic and sad.
I don't think this is their argument is towards or against free market. It appears to me that it's more oriented towards reducing MS domination without looking at the alternatives realistically.
providing an alternative is not the point of their recomendation. it's up to the market to do that. one could argue that mircosoft's dominance is the reason their aren't any viable alternatives just yet. reigning in microsoft will opens up the door for competitors. not right away or course, but it is a foot in the door for everyone else
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the reason i pulled the racist card on the parent is because he immiediately framed the problem in terms of race and implying that it's all the black governments fault. that sounds pretty racist too me.
i really wish we could just move on from it. the country is in a state, we all need to accept resposibility for it. the battle between the races might be the reason we're in this mess but it can't be a part of any sort of resolution.
and for that to happen we need accountabity and transparency, something that both the current 'black' government and previous 'white' government were terrible at
your little racist rant bares absolutely no relevance to the actual accident. if you really want to go comparing the state of the army to pre-aparthied days then it's worth bearing in mind that army needed to be a well oiled machine to keep 'them' (as you so affectionately put it) in order. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Africa_in_the_apartheid_era#State_security)
what happened was a tradedy. and you're right, poor maintainance is a highly likely cause too. but using this incident to justify your racist beliefs is just pathetic and sad.
I don't think this is their argument is towards or against free market. It appears to me that it's more oriented towards reducing MS domination without looking at the alternatives realistically.
providing an alternative is not the point of their recomendation. it's up to the market to do that. one could argue that mircosoft's dominance is the reason their aren't any viable alternatives just yet. reigning in microsoft will opens up the door for competitors. not right away or course, but it is a foot in the door for everyone else