tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post6158576245231241024..comments2013-01-23T17:30:49.777+02:00Comments on John Ellis: ANDRIES TATANEJohn Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711935906095515860noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post-80003940723344282652012-05-12T20:56:14.152+02:002012-05-12T20:56:14.152+02:00And I'm supposed to care for a dead white-hati...And I'm supposed to care for a dead white-hating Marxist because.... <br /><br />?FJhttp://www.westernrevival.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post-52811111428653609112011-04-19T20:27:43.086+02:002011-04-19T20:27:43.086+02:00Great point Lloyd. Is blogging/tweeting/updating/&...Great point Lloyd. Is blogging/tweeting/updating/'chanting' enough? No, of course not, but at the same time, consider this: here we are discussing the issues. Here we are thinking about the world around us, about people and politics, debating with each other about what's right and what's wrong, and trying to figure out what, if anything, we should do. That's a great great start, don't you think? Any kind of political change starts with people, you and me, talking, considering, weighing in and weighing up options...John Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711935906095515860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post-6797434316403661772011-04-19T11:42:03.990+02:002011-04-19T11:42:03.990+02:00I like this... however...Just a question - What do...I like this... however...Just a question - What do we do? Not being funny at all, i'm asking a serious question. Is a blog, a tweet or a song enough? Yes it makes people aware, but so does the news. This kind of 'chanting' over social networks - does it do anything substantial? Are we really making a difference by just voicing our opinion?Lloyd Pearcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post-59710524187997533932011-04-18T22:03:57.984+02:002011-04-18T22:03:57.984+02:00Seems like we are decending into a Police State. I...Seems like we are decending into a Police State. I still remember the horror on my dad's face when we watched PW Botha declare a State of Emergency. Don't let it happen again. Vote!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post-85996327298226091202011-04-18T11:43:26.872+02:002011-04-18T11:43:26.872+02:00Mr. Frans Cronjé's (SA Institute of Race Relat...Mr. Frans Cronjé's (SA Institute of Race Relations) letter to minister Nathi Mthethwa: "Your Police Service has suspended 2 members of the Metro Police (Jannie Odendaal and Abel Twala : https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Support-Jannie-Odendaal/181170358581715) because they "offended" WInnie Mandela. Why doesn't your Police Service have the will to suspend the officials that have murdered Andries Tatane?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post-9582998209929974402011-04-18T10:25:50.247+02:002011-04-18T10:25:50.247+02:00I cried when I read the newspaper article the day ...I cried when I read the newspaper article the day after this happened and I cried last night when I wathed the news report that showed Andries Tatane dying. I cannot believe the lack of hummanity that is tolerated in this country. And I hope that people will choose to do more than just moan about our government. Through out Africa we are seeing people standing up to corruption and oppression. I don't agree with violence and will never support it but I do agree with people starting to cry out until someone here's them. <br /><br />Thank you John for speaking out, I think you maybe have a voice that people with hear until the rest of us are shouting loud enough that we can't be ignored.Philippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103723809877280514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316590020392782855.post-7866914878864372102011-04-18T09:27:24.994+02:002011-04-18T09:27:24.994+02:00As a South African who was 15 years old right in t...As a South African who was 15 years old right in the middle of the switchover in the nineties, I had to do a bit of research to find out what my poor country had been through to get there. Steve Biko was one of the first to teach me a lesson. You're right, it's Hector Pieterson all over again, but someone is likely going to downscale it, or just page back and go read dilbert or something.<br /><br />Wake up SA. Pay attention, how are we going to change our country while we're still in bed?<br /><br />A luta continua.Paulhttp://fistfight.co.zanoreply@blogger.com