Ok, so maybe they are also optimistic about the future, but this article is fairly interesting for those of us who are involved with South Africa. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw103961430029B216 enjoy, clint
I confess that I didn't read the entire article...too disgusted. Aside from the fact that you can find people everywhere who will long for "the ol' days," (Trent Lott is a good recent example) you have to wonder who conducted the survey, who paid for it, and who were the respondents (you know, that boring old rigorous scientific stuff). BTW, if we're discussing the prospect of new forums, a South African forum would be as valid as any other.
I particularly like the quote: "It was a harsh, repressive, but seemingly efficient government." I recall reading the same about the Nazi rule..... efficient, but not one anyone would care to repeat. Wes
Honestly, it wasn't as bad as the headline sounded. The citizens were still optimistic about the future, with the current government. The results of the survey seemed to be a reaction to the current volatility in the SA society. They remember the past as being more efficient (as in, "at least the trains ran on time.") I don't think many of them were advocating a return to the past policies... It is also worth mentioning that the fondness for the past grows the farther removed from the actual time. Oh nastalgia.. a wonderful thing... clint
Re: Re: South Africans long for the old days You probably should have qualified your statement a bit, Wes saying "not anyone sane or not anyone reasonable," because, unfortunately, there are plenty of people around who would be happy to return to those days. They don't usually operate in the open but they're there nonetheless. Jack
I am quite involved with South Africa. I am a an activist for Boer rights and am working with numerous Euro-Boer interest groups. I would agree and welcome such a development I read the article and am not surprised at all.
