tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post3489800718976241283..comments2024-03-17T23:08:28.960-07:00Comments on Raybeard: Beautiful Occasion.Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-48839192527989499162010-06-12T08:19:14.900-07:002010-06-12T08:19:14.900-07:00S.A. - yes, Cubby. 'Necklacing' was someth...S.A. - yes, Cubby. 'Necklacing' was something that (allegedly) Mandela's first wife, Winnie, was fond of threatening, even maybe actually carrying out, through her associations with gangs. 'Horrific' is truly the only appropriate word. I am pretty well sure it still goes on, as well as other horrors, such as the systematic rape of young girls carried out by 'rape gangs' especially formed for that very purpose- not to mention so many of the country's population heavy reliance on drugs and the economics of its trafficking. So, yes, I agree. It's not a country I'd want to visit in a hurry. But as long as there are people around like Mandela and that wonderful character, Archbishop Tutu, there's just got to be hope that things will improve. I say people 'like' them, though I don't know of any younger ones - and surely Mandela and Tutu won't be around for much longer.<br />World Cup - it's taken so seriously here you've just got to laugh. I'll be considered unpatriotic if I say it'll be much more entertaining if England get slaughtered tonight. They're such a bunch of big babies anyway. I'll laugh my socks off amid all the recriminations and sight of grown men weeping at what is, after all, just a game. Btw Wish I could explain why the UK gets four chances in this tournament - separate teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, though only the first qualified this time. So why isn't Germany allowed a separate team from Bavaria or USA another one from California? Anyway, good luck America. (I want to go to bed with a smile on my face.) However, if England do win the Cup I'll eat my shorts - without ketchup!Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-28966690363335600232010-06-12T05:15:30.536-07:002010-06-12T05:15:30.536-07:00I'm glad things are so different in SA now. H...I'm glad things are so different in SA now. However I don't think I will want to visit any time soon.<br /><br />I used to work with a guy from SA. A white guy. He told me some terrible stories about vigilante justice there, and the practice of 'necklacing'. I was horrified beyond all expression that one human could do such a thing to another.<br /><br />No, I'll keep my distance, thank you.<br /><br />As far as World Cup goes, according to the schedule I found on the internet, the US will begin kicking UK's ass in approximately 6 hours. Be prepared for defeat!Cubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12659801291785890663noreply@blogger.com