Re: we should rename hung angels as the socialist angels lol
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Prospero
Quite rightly so, Russtafa. I note your totalitarian temptation runs in a different direction.
yes rightly so.the same go's for Zimbabwe now with it's torture and enslavement of it's people but nothing is said "???
Re: we should rename hung angels as the socialist angels lol
Maybe nothing is said in Australia - but plenty is said in the UK. However we re not going to invade because there re no geopolitical motives - or economic ones. Plus the rest of Africa wold simply see us as the imperialists back in action.
Re: we should rename hung angels as the socialist angels lol
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Prospero
Maybe nothing is said in Australia - but plenty is said in the UK. However we re not going to invade because there re no geopolitical motives - or economic ones. Plus the rest of Africa wold simply see us as the imperialists back in action.
so what are these dickheads doing in Africa sit on their collective arse and look at the misery:(
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I assume you refer to the other African nations and their leaders? I think - or suspect - that his hard won anti-colonialist credentials still command some respect, that the notion of human rights isn;t as ingrained in some of the African nations who could intervene (South Africa) and that to attack a fellow leader of an african nation would be seen as responding to a West still seen as somewhat imperalist or neo-colonialist. Hence Niger giving sanctuary to Gaddafi supporters and, possibly the man himself.
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Mugabe represents, like Qadhafi (who is the 'King of Kings of Africa' [!!]) an Africa that is passing as this generation of 'revolutionaries' and 'guerillas' die out.
There are some areas of deep concern, of which the horn of Africa reaching into northern Kenya is failing to deal with persistent drought and the scramble for depleted resources; while parts of the south-eastern Congo remain impervious to decency. Indeed, Mugabe and his generals have profited from their 'covert' intervention there, mostly to stuff their pockets with diamonds; exposing as a worthless lie Mugabe's claims not to have acted like the 'British Imperialists' intervening in counties for personal gain.
Elsewhere in Africa, there are signs that a new generation of Africans isn't that interested in Imperialism, Colonialism and all that stuff about struggle -those who were victims of local wars didn't see much related to colonial rule, just thieves and bandits out for what they could get. Nevertheless, Africans are dynamic, business-oriented; they want mobile phones and education, they want to travel, to run their own lives, to be successful; and for that reason the link below indicates where those who think positively about Africa see their future. Sirleaf Johnson's intro is rosy, there are issues to deal with -transparency in the oil producing countries of the West African Margin; the long-term impact of land-sales/leases to China, the Emirates and Russia; but as she says, Africa in general is a rich continent poorly managed. A well-placed Angolan told me a couple of years ago, candidly, that it would take 25 years for Angola to get over its civil war and properly develop; in some cases change can be fast; in regard to attitudes it can be agonisingly slow.
http://www.cgdev.org/doc/books/Emerg...ntro-FINAL.pdf
Re: we should rename hung angels as the socialist angels lol
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Originally Posted by
Stavros
Mugabe represents, like Qadhafi (who is the 'King of Kings of Africa' [!!]) an Africa that is passing as this generation of 'revolutionaries' and 'guerillas' die out.
There are some areas of deep concern, of which the horn of Africa reaching into northern Kenya is failing to deal with persistent drought and the scramble for depleted resources; while parts of the south-eastern Congo remain impervious to decency. Indeed, Mugabe and his generals have profited from their 'covert' intervention there, mostly to stuff their pockets with diamonds; exposing as a worthless lie Mugabe's claims not to have acted like the 'British Imperialists' intervening in counties for personal gain.
Elsewhere in Africa, there are signs that a new generation of Africans isn't that interested in Imperialism, Colonialism and all that stuff about struggle -those who were victims of local wars didn't see much related to colonial rule, just thieves and bandits out for what they could get. Nevertheless, Africans are dynamic, business-oriented; they want mobile phones and education, they want to travel, to run their own lives, to be successful; and for that reason the link below indicates where those who think positively about Africa see their future. Sirleaf Johnson's intro
is rosy, there
are issues to deal with -transparency in the oil producing countries of the West African Margin; the long-term impact of land-sales/leases to China, the Emirates and Russia; but as she says, Africa in general is a rich continent poorly managed. A well-placed Angolan told me a couple of years ago, candidly, that it would take 25 years for Angola to get over its civil war and properly develop; in some cases change can be fast; in regard to attitudes it can be agonisingly slow.
http://www.cgdev.org/doc/books/Emerg...ntro-FINAL.pdf
so you are thinking 25 years or a hundred?
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Russtafa -in some places less than 25 years, in others longer -its hard to say because the variables that can make it work or fail are in a delicate balance. Africans are better educated than they were 25 years ago; they have access to more capital for investment, and are keen to use it; their markets are more robust than they were and attracting more inward investment than was the case before -change doesn't happen overnight, but the image of Africa as a continent blighted by corruption and disease and nothing else is false. Sure there are problems of corruption -the UK is not immune from it, and at the highest levels of society-; they have diseases -so do we-; and they have unemployment -and so do we!
Sometimes a bit of optimism can make the day go more smoothly, you cant surely be in a bad mood all the time -? And that's without the Rugby...
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you cant surely be in a bad mood all the time -?
One would think so, but these guys train real hard. There's special depression seminars & whatnot. It's a skilled crraft.
Re: we should rename hung angels as the socialist angels lol
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Stavros
Russtafa -in some places less than 25 years, in others longer -its hard to say because the variables that can make it work or fail are in a delicate balance. Africans are better educated than they were 25 years ago; they have access to more capital for investment, and are keen to use it; their markets are more robust than they were and attracting more inward investment than was the case before -change doesn't happen overnight, but the image of Africa as a continent blighted by corruption and disease and nothing else is false. Sure there are problems of corruption -the UK is not immune from it, and at the highest levels of society-; they have diseases -so do we-; and they have unemployment -and so do we!
Sometimes a bit of optimism can make the day go more smoothly, you cant surely be in a bad mood all the time -? And that's without the Rugby...
i am in a good mood we are doing very well so far in the rugby,Scotland and England seem to be struggling
Re: we should rename hung angels as the socialist angels lol
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Prospero
Perry comatose... surely not. I think comos is short for commuters.
Commuters. HA! Sheeple. :lol:
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