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02-20-2007, 11:27 AM
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Why do people do this?
Esterday and today South africans awoke to a mass of e-mails claiming Former President and huge local hero, Nelson MAndela is dead. This is a flase rumour, with no basis in truth. Why would people do something like this?
Then it became clear why, as imediatly afterwards, an old, and very stupid story started spreading again. UHURU, the night of the long knives. In the beginning of the 1900's, some stupid white seer, and prophet is what he called himself, predicted, or so it is believed, that the day Nelson Mandela dies, the blacks will rise up and start killing all the whites. A huge war will start, during which many whites and blacks will die. After this war, the Afrikaners will have taken the country back. And this is why this rumour about our beloved leader was spread, to do some more fear mongering. What I don't get, is that these racists idiots, claim to be Christians, and they are not supposed to believe in people who 'see' the future!
But anyway, I just do not understand such idiots, and probably never will!
AH
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02-20-2007, 11:31 AM
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Napolitano or Sebelius for VP; make history, Obama
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Me neither.
BTW, do you really consider yourself a "token African?"
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02-20-2007, 11:50 AM
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hehehhehe
Maybe I should change it to Token White African. Anyway it just a laugh
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. - Nelson Mandela
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02-20-2007, 12:23 PM
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Napolitano or Sebelius for VP; make history, Obama
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Are you white? 
I thought you were black.  |
03-10-2007, 01:44 PM
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Ok so where did you hear about Siener Van Rensburg.I see you updated with many topic. Blacks dont know about him.
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03-10-2007, 03:36 PM
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This guy?
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Nicolaas Pieter Johannes "Siener" van Rensburg (1860 - 1927) was a Boer from the South African Republic -also known as the Transvaal Republic- and later a citizen of South Africa who is seen by few as a prophet. Siener was a nickname and means "seer" or "soothsayer" in Afrikaans. He made several predictions, including the death of Koos de la Rey, a general in the Second Boer War, and the start of World War I. Van Rensburg was known to have fought in the second Anglo-Boer War without the use of a gun.
On 15 September 1914, just before the start of the Maritz Rebellion, generals Koos de la Rey and Christiaan Beyers set off together to visit major J.C.G. Kemp in Potchefstroom, who had a large armoury and a force of 2000 men who had just finished training, many of whom were thought to be sympathetic to the rebels' ideas. On the way to the meeting De la Rey was accidentally shot by a policeman at a road block set up to look for the Foster gang.
At his funeral, however, many Nationalist Afrikaners believed and perpetuated the rumour that it was a government assassination, which added fuel to the fire; this was further inflamed by Siener van Rensburg and his controversial prophecies.
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Why should blacks know about some crazy man who lived 100 years ago?
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03-11-2007, 07:29 AM
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When you care about your people you will do your home work before hand.You dont have to waite till YOU FIND DEAD BODIES IN THE STREET.Like in the case of Rwanda people didnt even notice the massive sales in knive and pangas till it was to late.In 5months 800 000 dead.President Clinton comment that he did consider the speed at wich the people got killed while sitting in his office.
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03-11-2007, 07:33 AM
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Corretion(President Clinton sayed he didnt )
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03-11-2007, 08:41 AM
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When you care about your people you will do your home work before hand.You dont have to waite till YOU FIND DEAD BODIES IN THE STREET.Like in the case of Rwanda people didnt even notice the massive sales in knive and pangas till it was to late.In 5months 800 000 dead.President Clinton comment that he did consider the speed at wich the people got killed while sitting in his office.
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So, is there a huge rise in sales of weapons? I doubt it.
Frankly, you're just being paranoid.
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... I am surprised at your insolence in writing to me at all. You know, as I know, that I bought this constituency... may God's curse light upon you and may it make your women as open and as free to the excise officers as your wives and daughters have always been to me while I have represented your scoundrel corporation.
I have the honour to be... your obliged humble servant, Anthony Henley
- MPs reply to constituent, mid 1700s
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03-11-2007, 09:58 AM
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WEll, Oz, people, sorry, some peolpe care, since Siner made predictions about the new South Africa, or so it is said. Persoanlly, I find it all rubish, but hey, that'sjust me I guess.
And I do agree with your view Oz, this is paranoia. There is no signs that any kind of war is coming in SA.
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. - Nelson Mandela
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