The Strange Death of the National Party

[Capey]

They are traitors. And the better life argument doesn't hold water. It isn't as if they were living in Mongolia. They complain about apartheid all the time and say how the system would be so much better if the blacks were free. Then the blacks become free, and the country gets really bad, so they leave rather than try to work to make thier country a better place. You could NEVER say these people were/are patriotic. I think other countries could provide me with a better life, but I am a patriot and will not leave. If you would move to Britain if you thought it provided a better life than Australia then you are no patriot.

Good lord, this is like saying the Jews were traitors who fled Germany when Hitler came to power, or escapees from behind the Iron Curtain, or boat people from Cuba and Vietnam were traiters.  People have a right to flee ill-governed States to improve their lives.

No it's not! Whites are not suffering from persecution and they have many opportunities to make a good living.

[opebo]

They are traitors. And the better life argument doesn't hold water. It isn't as if they were living in Mongolia. They complain about apartheid all the time and say how the system would be so much better if the blacks were free. Then the blacks become free, and the country gets really bad, so they leave rather than try to work to make thier country a better place. You could NEVER say these people were/are patriotic. I think other countries could provide me with a better life, but I am a patriot and will not leave. If you would move to Britain if you thought it provided a better life than Australia then you are no patriot.

Good lord, this is like saying the Jews were traitors who fled Germany when Hitler came to power, or escapees from behind the Iron Curtain, or boat people from Cuba and Vietnam were traiters.  People have a right to flee ill-governed States to improve their lives.

No it's not! Whites are not suffering from persecution and they have many opportunities to make a good living.

Yes, for now.. but they fear something like what's happened in Zimbabwe occuring in S.A.

[Platypus]

I just read over this thread and for some reason I can't stop thinking in a south african accent. Even whilst composing this popst in my head i'm doing it in a south african accent. It's one of my best accents, actually, because of the hours of watching test cricket with my dad.

What ever happenned to Capey anyway? He wasn't our only South African either, iirc.

[CARLHAYDEN]

They are traitors. And the better life argument doesn't hold water. It isn't as if they were living in Mongolia. They complain about apartheid all the time and say how the system would be so much better if the blacks were free. Then the blacks become free, and the country gets really bad, so they leave rather than try to work to make thier country a better place. You could NEVER say these people were/are patriotic. I think other countries could provide me with a better life, but I am a patriot and will not leave. If you would move to Britain if you thought it provided a better life than Australia then you are no patriot.

Good lord, this is like saying the Jews were traitors who fled Germany when Hitler came to power, or escapees from behind the Iron Curtain, or boat people from Cuba and Vietnam were traiters.  People have a right to flee ill-governed States to improve their lives.

No it's not! Whites are not suffering from persecution and they have many opportunities to make a good living.

Sorry capey, but I am in the rare occassion of agreeing with Opebo and Hugh,

South Africa enjoys many material advantages (location, mineral resources and a better infrastructure than any other county in Africa), unfortunately it suffers from a government determined to negate those advantages.

[DanielX]

Carl, ya know that this was almost 2 years ago... I think that was Blue Opebo talking .

I knew something was up when I found myself agreeing with him...

[CARLHAYDEN]

Yeah, your're right.

I knew something was stronge.

So how do you explain hugh being sensible?

[minionofmidas]

Carl, ya know that this was almost 2 years ago... I think that was Blue Opebo talking .

I knew something was up when I found myself agreeing with him...

That's intermediate Opebo, actually...

[Platypus]

Yeah, your're right.

I knew something was stronge.

So how do you explain hugh being sensible?

I wan't talking about guns, perhaps?

Seriously though, post-204 we've lost a lot of international members, which is a shame. It was good having a S'african.