tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post3103581372378933898..comments2023-11-05T10:06:05.380+00:00Comments on Clairwil: Oh Dear God No!Clairwilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10503239355248016287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-69384566348394061472008-06-28T15:57:00.000+01:002008-06-28T15:57:00.000+01:00Transfattyacid,Christ Harriet Harman! That's a bit...Transfattyacid,<BR/>Christ Harriet Harman! That's a bit strong but I know what you mean. <BR/><BR/>What I don't understand about Mandela's approach to all this is that he criticised Mugabe back in 2000 and said that we should be ruthless in denouncing Mugabe and others like him, then said fuck all for the next eight years. Unless he believed he could put pressure on Mugabe by thinking about him I'm at a loss as to what he's been doing all this time.Clairwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503239355248016287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-42997310108745682122008-06-28T03:05:00.000+01:002008-06-28T03:05:00.000+01:00I really don't understand why people think Mandela...I really don't understand why people think Mandela is so great.<BR/><BR/>Actually he is pretty much the African equivilent of Harriet Harman or Hilary Benn - he is the descendent of chieftain and is basically living proof of the importance of tribal loyalty in African politics - which also happens to be one of the reasons why so many Africans live in poverty and face violent death in inter tribal conflict.<BR/><BR/>His silence and that of the ANC on the issue of Zimbabwe is shameful.<BR/><BR/>Though perhaps not so shameful as the celebrities that hang on his everyone like a bunch of twobit morons.eeorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02657816556456124166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18009508.post-30549520266116496862008-06-23T00:32:00.000+01:002008-06-23T00:32:00.000+01:00Thabo 'The Ostrich' Mbeki. Head in the sand about...Thabo 'The Ostrich' Mbeki. Head in the sand about AIDS, and now this. Maybe he'll threaten to confiscate Mugabe's collection of gaudy baseball caps. That'll teach 'im!iLL Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107892879700381858noreply@blogger.com