ZIMBABWE: $100,000 banknote is enough to buy a loaf

The Times ^ | June 1, 2006 | Jan Raath

[Rembrandt_fan]

Here's what you initially wrote:

"I don't want to sound racist but can anyone please tell me any country, state or municipality that you have black leadership where they are doing well financially. It seems that corruption or just plain ignorant policy is the main problem."

First of all, for me anyway, a red flag goes up when anyone prefaces a statement or query with a disclaimer or qualifier such as 'I don't want to sound like a racist but..." That aside, logically, your query can be parsed this way: you haven't heard of any well-governed black country, state, municipality, et al. Premise (1): Corruption must be one of the factors. Premise (2): Ignorant policy (your phrase) must be another. Implicit conclusions, based on the 'corruption' and 'ignorant policy' premises plus the 'I don't want to sound like a racist' disclaimer: (1) There are no well-governed black municipalities, etc. and (2) There may be something inherently wrong with black people because they govern so ineptly.

The wording of your query was suspicious. The word choices and vague, open-ended conclusions sounded for all in the world like a bigot at a party, sounding out the room, looking for like-minded friends.

I don't play the thought police game, and don't feel it's my job to ferret out Stormfront and DU trolls and the like. The mods on this board do a fine job without me. However, I take a certain satisfaction nailing bigots to a wall and watching them squirm. They can't sustain reasoned debate, and so go for name-calling and innuendo (I mean, come on, Bugs Bunny's 'What a maroon' as a racist reference? Please.)

You've threatened me physically, called me a coward, and then suddenly changed tone and thanked me for my service to my country, asking me to clarify or somehow justify my initial response to your first post. I doubt very much if you've had a sudden change of heart, or care one way or another about my service to my country. Insofar as the supposed point of your question, 'Are there any well-governed black polities?', my advice would be to consult an authority on African affairs. I am not such an authority. I came on this thread to learn, not to teach.

[Mr. Silverback]

Please see posts 87 and 89. Harley 13 and JK4 are the same person. 87 is posted under the jk4 account, but it is "signed" by Harley13. Also, for a time the grammar and capitalization are identical in both their posts. Harley 13 signed up yesterday just in time to help jk4 in this thread...a little too much coincidence for Mrs. Silverback's little boy.

[Mr. Silverback]

I wish you would attend one of my clubs cock tail party's. We would have a ball of a good time with you after the blanket party. Know what i mean. Ha Ha

Takes a real man to "prove" his point by threatening someone over the internet.

[Mr. Silverback]

"Womyn" is the way radical feminists write the word "women" so that any connection to men is removed. At some schools, women's studies programs are instead referred to as "womyn's studies."

I wrote the stuff about women's studies because I believe that you are either jk4, who is a leftist troll, or you are somebody jk4 called in for help, and therefore a leftist troll.

Either way, since you made your first threat of violence against a member of this board very shortly after arriving here, I think you'll be getting the boot soon.

[StolarStorm]

Geeezz... give it a break. The guy had a right to ask the question. It doesn't matter if he is white, a racist or whatever. We deal with truth here not politically correct tripe. Facts speak for themselves, even if those facts end up demonstrating a truth we are uncomfortable with.

I am hardly a racist, yet it seems obvious to me that overall, areas with black leadership do tend to have more problems than can be explained by randomness. Denying that hurtful truth just makes it that more difficult to come up with positive solutions to the problems in the worldwide black community. Ignoring a problem because the truth sounds racist does not help anyone.

[Mr. Silverback]

You did not threaten me, double bacon genius burger, you threatened the guy you invited to a "blanket party." That threat was in your second post as a member of Free Republic.

Two posts on the site and you're making threats of bodily harm against someone? Time for the Mods to take out the trash.

[Mr. Silverback]

For an example of a blanket party, see the scene in Full Metal Jacket where the whole platoon beats the crap out of Private Pyle. And by the way, the Urban Dictionary lists only violent definitions for "blanket party. Nice try.

If the mods take me out then they should take you with me because you have called me a liar, called me a racist and insulted my heritage, my church and minister.

Where did I insult your heritage? Cite me a post.

Where did I call you a racist? Cite me a post. I never even called jk4 a racist, he just assumed I thought he was a racist because I was concerned his comment might be misinterpreted. Then he went right to calling me a Nazi. He's a very classy guy!

I never mentioned your church, I only mentioned jk4's church. So we're back to you guys being the same dude, apparently. Please, go ahead and tell me why someone who calls people Nazis and Klan members over a minor difference of opinion is acting like a good Christian and is getting good teaching and leadership from their pastor.

Again i in no way threatned your wife or husband rembrant.

Rembrandt is no relation. I just don't like punks, and you and jk4 are fitting that definition.But if you weren't threatening him, what was the point of inviting him to a blanket party?

By the way, are you telling me that you and jk4 would be proud to take a printout of this thread to your pastor? "Look pastor, this guy had a minor disagreement with us on the web and we acted just like god Christians and called him a Nazi, a Klanner, a dirty bitch..." Think he'll be glad that you're representing him this way? Stow the self-righteousness.

[Mr. Silverback]

Hey Mods, do new Freepers get to solicit other Freepers to be involved in homosexual orgies, or is that more of a troll thing?

Oh, and Harley...

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If I were you, I'd hit the silk before those flames get to the main fuel tank, princess. I'm going to go find my crew chief and have him paint another red star under the canopy rail.

[Old Professer]

An economist living in Zimbabwe; sounds as bad as a fertilizer salesman plying his trade in Foggy Bottom.

[Centurion2000]

An economist living in Zimbabwe; sounds as bad as a fertilizer salesman plying his trade in Foggy Bottom.

My old economics professor had a nerdy but funny joke about how conditions were defined.

It's a recession when people lose their jobs, it's a Depression when economists lose their jobs.