Posted on 08/14/2005 10:02:31 AM PDT by Clive
How is she reaping the rewards? I don't get it.
My son had to read that one for English class. Interesting use of satire.
Jonathan Swift (1729)
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I would hope Zimbabweans would care enough to rise up and throw off their oppressors. A population is ultimately responsible for their own government. It sounds like a revolution is long overdue.
It seems unfair to ask me to care more than they do.
bookmarked! thanks.
"Buckle is reaping the rewards that she helped bring upon herself and her country, the former "breadbasket of Africa" (Rhodesia). She should definitely stay there."
Is she one of the lefties who supported the "Freedom Fighters" in the 70's ?
If so, then she should be barred from leaving.
If not, then she should get out and leave Zim to its fate.
Cathy Buckle's father was an activist lawyer, who, along with Cathy and her husband at the time, were active in the quest to rid Rhodesia of the evil white colonialists and turn the country over to Mugabe.
I would leave and leaving isnt cowardly...that is like saying Cunban refugees are cowardly
And there is more meat on the chicken.
Now the Quelia birds have come home to roost.
Dear Cathy,
Either shoot Mugabe or STFU.
L
Umm, I wonder if Quelia birds might be on someone's endangered list?
But I cannot fix the inherant racism that created this problem, nor the liberal idealism that brought it to fruition - and Cathy Buckle, I am told, supported it wholeheartedly.
To hell with zimbabwe. One more example that the only things that comes out of Africa are: disease, famine, civil war, and dictatorships.
We have plenty more on our plate than worrying about a marxist government getting its just desserts.
"Cathy Buckle's father was an activist lawyer, who, along with Cathy and her husband at the time, were active in the quest to rid Rhodesia of the evil white colonialists and turn the country over to Mugabe."
Well, as someone who entertained moving to Rhodesia in the 1970s, I no longer have any sympathy for her personally.
You would have left America for Rhodesia??
I do have one question. Where were the 'right' thinking people when black citizens were being treated like fourth class citizens? It seems to me that the only people who ever thought about addressing the issues were the fringe left elements. Why is that? I've known both black and white Rhodesians. Most of the white Rhodies I've known thought the racial hierarchy 'was it was and how it was supposed to be' and most of the blacks resented not being able to have the same freedom hence how they ended up here in America. It's just amazing. I have lots of respect for Ian Smith but what was with the choice of Robert Mugabe? I know that wasn't his choice (I hope).
I have to dust off my history books to see who/how Mugabe got chosen. Having read some of Ian Smith, he seemed very 'idealistic' to believe he could run that country the way he did indefinately. Sad. Whatever happened to invading countries Ron Reagan-style to stop murdering dictators?!
I had no idea. I can't put it the way you put it but she does deserve some of the blame apparently.
Of course they were natives. In mentioning natives, I possibly should have said native blacks.
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