-Caveat Lector-
Robert Tatman wrote:
>
>
> I'm not trying to justify this behavior, which is clearly beyond the pale of
> any sort of civilized conduct. But has it occurred to anyone that when the ANC
> took power in South Africa, its supporters had the not unreasonable
> expectation that they would share in the wealth so egregiously displayed by
> the country's ruling class? I know that a lot of the crime is directly
> attributable to the culture of lawlessness and rebellion bred into an entire
> generation of black South Africans. All I am suggesting is that if the
> universally lionized Nelson Mandela had used his very considerable personal
> charisma to validate a true redistribution of economic resources, instead of
> focussing on electoral politics and his own lovelife, much of the crime and
> violence could have been avoided. Crime is, no matter where it takes place, in
> the final analysis a political act, and political courage is required to deal
> with it.
>
In other words, have the goods stolen by the government and
redistributed? That was certainly what was expected of Mandela by many,
both white and black. But then who would run things? Look what happened
to Mozambique after that was done.
Howard Davis
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