Brits, soutpiele & others said in the 60's of SA: "The end is nigh! It's gonna blow!" In the 70's, they said said, "Now you'll see - it's gonna be a bloodbath!" In the 80's, it was "South Africa is going to go up in flames!" ...and so on, & so forth. They've been going on for decades!
The phenomenon we see is that there are two aspects to crime, etc.: one, that which actually affects us; & 2. that which we read & hear about. Types like Skuit read headlines in the paper, & collapse in utter hysterics - even tho they themselves haven't been touched by what they read about. They then spread the hysteria, by word of mouth (see the hype above). Ultimately, when these people bugger off, & then continue to self- justify their fear-mongering in the country they've gone to, they do us a favour: they leave SA with one less papbroek, & so the level of anxiety is reduced to that degree. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
