quick edit: abyss instead of abbess. Apologies On Oct 19, 4:16 pm, H Schultz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hannah Schultz (daughter of Mrs. Schultz) here > My mother moved to Observatory in the 1980s because it was one of the > few places in Cape Town in which inter-racial partnerships could be > ok. You argue that Observatory has become better, but for us it has > not. This is because it is difficult to live in a place that > considers poor black people to be undesirable. > > I do not know why my mother’s aims are so baffling to you. What my > mother wants is for the law to be applied equally. For Observatory to > be open, for the policing of the suburb to be legal (yes Vita Schola > arresting private citizens is illegal). She would like everyone of > every race and class to be able to move freely on the streets of Obs. > She spent her formative years fighting against forced removal; she > does not want to witness it in the street outside. As a tax-payer she > would like to hold the council accountable for the way in which her > money is spent. As a ratepayer she would like to be able to sit in > the parks. > > You do not like her. Fair enough. People with conservative views have > never liked her. And that has never stopped her before. You find her > abrasive. Perhaps she is a little. Don’t you think that it’s excusable > after 30 years of saying the same thing? Don’t you think she has > earned the right to be a little short to people who deny the humanity > of others? > > As you find her motivations strange, I find yours strange. How can you > have so little compassion? How can you see people and be frightened of > them simply because they are poor and black? If you have evidence that > they have committed a crime, bring it to the police. But how can you > believe that it’s ok to target people because they look funny or > because they are carrying poles? You would deny the destitute a > sandwich and a place to sit and eat it. You see people with nothing > and want to take that away. I do not understand how people who have > so much can deny those with nothing so little. > > And so it is clear that we will always have difficulty understanding > each other. You do not want to take the leap into the human rights > culture that we now enjoy. And none of us wish to travel into the dark > abbess of paranoia that you inhabit. All she is asking is that the > rule of law be respected in Observatory and that, as a tax-payer, she > has a council that is accountable to her. It is her hard-earned right > to do so and she will fight on. > Sincerely > Hannah Schultz
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