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Change that to "And the Blacks are working in them
when underpaid"
Em
The Mulindwas communication
group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 8:03
AM
Subject: [Ugandacom] CATHY BUCKLE THE
WORLD MUST MOVE ON, REMEMBER?
Netters
It is very interesting to see how white people
want every thing to stop as long as their hand is shaken from the pot.
Next thing she is going to write about is "People out there I am so
disappointed for oxygen is flowing in Zimbabwe yet Mugaabe is still the
president" Thank God the decision was made not by Cathy Buckle but by
Zimbabweans them selves. And it bothers me to see that White people want to go
against the belief of many of these Zimbabweans who voted for Mugaabe's
government. What will you do when they are all on the opposite side? I guess
you do not care as long as the White people have their land back and the
whites are working in them when underpaid. A true colonialist mentality. Well
come to the twenty first century when Africans take what rightly belongs to
them. Zimbabwe is just the beginning, Kenya Tanzania Angola will all follow it
is only when.
Good day fellas as you feast on her
diatribe.
Em
Toronto Canada
Outrage As ICC To Hold World
Cup Cricket In
Zimbabwe
From Cathy
Buckle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
12-21-2
- Dear Family and Friends,
-
- I have really struggled trying to think of
something positive, peaceful and perhaps even thought provoking to
write about as a Christmas message from Zimbabwe. As I sit here on an
overcast and windy morning I know all the ugly realities outside my
gate and it is almost impossible to see past them and look for that
dim little light which must be shining at the end of the tunnel.
When we were children and sulking or having a tantrum we had a little
poem which went something like this: "Nobody loves me, everybody hates
me, I think I'll go and eat worms, big fat juicy ones, squish squash
sqooshy ones." I can't remember the last line but this little verse
certainly sums up the overwhelming feeling of utter desperation in
Zimbabwe today. It is made a million times worse when we
are dealt one blow after another by a world apparently terrified to do
or say anything openly against Zimbabwe in case they are labelled
racists.
-
- The announcement that the ICC will hold 6 world cup
cricket matches in Zimbabwe next year has devastated us. It is utterly
obscene that men in crisply starched whites will play this so
called gentleman's game in our cities while those of us who live here
have no petrol or bread, no milk or sugar. I wonder if the ICC know
that it is illegal for 5 or more people to hold a meeting in Zimbabwe
without police permission. I wonder if they care that while they
knock little balls around on the field other people
are having naked wires attached to their testicles whilst in
police custody. While they stay in our 5 star hotels, I wonder if
the players will care that we can't even buy food on the black
market without first producing cards proving we support the
ruling party.
-
- I wonder if the ICC know that if we say or
write something about President Mugabe which may make people hostile
towards him we can go to prison for a year. I am sure that both
the ICC and the cricket players themselves know all of this but they
say they are purely a sporting body and not a political one. Their
hypocrisy and racism is disgusting and nauseating. It was OK for them
to boycott games in apartheid South Africa and Ian Smith's Rhodesia
but not in Zimbabwe now. When white people were oppressing blacks it
was wrong, now it is black people oppressing black people, it is
apparently OK. The ICC have shown who the real racists are
here.
-
- However, through our anger, disgust and despair, we
Zimbabweans are doing the best we can this Christmas.
For most of us there won't be turkey, Christmas pudding,
lavish gifts and excesses of alcohol this year. Rather it is
a time of quiet contemplation, counting our blessings and giving
thanks for what we have got. Many Zimbabweans are fasting by
choice, organising prayer vigils and doing whatever they can to help
and support their friends and neighbours. We have all learnt to give
thanks for the simplest of things like a loaf of bread or a glass of
real milk and to take nothing for granted, an experience which
is cause for both humility and gratitude. I apologise for not
responding to the hundreds of emails and Christmas messages this week.
I thank you all for caring, for your messages of love, support and
encouragement and for giving me the strength and courage to speak out
for another week.
-
- Until next week with my love and best wishes for a
peaceful
- and joyous Christmas, cathy
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- africantears.netfirms.com
- Copyright Cathy Buckle, 21st December
2002
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