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By: Tony Leon on Concubinegate | 6000 miles from civilisation...

Tony Leon on Concubinegate | 6000 miles from civilisation... — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:13:06 +0000

[...] DA leader Tony Leon spoke out today on the Concubinegate affair (that’s my name for it, anyway), in which current DA leader and Emperor of the Western Cape, [...]

By: 6000

6000 — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:43:01 +0000

CuppaCoffee > Maybe I don’t know. What conclusion are you drawing?

Emil > No. Of course I don’t condone what they’ve said. But two wrongs and all that…

Po > I know. So dull, isn’t it>

By: Po

Po — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:37:30 +0000

Yeah the UK is super corrupt and looove to hate and attack old Gordie, but at least their insults are veiled within attacks on policy rather than just ridiculous personal accusations. Po´s last blog post was: I never could say no to cookies (Note: 6000 miles... is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

By: Emil

Emil — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:40:19 +0000

O dear me, those poor creationists! Despite Zille obvious agenda against Zuma, can you condone the reactions of the old Umkhonto crowd? Dear lord (not the creationist's one), talking about evolving! Emil´s last blog post was: So ‘n bietjie oor immigrasie (Note: 6000 miles... is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

By: CuppaCoffee

CuppaCoffee — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:54:09 +0000

“I think there are more than 40 rapes a day. But anyway, if your “crying foul” thing is true in SA, then surely it’s true everywhere else too, so SA’s rape stats are STILL higher than anywhere else.”

I didn’t say crime was lower in SA than anywhere else. And no, it wouldn’t necessarily be true everywhere else simply because “everywhere else” has its own unique variables making up its stats. I maintain that SA’s crime stats are inflated in parts.

“As for your murder scenario – well it certainly is more localised than is often made out, but I don’t agree with the conclusion you draw from that.”

What conclusion am I drawing?

By: 6000

6000 — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:44:24 +0000

CuppaCoffee > I think there are more than 40 rapes a day. But anyway, if your “crying foul” thing is true in SA, then surely it’s true everywhere else too, so SA’s rape stats are STILL higher than anywhere else.
As for your murder scenario – well it certainly is more localised than is often made out, but I don’t agree with the conclusion you draw from that.

By: CuppaCoffee

CuppaCoffee — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:26:00 +0000

I wold say the stats are inflated and sensationalised.

Inflated example:

We are told that 40 rapes happen per day. I would challenge that. Most of those are girls crying foul after having drunk sex with a guy from a night venue.

Sensationalised example:

There are 38 murders per 100k people in SA. When you tear that apart and see where the actual murders happen, and between which people and cultures, it’s anything but armageddon .

By: 6000

6000 — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:16:48 +0000

Po > The ‘sleeping around ? having sex with’ retraction was funny. But yes, childish isn’t it?
Makes the UK look quite reasonable. But equally corrupt. Allegedly.

By: po

po — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:12:56 +0000

Four year olds. Politicians are four year olds. All of them. If having sex and "sleeping around" do not mean the same thing, then what is the problemmo? po´s last blog post was: I never could say no to cookies (Note: 6000 miles... is not responsible for the content of external internet sites)

By: 6000

6000 — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:07:44 +0000

CuppaCoffee > Regarding the “spin”, HZ and the DA are already too late to spin this one. If they were going to try, then they have missed out anyway.
As for the crime stats, inflated – no; sensationalised – certainly. You should read me more often, then you’d know how I feel about that.
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