Well it's tragic that SA is disintegrating and thousands of people a year are being murdered. But it's certainly awkward that the Afrikaaners perhaps had a point about the ANC. Because it&#… (View Post)

Well yes. And I would think that yer average South African is as a result better off today than in 1989. But it's not 100% obvious that if that is the case that it will still be the case next ye… (View Post)

I think there are a fair few pb lefties who are married to foreigners too, though. @kinabalu , for one. Whereas off the top of my head I can think of none of my male IRL friends with foreign wives an… (View Post)

The culture warriors, as always, are those trying to change things from things as they are - or were until yesterday to those as they think they ought to be. Always be very suspicious of anyone tryin… (View Post)

On thread - it isn't "trashing the economy", it's having other priorities other than economic growth. It happens all the time, across all sorts of issues. Many people, for example… (View Post)