Interesting article
Sep 5th 2012, 1:46 pm
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I'm not taking any sides and saying that either party is right or wrong, but ask that people don't stoop to name calling and personal attacks. It adds nothing to the discussion.
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Sep 22nd 2012, 9:25 pm
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Re: Interesting article
Taken from Supersport commentator visiting the UK for the current cricket...
Week 8
by Neil`s UK diary 03/09/2012, 07:19
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Only the most brave-hearted, optimistic and enthusiastic supporters on the road could claim that South Africa’s tour is not suffering at the back-end of two months on the road. Much was made, understandably, of the potential impact the ‘new faces’ would make during the ODI section of the tour – and even more for the T20 section at the end – but the reality is different.
New passengers on a train running out of fuel do not provide impetus to the engine. It is what it is…running on low. Not quite empty, but the red light is flashing. Gary Kirsten has had the luxury of his wife, Deborah, and their three children visiting for a couple of trips during the tour but hotel life is never easy for anyone, never mind with three kids under the age of 10.
Talking of kids, the English youth ‘culture’ caught up with me in a big way this evening on the Underground. Living nearby to a circular line offers the perfect opportunity for delinquent parents to offer their considerably more delinquent children the opportunity to go and ‘play’ somewhere ‘safe’. And return after however many loops they fancy doing before turning in for the night.
Source and more here: http://www.supersport.com/cricket/bl...k-diary/Week_8
Week 8
by Neil`s UK diary 03/09/2012, 07:19
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Only the most brave-hearted, optimistic and enthusiastic supporters on the road could claim that South Africa’s tour is not suffering at the back-end of two months on the road. Much was made, understandably, of the potential impact the ‘new faces’ would make during the ODI section of the tour – and even more for the T20 section at the end – but the reality is different.
New passengers on a train running out of fuel do not provide impetus to the engine. It is what it is…running on low. Not quite empty, but the red light is flashing. Gary Kirsten has had the luxury of his wife, Deborah, and their three children visiting for a couple of trips during the tour but hotel life is never easy for anyone, never mind with three kids under the age of 10.
Talking of kids, the English youth ‘culture’ caught up with me in a big way this evening on the Underground. Living nearby to a circular line offers the perfect opportunity for delinquent parents to offer their considerably more delinquent children the opportunity to go and ‘play’ somewhere ‘safe’. And return after however many loops they fancy doing before turning in for the night.
Source and more here: http://www.supersport.com/cricket/bl...k-diary/Week_8
Any decent sporting journalist worth his or her salt would keep all of the propaganda rubbish out of a sporting article. Oh, maybe I forgot, sensationalism sells newspapers?
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Sep 23rd 2012, 7:41 am
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The point is, I lived in South Africa for eight years, and any journalist from this country should think twice about writing more than likely made up negative stories about any other country. South Africa has more than its fair share of crime and appalling immigration control. Try visiting Hillbrow in Johannesburg for example.
Any decent sporting journalist worth his or her salt would keep all of the propaganda rubbish out of a sporting article. Oh, maybe I forgot, sensationalism sells newspapers?
Any decent sporting journalist worth his or her salt would keep all of the propaganda rubbish out of a sporting article. Oh, maybe I forgot, sensationalism sells newspapers?
I also lived in SA and yes the crime rate is far higher but there is not the issue in SA with white trash that you get in the UK. If you read the article there is nothing to suggest that these were in fact immigrants, but more likely locals. Again, I am not dismissing the terrible levels of crime in SA (which is one of the reasons I left), but your average white person in SA is far more civilized than the equivalent in the uk
Sep 24th 2012, 8:26 am
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Now a 4 year old story from the Daily Mail, it just keeps getting better 
Sep 24th 2012, 1:01 pm
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What exactly are you denying? that Time magazine is wrong and you are right?
Sep 24th 2012, 2:43 pm
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Sep 24th 2012, 4:51 pm
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Sep 24th 2012, 7:10 pm
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Sep 25th 2012, 6:57 am
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As has been said this is a problem facing most Western nations, it might be too late to reverse but who knows really.