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Originally Posted by Rawdog
(Post 426764)
What can a white gentleman like yourself possibly be doing in south africa? never got that
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Keeping the country from ending up like the rest of the continent.
Hey.. someone has to earn money to cover the benefit payments that the vast majority enjoy.
After all, as a white south africa male I get zero benefits, job offers, legal, medical or education assistance... I am perpetually blamed for everything that goes wrong on the continent (since it was CLEARLY all the fault of my ancestors) and I get to put up with comments like yours as an added bonus.
oh yeah... and I pay 42% tax, have to use private hospitals since there is no public service anymore.. have to use private schools since there is no public service anymore...
but here the rub up
I LOVE my country.. I love the wide open spaces, the freedom, the incredible sense of oneness amongst all it's people.. across all racial and cultural barriers.. don't believe the hype that CNN sells you.. we are actually getting on just fine.. and besides a few isolated incidents and a few close minded racists on both sides of the fence, the majority of us are amongst the most liberal and open minded people on the planet.
sure I get a rough ride here being a "whitey".. but Karma is a bitch and the settlers sure left us with a load to deal with.
I love the fact that we can still break the rules here and get away with it, that we are not the bitch boys of the US like most of the Northern Hemisphere and that we still have clean air, water and soil.
THAT my friend, is why I am here, why my children are here and why we will stay here.
I was born in Africa. My father was born in Africa. My grand, great grand and great great grandfathers were born and lived in South Africa.. our blood has been here since the country was formed. Since before even the Xhosa's arrived from North of the blood river... we've been here.
Hell I'm as African as any of the African's and I'm certainly WAAAAAAYYYY more african (lower case) than the silly and rather tame bright trainer wearing baggy pants so called african American's who seem to think they are all connected with "African consciousness" and "mother Africa"... don't make me laugh... they wouldn't even know what end of a spear you put in a Kudu.. I've killed a Kudu with my bare hands and a hunting life... I've eaten raw Spingbok liver after the hunt.. I can start a fire with sticks and build a hunting shelter in under 2 hours... take your average african American and put him back in mother Africa and he'll cry like a little baby within 24hrs
I dare you to not call me African... now you know what I'm doing here
quick question... what are you doing in America? You name doesn't sound Cherokee
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