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the tragedy of africa

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Originally posted by Crowley
OK, firstly:
God man! Punctuation, indentation, spelling, grammar. Please, make an effort.
You raise some valid points, but you write like an idiot.

OK, here goes.

Many people in Africa are aware of HIV/AIDS, but just don't give a ...[text shortened]... shared by a select few politicians, their families and cronies.
oka 1stly, do u udnretsadnd waht im syanig. good then relax. no need to be insulting becouse i don't bother CAPITILIZING or spell check. "my god man" if that gets your panties all up in a bunch then you need to learn to relax. your going to get a stomach ulcer.
p.s. by the time i die i will have saved hundreds of hours by not cap. or spell check. on these forums or in e'mails. see the thing is, i don't care about you or peaple like you crowley. as far as im concerened your just a bunch of internet qeeks who for the first time in there lives have a chance to talk big becouse you know nobody can hunt you down and beat your frail; acne ridden, women like body. so be a snob if you wish, but never forget what you really are.

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Originally posted by jared gallegos
oka 1stly, do u udnretsadnd waht im syanig. good then relax. no need to be insulting becouse i don't bother CAPITILIZING or spell check. "my god man" if that gets your panties all up in a bunch then you need to learn to relax. your going to get a stomach ulcer.
p.s. by the time i die i will have saved hundreds of hours by not cap. or spell c ...[text shortened]... ; acne ridden, women like body. so be a snob if you wish, but never forget what you really are.
Your lack of manual dexterity is nothing to be ashamed of. This is a sensitive forum; we understand you.

Crowley's second point was that you write like an idiot, which you have done nothing but confirm.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Your lack of manual dexterity is nothing to be ashamed of. This is a sensitive forum; we understand you.

Crowley's second point was that you write like an idiot, which you have done nothing but confirm.
Yup.
I love when I get under someones skin. Off to pop some zits. BRB.

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Originally posted by jared gallegos
oka 1stly, do u udnretsadnd waht im syanig. good then relax. no need to be insulting becouse i don't bother CAPITILIZING or spell check. "my god man" if that gets your panties all up in a bunch then you need to learn to relax. your going to get a stomach ulcer.
p.s. by the time i die i will have saved hundreds of hours by not cap. or spell c ...[text shortened]... ; acne ridden, women like body. so be a snob if you wish, but never forget what you really are.
Yeah, whatever dude.
I'm a 6 foot 300 pound Internet geek who is actually quite fit from all the sport I compete in.
Look me up when you're ever in darkest Africa - I've even got boxing gloves if you prefer that...

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Charity begins at home. So vote out your leading bastard. Is that what you're saying, Stang?
I don't know what you mean but at least we're bumping the issue of Africa up the list of threads and into people's attention.

It deserves more attention than 9/11.

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Originally posted by STANG
I don't know what you mean but at least we're bumping the issue of Africa up the list of threads and into people's attention.

It deserves more attention than 9/11.
Why do you devote more time to the US then?

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Originally posted by Palynka
Why do you devote more time to the US then?
Honestly? I think he does it because that's what we all know about and are prepared to talk about. Most of us don't know enough about Africa to engage in meaningful debate (me included).

It does irritate me though, that talk is almost about 'Africa'. As if the whole huge continent was a single issue. As if every one of the 50+ countries can be 'solved' in the same way. Africa is a mighty big place with a huge variety of cultures.

No-one ever seems to talk about disease in Asia, or corruption in South America, or fighting in Europe, but when you get to Africa for some weird reason it doesn't matter which COUNTRY you're talking about. Why is that? Again, I think it's lack of knowledge. Most people couldn't name more than a handful of African countries, so they don't try.

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Originally posted by orfeo
It does irritate me though, that talk is almost about 'Africa'. As if the whole huge continent was a single issue. As if every one of the 50+ countries can be 'solved' in the same way. Africa is a mighty big place with a huge variety of cultures.
Well said. Exactly my sentiments as I've said earlier in this thread.

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Go to Africa. Take a holiday. Find out for yourself.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Go to Africa. Take a holiday. Find out for yourself.
Any bits you'd care to recommend? I think the point is that it would take more than 'a holiday' to see it all.

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You have to start somewhere or you'll never get anywhere.

Well, for a holiday, I can personally South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), and Namibia. I'd recommend Zimbabwe but it is in the sh!t at the moment. I can't speak about the rest, haven't been there, but Mali is where I'd like to go next.

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I would love to go to South Africa one day. I think you can blame that on Cry, the Beloved Country as much as anything else.

Also keen on Mozambique, and Kenya, and Morocco, and the Ethiopian highlands, and for some strange reason Malawi.

I'd really like, one day, when it's safe, to go to southern Sudan and see the homeland of some of my friends. There's a large community of Dinka refugees here now, and it would be wonderful to be able to go back with them and understand what their land is like.

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South Africa is the easiest to get around in. Very varied, you could do a whole trip. Depends what you want really. For the wildlife experience, I should have recommended Zambia, the Luangwa valley is meant to be unbelievable.

I'd love to go through Ethiopia & Sudan. The ancient land of Kush. Supplied the Egyptians with a Pharaoh or two.





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Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique are great. Zimbabwe was great before Bob started going really crazy.
Namibia is very chilled and dry 😉 with lots of sand - it's beautiful but not really a great tourist destination (for me, that is. I was a bit bored there to be honest).
Botswana is also nice, although I found the people there to be not overly friendly towards 'the white man'.
Swaziland is awesome. Beautiful scenery and the whole country is geared towards tourism.

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Obviously SA is the best on the African continent - that goes without saying...

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Your lack of manual dexterity is nothing to be ashamed of. This is a sensitive forum; we understand you.

Crowley's second point was that you write like an idiot, which you have done nothing but confirm.
you have nothing to say about the issues i have raised, just petty insults. this is a debate forum not a place for peaple to toot there own literary horns. don't get me wrong i'm very proud of you for owning a thesourus and using it with such zeel. oh no, a spelling error. how can i go on living. let's see what you have to say about the issues.