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My country is burning

Started by Trevor, July 12, 2021, 06:19:40 PM

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Trevor

The latest update here (almost 6pm our time) is that our President has been condemned from all sides about his "fiddling while SA burns", 5000 soldiers have been deployed to deal with looters and people have been urged not to "panic buy".

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/live-zumaunrest-durban-high-court-closes-kzn-pharmacies-pause-vaccinations-as-riots-spread-20210712

If you scroll down to the Mall of Thembisa part you will see that live ammunition was used on the looters.  :buggedout:

Oh my God, what is going on?? Declare a State of Emergency, for crying out loud!
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Trevor

#16
This is touching and it shows how South Africans can come together.

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/unrestsa-40-000-people-join-project-to-rebuild-after-looting-20210715

40 000 people? Wow: I am smiling.  :thumbup: :thumbup:

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

RCMerchant

Trev- I get it, man. The whole world is imploding.

But it's nothing new, I suppose. It's just different.   :bluesad:

Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

Trevor

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 15, 2021, 09:19:43 AM
Trev- I get it, man. The whole world is imploding.

But it's nothing new, I suppose. It's just different.   :bluesad:


Agreed: the last time I felt this concerned was in 1994 after the first democratic elections here as before they happened, there was  much violence. My city seems to be OK thus far.
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Trevor

It seems things have calmed down now but the looters left a trail of destruction. What is strange is that many of them claimed to be hungry but the items that were looted the most were electrical goods, such as TVs etc. A TV is not the nicest thing to eat  :buggedout:

The President also addressed the nation yesterday: too much, too little, too late unfortunately.

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/live-zumaunrest-durban-high-court-closes-kzn-pharmacies-pause-vaccinations-as-riots-spread-20210712
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Leah

If things are calming down then hopefully things will be back to normal soon.  Here's to hoping that's the best case scenario.
yeah no.

Trevor

Quote from: El Misfit on July 17, 2021, 04:46:11 AM
If things are calming down then hopefully things will be back to normal soon.  Here's to hoping that's the best case scenario.

Our President is facing opposition from other political parties and his own for dropping the ball: he has actually admitted to this.
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

javakoala

Brother, I came back just to wish you safety in these times of turmoil.

You are a person of sanity in a place going insane. Please, take care of yourself. You are a shining light, sir. When I heard about this, you were the first thought to cross my mind. You are in my prayers.

Even though our own country is being overrun with Communists and Marxist lunatics, there are those of us here who would welcome you in a heartbeat.

Stay strong, my friend.
I feel more like I do now than I did a while ago.

Allhallowsday

Quote from: javakoala on July 17, 2021, 04:58:25 PM
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Even though our own country is being overrun with Communists and Marxist lunatics,...

Yeh?  Yeh?  I must've missed the overrun...  :lookingup:  I don't see it.  This is America.  The dollar is almighty.  The failure of such philosophies (antithetical to all that is American) is proof enough.  Money.  Money.  Money is king. 
If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!

Rev. Powell

Quote from: Allhallowsday on July 17, 2021, 09:41:34 PM
Quote from: javakoala on July 17, 2021, 04:58:25 PM
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Even though our own country is being overrun with Communists and Marxist lunatics,...

Yeh?  Yeh?  I must've missed the overrun...  :lookingup:  I don't see it.  This is America.  The dollar is almighty.  The failure of such philosophies (antithetical to all that is American) is proof enough.  Money.  Money.  Money is king. 

And if java thinks America is overrun with Marxists, he's have a stroke in Trevor's South Africa, or pretty much any other democratic country outside of the USA...The Democratic Party would be considered center-right in most other countries.

I love you java and glad to see you again, though. :tongueout:  :cheers:
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Trevor

Quote from: javakoala on July 17, 2021, 04:58:25 PM
Brother, I came back just to wish you safety in these times of turmoil.

You are a person of sanity in a place going insane. Please, take care of yourself. You are a shining light, sir. When I heard about this, you were the first thought to cross my mind. You are in my prayers.

Even though our own country is being overrun with Communists and Marxist lunatics, there are those of us here who would welcome you in a heartbeat.

Stay strong, my friend.

Brother Java  :cheers:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

RCMerchant

#26
Quote from: Allhallowsday on July 17, 2021, 09:41:34 PM
Quote from: javakoala on July 17, 2021, 04:58:25 PM
...
Even though our own country is being overrun with Communists and Marxist lunatics,...

Yeh?  Yeh?  I must've missed the overrun...  :lookingup:  I don't see it.  This is America.  The dollar is almighty.  The failure of such philosophies (antithetical to all that is American) is proof enough.  Money.  Money.  Money is king.  

I HAVE noticed it!
Like giant grasshoppers!
Giant Commie grass hoppers!

Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

Trevor

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 18, 2021, 10:36:19 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on July 17, 2021, 09:41:34 PM
Quote from: javakoala on July 17, 2021, 04:58:25 PM
...
Even though our own country is being overrun with Communists and Marxist lunatics,...

Yeh?  Yeh?  I must've missed the overrun...  :lookingup:  I don't see it.  This is America.  The dollar is almighty.  The failure of such philosophies (antithetical to all that is American) is proof enough.  Money.  Money.  Money is king.  

I HAVE noticed it!
Like giant grasshoppers!
Giant Commie grass hoppers!



:buggedout:  :teddyr: :teddyr:

I must have missed those  :wink:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

LilCerberus

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 18, 2021, 10:36:19 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on July 17, 2021, 09:41:34 PM
Quote from: javakoala on July 17, 2021, 04:58:25 PM
...
Even though our own country is being overrun with Communists and Marxist lunatics,...

Yeh?  Yeh?  I must've missed the overrun...  :lookingup:  I don't see it.  This is America.  The dollar is almighty.  The failure of such philosophies (antithetical to all that is American) is proof enough.  Money.  Money.  Money is king. 

I HAVE noticed it!
Like giant grasshoppers!
Giant Commie grass hoppers!



Uh, this is the year of the 17 year cicadas................
"Science Fiction & Nostalgia have become the same thing!" - T Bone Burnett
The world runs off money, even for those with a warped sense of what the world is.

Allhallowsday

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 18, 2021, 10:36:19 AM
...I HAVE noticed it!
Like giant grasshoppers!
Giant Commie grass hoppers!


:bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:

Quote from: LilCerberus on July 18, 2021, 11:51:29 AM
...Uh, this is the year of the 17 year cicadas................

Wise words.
If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!