| Flower and Olonga - an example of true courage - liberal bigots note [boodskap #73392] |
Wo, 12 Februarie 2003 19:31  |
Tobie
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Het dit vanaf uk.sport.cricket afgehaal.
T
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Note: An immensely courageous thing for them to do. Sticking your head
above the parapet when there is real danger is something few will do.
Compare their action with those liberal bigots who love to claim that
one or other of their ghastly crew is "being very brave to speak in
support of immigrants, minorities, gay rights, feminism etc". That is
the reverse of courage, the religious recitation of the elite ideology.
RH
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The public statement made by the Zimbabwe cricketers, Andy Flower and
Henry Olonga.
It is a great honour for us to take the field today to play for
Zimbabwe in the World Cup. We feel privileged and proud to have been
able to represent our country. We are however deeply disturbed about
what is taking place in Zimbabwe in the midst of the World Cup and do
not feel that we can take the field without indicating our feelings in
a dignified manner and in keeping with the spirit of cricket.
We cannot in good conscience take to the field and ignore the fact that
millions of our compatriots are starving, unemployed and oppressed. We
are aware that hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans may even die in the
coming months through a combination of starvation, poverty and Aids.
We are aware that many people have been unjustly imprisoned and
tortured simply for expressing their opinions about what is
happening in the country. We have heard a torrent of racist hate speech
directed at minority groups. We are aware that thousands of Zimbabwean
are routinely denied their right to freedom of expression. We are
aware that people have been murdered, raped, beaten and had their homes
destroyed because of their beliefs and that many of those responsible
have not even been prosecuted. We are also aware that many patriotic
Zimbabweans oppose us playing in the World Cup because of what is
happening.
It is impossible to ignore what is happening in Zimbabwe Although we
are just professional cricketers, we do have a conscience and
feelings. We believe that if we remain silent that will be taken as a
sign that either we do not care or we condone what is happening in
Zimbabwe.
We have struggled to think of an action that would be appropriate and
that would not demean the game we love so much. We have decided that
we should alone without other members of the team being involved
because our decision is deeply personal and we did not want to use our
senior status to unfairly influence other members of the squad. We
would like to stress that we greatly respect the ICC and are grateful
for all the hard work it has done in bringing the World Cup to
Zimbabwe.
In all the circumstances we have decided that we will each wear black
armband for the duration of the World Cup. In doing so we are
mourning the death of democracy in our beloved Zimbabwe. In doing so
we are making a silent plea to those responsible to stop the abuse of
human rights in Zimbabwe. In doing so we pray that our small action may
help to restore sanity and dignity to our nation."
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| Re: Flower and Olonga - an example of true courage - liberal bigots note [boodskap #73423 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #73392] |
Do, 13 Februarie 2003 11:03  |
Elaine
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Baie mooi gesê - dis net jammer, ek het gehoor dat hulle van die span
afgeskop is? Is dit waar of het ek verkeerd gehoor?
Elaine
"Tobie" wrote:
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> The public statement made by the Zimbabwe cricketers, Andy Flower and
> Henry Olonga.
>
> It is a great honour for us to take the field today to play for
> Zimbabwe in the World Cup. We feel privileged and proud to have been
> able to represent our country. We are however deeply disturbed about
> what is taking place in Zimbabwe in the midst of the World Cup and do
> not feel that we can take the field without indicating our feelings in
> a dignified manner and in keeping with the spirit of cricket.
>
> We cannot in good conscience take to the field and ignore the fact that
> millions of our compatriots are starving, unemployed and oppressed. We
> are aware that hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans may even die in the
> coming months through a combination of starvation, poverty and Aids.
> We are aware that many people have been unjustly imprisoned and
> tortured simply for expressing their opinions about what is
> happening in the country. We have heard a torrent of racist hate speech
> directed at minority groups. We are aware that thousands of Zimbabwean
> are routinely denied their right to freedom of expression. We are
> aware that people have been murdered, raped, beaten and had their homes
> destroyed because of their beliefs and that many of those responsible
> have not even been prosecuted. We are also aware that many patriotic
> Zimbabweans oppose us playing in the World Cup because of what is
> happening.
>
> It is impossible to ignore what is happening in Zimbabwe Although we
> are just professional cricketers, we do have a conscience and
> feelings. We believe that if we remain silent that will be taken as a
> sign that either we do not care or we condone what is happening in
> Zimbabwe.
>
> We have struggled to think of an action that would be appropriate and
> that would not demean the game we love so much. We have decided that
> we should alone without other members of the team being involved
> because our decision is deeply personal and we did not want to use our
> senior status to unfairly influence other members of the squad. We
> would like to stress that we greatly respect the ICC and are grateful
> for all the hard work it has done in bringing the World Cup to
> Zimbabwe.
>
> In all the circumstances we have decided that we will each wear black
> armband for the duration of the World Cup. In doing so we are
> mourning the death of democracy in our beloved Zimbabwe. In doing so
> we are making a silent plea to those responsible to stop the abuse of
> human rights in Zimbabwe. In doing so we pray that our small action may
> help to restore sanity and dignity to our nation."
>
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| Re: Flower and Olonga [boodskap #73454 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #73423] |
Do, 13 Februarie 2003 19:28 |
Tobie
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"Elaine"
> ek het gehoor dat hulle van die span
> afgeskop is? Is dit waar of het ek verkeerd gehoor?
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Ek het geen idee nie Elaine
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