Re: Good Safety Tips [boodskap #113177] |
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On Feb 23, 1:22 am, "Moira de Swardt" wrote:
> "Agnes" wrote in message
>> The best prevention against AIDS: do not have sex.
>> The best precaution against abduction: do not leave your home.
>> The best way against verbal abuse: do not post.
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> Agnes, your words are taken from a perspective of a woman living in
> a country where it is likely that she'll be left to do whatever she
> wants to do. South Africans don't necessarily have that luxury.
> The chances are good (in this case "good" means the chances are
> actually very high, which is bad) that South Africans will be
> victims of crime. Our homes are also being targeted. Women (and
> sometimes men) are raped. Most South Africans do not take these
> things lightly. Verbal abuse on newsgroups is not desirable, but it
> tends to leave people physically whole and alive, and for most of
> us, fairly unconcerned about what some "idiotic" stranger thinks of
> us (and anyone who disagrees with "us" is obviously idiotic).
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> Moira de Swardt posting from Johannesburg, South Africa
> Remove the dot in my address to find me at home.
Mooi , sit hom op sy plek
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