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A bit of a hoot, what! [boodskap #22182 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #22188]

Tue, 30 March 1999 00:00

Leendert van Oostrum
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My Dear Royleen,

nice to see you, but I very much fear that you are mistaken on a few points:

R & BW wrote in message ...
> Thanks Nomad. I was a bit apprehensive as I know firsthand that many South
> Africans who left the homeland are regarded as traitors - this is also the
> message I get from having observed the correspondents in this newsgroup.
> I'm glad to see that there are open-minded South Africans in South Africa.

Actually, Nomad writes from a New Zealand ISP - apparently.

So, no!

Nomad's response does not count as evidence that "there are open-minded
South Africans in South Africa".

> My whole family still live there in various parts of the country so I watch
> with interest all developments there - hence my participation in this Ng.

Ta, thanks! I was wondering about that!

You swoop down on the news group - quite grandly, I might add, complaining
about the quality of the conversation to be found here. And tell us that it
reminds you of why you left.

(You left because of the quality of the conversation, did you?)

You recieve two responses - both from South African exiles, one in Canada,
and one in New Zealand (apparently).

Gloudina's response, admittedly, was just a tad on the rude side.

But then, Gloudina is not know for her manners (not for the accuracy of her
information, nor for her logic, but that's another matter. After all, she
left the country thirty years ago).

The funny thing about your participation in this NG on account of your
interest in "developments there", is this:

If dear Oom Hans (from Namibia, mind you) were to perform one of his traffic
analyses, I suspect that he would find that less than 20% of the
contributions in this newsgroup currently originate in SA.

So the conversation that you so disdainfully entered is really a cozy little
tete-a-tete between exiles, for the most part. And, of course, the odd
Dutchman now and then (bless their woodenclad socks).

> It is
> beautiful here, just like East London in SA where I lived and taught at
> high schools for a long time before job instability and safety issues
> convinced us to leave. The weather is hot and humid, the sun shines most of
> the time and outdoor living is a must. No annoying Aussie flies here like
> in the rest of the country - we have barbies (braais) and potjiekos as often
> as we like and the people here love our way of doing things. There is so
> much to see and do here and you do it in safety - although you get your
> criminals everywhere, you can go for long walks and drive around feeling
> safe and free. We buy Boerewors ( the best I've tasted even in SA) at the
> local butchery and Mrs Balls chutney in the supermarket - we can even get
> koeksisters home-delivered as Fred runs his own Springbok Foods business
> here. Life is good here

Ah! On of our other regular contributors from ooooostraaailya reports that
he recently saw a bumper sticker in a 'strine city proclaiming "Hierdie is
ons Volkstaat".

Had quite a giggle at that, I did.

For just then, one of our regular contributors from Canada (such prolific
writers, the bunch in North America - must be the cold that makes their
keyboards such a good alternative to living) opined that "die idee van 'n
Volkstaat" rests squarely on "fear and exlusiveness".

Bit of a hoot, don't you think?

Especially since, writing from "ons Volkstaat" as you do, your contributions
seem to be pervaded by fear, exclusiveness, and most of all, arrogance.

> and we enjoy our new-found freedom (from
> narrow-mindedness mainly) very much. I can honestly say we are better
> people for having come here.

In what way have you become a better person?

I mean. In view of the above, your repartee seems singularly narrow-mided to
me, my love.

> Now I suppose I'll have to duck in case someone out there wants to throw mud
> at me.
> Royleen

Nah....don't bother to duck, ducks. Looking at your footprints where you
entered the NG, they already seem quite muddy to me.

And not much mud will be coming from SA (we're in the middle of a drought
here). Snow would be melting in Canada and Europe, about now. Must be that.

Ta-ta!

(And dilate that constricted little arrogant mind just a wee bit, will you?
The mixture of Afrikaner "koppigheid" and the insular English predeliction
for parochial bigotry has never made for mental vistas of great scope.)