British pilot in prison in Central African Republic
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Freed - after a fashion
Excellent news - David Simpson has been freed from prison (during a riot in which all the prisoners in the jail escaped and the prison was destroyed - an Africa special, this one).
Very good telling of the story here:
Briton behind bars in Central Africa freed during riot - Telegraph
Very good telling of the story here:
Briton behind bars in Central Africa freed during riot - Telegraph
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Excellent news - David Simpson has been freed from prison...
I hope he is at home with his loved ones.
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If you'll read the article, you will notice that he was released by a judge during/after the riots, is in a kind of "house arrest", but expects full and legal release shortly. Curious story.
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the reason why..
My grandmother was a KC - a Kenya Colonial. She lived and died in the days before Political Correctness. But from when I was knee-high to a grasshopper I recall she used to tell me this:
"If you want the best life in the world, be a white man in Africa. But never forget, one day you'll walk home in your underpants - if you're lucky."
As true now as it was then. Some of us love the reward and are prepared to run the risk. Some fear the risk and will never taste the reward.
"If you want the best life in the world, be a white man in Africa. But never forget, one day you'll walk home in your underpants - if you're lucky."
As true now as it was then. Some of us love the reward and are prepared to run the risk. Some fear the risk and will never taste the reward.
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That is so true. I remember telling my very intelligent but uneducated Xhosa 'maid' in Cape Town that I was going to live in Europe for a while. She asked if I would take her with and I said I couldn't. She asked me who was going to clean my house etc, and I said I would have to. She said : "That is not how a white man should live!"
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"If you want the best life in the world, be a white man in Africa..."
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Tableview:
Very intelligent because she knows how to please and talk to an arrogant white man?
That is so true. I remember telling my very intelligent but uneducated Xhosa 'maid' in Cape Town that I was going to live in Europe for a while. She asked if I would take her with and I said I couldn't. She asked me who was going to clean my house etc, and I said I would have to. She said : "That is not how a white man should live!"
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At last KAG has the courage to say what he means.
My question was simple (evidently too simple), was it YOU that the intelligent but uneducated Xhosa maid was speaking to? If so, then clearly you are the antonym!
Simple enough??
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I take you are trying to imply that because I referred to her as uneducated (which she was, albeit through no fault of her own) you are labelling me as 'arrogant'. If so, that says more about your lack of understanding than it does about me.
I take it you don't know too much about South Africa and the background.
I take it you don't know too much about South Africa and the background.
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Tableview,
I suspect that the fact you dared to have a maid upsets KAGs' sensibilities. It probably doesn't matter what you wrote, he would have found fault somehow.
I have had employed maids, gardeners, cooks, etc. in many countries I have lived/ worked in - including Europe. Does that make me a really nasty person, or does it mean that I am being helpful by employing people?
I suspect that the fact you dared to have a maid upsets KAGs' sensibilities. It probably doesn't matter what you wrote, he would have found fault somehow.
I have had employed maids, gardeners, cooks, etc. in many countries I have lived/ worked in - including Europe. Does that make me a really nasty person, or does it mean that I am being helpful by employing people?
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I only endorsed the sentiment of 'arrogance' from another poster, and would not have chosen such a lofty description for you myself. If you actually read my post (that is if you can actually read), you will see that I chose unintelligent but 'educated' non-Xhosa footman!
Clinically 'thick' in other words!
Clinically 'thick' in other words!
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Jesus! Calm down! Tableview was not being derogatory. He was merely stating a fact - she was uneducated - not a criticism, just a victim of circumstance. He also observed she was highly intelligent.
I'm "uneducated" - left school at 16 - but I've done pretty well
I'm not saying I'm highly intelligent but I'm not stupid either!
Your comment (sAx_R54) "... if you can actually read...." rather demeans YOU.
Don't be so sensitive and go looking for malice when none is meant.
I'm "uneducated" - left school at 16 - but I've done pretty well
I'm not saying I'm highly intelligent but I'm not stupid either!Your comment (sAx_R54) "... if you can actually read...." rather demeans YOU.
Don't be so sensitive and go looking for malice when none is meant.