British pilot in prison in Central African Republic

[sAx_R54]

@Basil

Ah, yes, I know: the self appointed superhero defending big black guys against filthy white bigots. Last I noticed, they're perfectly capable of defending themselves.

How ironic! Last time I checked I was very much 100% Black!

[sAx_R54]

I think the clinical name for this is 'white man's guilt': sort of whiplash from the 'white man's burden' of his ancestors.

The Burden MostlyLurking, is all yours. Fortunately have never had to suffer the 'white man's burden'.

[cavortingcheetah]

'The White Man's Burden' was the title of a poem by Rudyard Kipling in the context of the US take over of the Philippines after the Spanish American War in 1899.
The burden related to an obligation to rule over and encourage the development of people from other ethnic and cultural backgrounds until they could take their place in the world, economically and socially. It didn't really have anything to do with color so much as it did with subsidization. The closest parallel today might possibly be the European Union or indeed in any other situation where one element of the population is supported by the endeavors of another. One that is usually numerically smaller but more economically productive.

[The Ancient Geek]

Just ignore him, he just has a big chip on his shoulder and thinks that the white man is to blame for everything and owes him a living. The problem is in his head. Pulling the race card is a sure sign of a black racist.
Equality does not mean free handouts, it means that he should make the same effort as everyone else, learn some skills and get a job.

[Tableview]

If he's a South African black man, the poor fellow will consider himself to be 'previously disadvantaged' (it's newSAspeak for 'you are racist'), an excuse which has borne little or no validity since 1994, but one that they will continue using until the end of time rather than face the reality of the world.

[Basil]

OK, sAx_R54; nice one BUT, I have the solution to the problem.
Stop associating with Lefty Liberal Whites (and little Shami)

[sAx_R54]

@Tableview

Funny how touchy you guys get, when you are faced with the mirror of what you actually are! Don't worry, there is no AWB flag underneath my pillowcase that causes me to have sleepless nights, for the type of society you long for return.

I'm sure you 'very intelligent, but uneducated (through no fault of her own) 'maid', would at least agree with that.

[sAx_R54]

Stop associating with Lefty Liberal Whites (and little Shami)

Equally good try Basil, BUT I would rather have preferred MK!

[lilflyboy262...2]

So, there is a guy in prison who shouldn't be there...

[The Ancient Geek]

He got out of jail a few days ago.

[lilflyboy262...2]

My bad. I couldnt be bothered going back and reading through the pages of white vs black b*******.

Glad to see he's out.

[amou7]

To clear things up: Simpson was not an airline pilot.

Hey guys, just came back from the CAR and knew about this situation. The fact is that the guy was a Guide in a hunting safari aka a "'pilot". that's probably why it never made it to pprune. He was imprisoned with his boss, a CAR-born Swede for (after discovering and reporting to the govt) killing 13 youth in their camp area!

[MamaPut]

The fact is that the guy was a Guide in a hunting safari aka a "'pilot". that's probably why it never made it to pprune

From the CAWA website:

Erik has since then been held in custody in Bangui, together with our pilot David Simpson and ten local employees, while the authorities have made an investigation of the case.

The owner of the Central African Wildlife Adventures is Erik Mararv whose father is a well-connected Swede who used to own the biggest well drilling operation in CAR. David Simpson is a young Yorkshire man who was hooked on flying after his parents bought him a flying lesson for his 18th birthday, became hooked and paid for his pilot's licence. After that all he wanted to do was travel and he applied to, and was employed by Erik Mararv. After a year of working for Mararv he was made General Manager of the hunting operation in Bakouma.

There has been some hate mail on a few websites, because CAWA isn't in to photographic safaris, but takes groups of rich hunters to shoot game on a 2.5 million acre concession, of which David Simpson says "Many of them are here for the experience, it's not just about killing things. Some of them are, they want the trophy on the wall. Though I don't understand that myself, but, we might spend a week tracking an animal. We only shoot old males. We have strict quotas. And if we weren't there, the poachers would be. All our trackers are old elephant poachers. We've 25 of them who'd shoot up to 10 elephants a year. That's 250 elephants that are not being shot. If we weren't there, the animals would disappear, like they already have in the north."

[tsgas]

I'm glad to see that positive thinking and living with hope has paid off for this lad.
To all the nay sayers "let this be a lesson" not to live in despair because you just make life miserable for yourself as well as the people that are around you.

[doubleu-anker]

It appears the pilot in question has been freed from jail. Good show.

BBC News - Africa massacre suspect David Simpson freed from jail

[cavortingcheetah]

Better than that perhaps for him for I do believe he's in England as of this morning.
Pilot David Simpson returns to freedom in Britain from Central African Republic jail - Telegraph