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The more this unfolds the bigger the hole the ANC seems to have dug. The cynic in me just wonders if the crying lawyer wasn't a defense strategy?
The real question is how do the voting public perceive this.
Still it looks like we won't get an elegant end to this!
What a great leader would have done was to defuse this potentially deadly situation by calling for a national dialogue on difficult issues such as how we bridge the important values of human dignity and the respect for leaders, on the one hand, and freedom of expression and the right to criticism, on the other hand. I could not help think of that moment when President Obama defused a nasty racial situation by bringing together the black Harvard professor and the white Boston policeman after the latter arrested the prof when he assumed the black man was breaking into a home; his own home, it turns out. The leader invited the two men for a beer in the White House gardens.
I don’t mind Obama he was handed a crappy hand and did good with what he got. The truth is Obama is a real leader. I think if they give him a second chance he will do good on his promises. Truth is he had a lot to "correct" given the difficulties at hand. I don’t think any other person would have done any better. Truth is there is only so much one can do.
The man is willing to listen… He walks among his voters, stuff like that counts in my eyes. It shows me he takes note. That is commendable in my opinion.
Despite the critic of everyone Obama did better than most.
peace is a state of mind Disclaimer: everything written by me can be considered as fictional.
Unfortunately the painting enables the Government to again exploit a situation to their own advantage and distract the nation from the real issues they're struggling with - Cele, Mdluli, the Arms Deal Probe, rampant corruption and other issues. It also affords them an opportunity to stir up he revolutionary spirit amongst the "blind" masses and galvanize support for the ruling party.
There is another view that hasn't been expressed yet?
This is a painting of a well known poster of Lenin with two dicks painted on it, one in the crotch area and one in the head area???
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I see where the artist is coming from and completely agree with the messages in all of his work.
The fact that the current government is trying to silence and censor their critics highlights that this administration is no different from the previous one. The irony is that the current one were the critics of the previous one and the one being silenced.
It appears as if there are more people considering this whole smeary "spear" affair as extremely juvenile, both from the artists perspective and the (over) reaction by JC and his ANC buddies.
Let's get one thing clear. Is 'The Spear,' a picture by the South African artist Brett Murray representing South African President Jacob Zuma in heroic revolutionary pose — with his penis hanging out — good art? No. The pose is striking.
I don't blame Ms Haffajee for her decision, at the end of the day there's safety concerns for their employees. The campaign against City Press and the gallery is nothing short of bullying by the ANC and it's allies. I'm not decided how much of their behaviour is plain immaturity and how much was orchestrated as lead up to Mangaung.
I'm not decided how much of their behaviour is plain immaturity and how much was orchestrated as lead up to Mangaung.
Now there's a thought! Either way, it actually provides some very workable material for a competing candidate at Mangaung - if there is anyone prepared to stand up and make a pretty committed play.
Who's in the top echelons and has been staying quiet on the subject?
The ANC are showing no magnanimity in there apparent victory and are just showing there bullying side. That is a worrying trend. Intolerance has no place in society.
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