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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:13 PM Original message |
Why was South Africa "singled out" by the international community? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe a google on Apartheid is the best way to start. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Are you serious? |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not really |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Aah. Got ya. |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The weak spin is annoying |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Good post |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I know exactly what you are saying.nt |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Isn't hasbara grand? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I sure have!! |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Good citizen! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. !!! |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Some helpful tips |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, it wasn't about racism against South African whites...... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. "racism against South African whites?" |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Post #4 ; ) nt |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Actually South Africa was not "singled out" even in Africa |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thanks for the info, and a question |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Theyt made it one of those "bleeding heart leftie" issues |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. So what happened to the momentum of that movement? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. They're still involved in Africa and South Africa |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Reagan didn't get away with it |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Israel sold arms, including nuclear technology, to SA. |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Israel is progressive, though |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I suggest you read the whole article. |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I know |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. LOL....you are cracking me up! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Because in a democratic system, it is possible for anti-democratic |
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The Deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because South Africa Was Israel's Only Ally In The World |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Progressives stick together, plus didn't SA have a right to defend itself? |
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The Deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Aw, You-all Beat Me To It Again |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. Why I'm not entirely sold on the Israel as Apartheid State |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Same here |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. So this is actually a post about Israel? |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Yes. The OP thinks he's being clever with this juvenalia. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because it was a Western-style society. |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Good points, good post nt |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm thinking you're not interested in S.A. history here. nt |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Dick Cheney is the man you want to ask this question |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. What were the "official" arguments Cheney and co. used to justify that? nt |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. This is just my recollection |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Thanks |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. One correction ... |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Interesting - I did not know this |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Thanks for the history lesson |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Cheney's argument was ... |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Maybe he was then |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. But Mugabe was still a good guy in 1990 |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Maybe it was someone else |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I think I may have heard that once or twice |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. The story of South Africa is also the story of the great schism |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Thanks nt |
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JackNewtown (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. Dems vs. Reps on this issue |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
53. Locking |
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