moolriaz

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by moolriaz 13y ago
I won a grant to build, donate, and maintain Raspberry Pi computers to rural schools in South Africa (about 7). It was a large project. Absolute nightmare. In the end I just started buying second hand computers and installing XUbuntu (much
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by moolriaz 13y ago
Awesome. I'm learning about Moses at the moment (MT course at Edinburgh), see you worked with Ben Taskar also, RIP. Exciting idea here!
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by moolriaz 13y ago
My bad, thought it was just a BBC article. In South Africa there is simply no mention of an exodus today. This was before my time.
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by moolriaz 13y ago
You're really thinking on the wrong level here. You're talking about SAT scores and affirmative action in the US. In South Africa, we're talking on a totally different level. I advise you do some reading on the extent on raci
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by moolriaz 13y ago
The person who sang that song was convicted of a hate crime, and is now facing criminal charges, so I don't see this as a legitimate reason to run away. I would like to see some evidence for a mass exodus from South Africa, specificall
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by moolriaz 13y ago
Definitely, it's a dangerous country. If you read my response again, I did not disagree with this. I just don't agree that there is a mass exodus of people. The wikipedia article you cite about this doesn't cite any hard data
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by moolriaz 13y ago
The connotations associated with terrorism are simply too strong to associate with Mandela. People will take great offence at this, no matter what pedantic definition you want to use for it. Regardless, your definition still doesn't ac
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by moolriaz 13y ago
That's a bit condescending. Terrorism doesn't have an accepted definition, and that definitely isn't my definition of terrorism, nor many others. Perhaps people living in America are more inclined to your definition. I believ
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by moolriaz 13y ago
This is at best anecdotal evidence for a mass exodus of the 'best and brightest' fleeing SA. The only time I have been mugged, attacked, or stalked was during my time as a student in the UK (have had all three happen). Ironically
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by moolriaz 13y ago
Mandela is absolutely distinct from Ghandi. While Ghandi lived in South Africa, he wrote racist slander towards black (African) people, referring to them as 'kaffirs' (the N word equivalent in SA). Here's a quote: "Ours
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by moolriaz 13y ago
"Weren't those laws only really enforced when coloured people broke them, though?" What? 'Coloured' people also refers to a very specific subset of South Africans It doesn't mean what you think it does here.
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by moolriaz 13y ago
Apartheid was a unique situation. Comparing it to Ireland is ridiculous, especially when you lack the perspective of what South Africa is actually like. Mandela averted a civil war - a real fear for many that were preparing to flee from the
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by moolriaz 13y ago
If you want to learn more about what South Africa was like for people of different races before Apartheid, and the steps that lead to Apartheid, you should read the excellent book 'Cry the Beloved Country.' ( http://en
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by moolriaz 13y ago
Shocked by how misinformed people are about Mandela/Apartheid, or by the amount of trolling going on here. Thousands of white people have not died in SA thanks to Mandela. Mandela was not a 'terrorist'. Apartheid was BAD, and