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Oct 23rd, 2011, 03:05 PM
#22
Re: Gaddafi is Dead!
I have no doubt apartheid is a fantastic system, unless you're black.
I can't really speak for South Africa but I grew up in Nigeria. Common consent (even among the ex-pats) is that the West has been generally harmful to the country. Yes, the British bought efficient government, but not to the benefit of the native Nigerians. Yes, the British built a rail system, it leads exclusivly from the interior to the coast so isn't actually particularly useful except for shipping goods out. Yes the British bought law and order, but not for the Nigerians. Yes, the West continues to invest heavily in the oil industires, but the only output of the the Nigerians benefit from is massive polution in the Delta.
The West has done some good for Africa, but the bad far outstrips it I'm afraid.
I might have taken you seriously when you were saying your government was wasting cash. I don't know but it wouldn't surprise me, governments tend to. But when you start trying to justify apartheid you lose me in a heart beat.
Gaddafi was killed and it was publicised. This wasn't the right thing to do. They should have put on him a trial. As much as Gaddafi's dictatorship was unfair, this was also unfair
I agree but I think it was understandable. I always like to see justice done publicly and through a proper legal process where possible. But in this case I'm willing to live with a summary execution.
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter - Winston Churchill
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