Comments on: Leading Black American Journalist Dishes It Out On Africa

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:42:12 +0000

African tribalism and ethnic warfare is more than just cultural, as evidenced by similar crime rates among black Americans in ghettos. Perhaps liberal idealists should admit that black criminal behaviour may have to do with nature too–biological and genetic factors.

By: EN

EN — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:28:19 +0000

“While we’re at it, I want my food to become “democratic”, my favorite sports team to be “democratic”, and my woman “democratic”.”

I prefer my wine and women to be market driven. They are far too expensive as it is. Turning it over to “democracy” would make the price go up exponentially and radically reduce quality. Imagine a world such as that? No wonder men fight.

By: Andrew T.

Andrew T. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:32:34 +0000

While we’re at it, I want my food to become “democratic”, my favorite sports team to be “democratic”, and my woman “democratic”.

It’s supposed to be a good thing, right?

By: JLE

JLE — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:37:36 +0000

The Economist regards South Africa as a flawed democracy. I would be interested to know on what basis this conclusion is reached. Is their view based on the fact that even though it is a "democratic" society, the economy and infrastructure is in an ever increasing downward spiral? Or is their view based on the fact that our "democratic" election process is nothing but a census count? ["Now what we have in my former homeland is African democracy as raw and as ripe as sewerage."--IM]

By: Christopher Link

Christopher Link — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:20:44 +0000

Memo to Alex: “Americans have always been . . . idiots.” Jefferson was an American. Did you mean “some” Americans, or “most” Americans? I do stand corrected concerning the demise of the Federalists (memory failure), but Jefferson was not responsible for the considerable damage done during Washington’s administration, or Adams’. (Like many others) Jefferson didn’t fare as well during his second term, but his first term was very successful.

By: EN

EN — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:42:38 +0000

Gordon Brown’s labour government is calling for the British people to quit wasting food as a way of feeding Africa. They want stores to stop running two for one deals and end bulk buying. This is a traditional African nation state model of dealing with famine through anti-market tactics. It’s been decided to take stupidity global. Africa, an equalitarian/multicultural dream, is now a model for a European country.

By: AnIdea

AnIdea — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:10:33 +0000

It's the culture. No amount of money is going to change it. Same with most of Latin America. Best to stay away from all of that business and focus on keeping our country from going the same direction. Sadly, this is becoming less and less likely given our immigration policies and the bogus idea of cultural relativism (aka. multiculturalism). Culture matters. Western countries aren't like Africa because our culture is better and we respect the ideas that make modern society possible such as education, private property, free markets (what's left of them), etc. Without these and other ingredients any society is going to continue to wallow in despair and never rise out of poverty. Even today these ideals are being swept away in the name of some common good collectivist ideals. It won't work. If we're not careful we'll end up the same way as these countries we read about in the news.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:06:02 +0000

The only thing that I really don’t like about that is all the gushing about democracy. If they think democracy brings freedom, they need to move to Canada – or here.

Certainly much better than the Dark Continent, but slowly degenerating into the same political sewage.