Zimbabwe A Laughing Stock, Says Mugabe

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-9-2007 | Sebastien Berger

[Maigrey]

Thus far, the resettlement program has been a disaster. Many of the beneficiaries of the redistribution are inept or indifferent farmers. Nonetheless, Mutasa vigorously defended the policy as “necessary to stamp out the last vestiges of inequality.” “It is better that the land lie barren in the hands of blacks than continue to be exploited by whites,” Mutasa contended. “Equal suffering is preferable to having to endure any more demonstrations of white supremacy.”

You have got to be (ahem!) kidding! He would rather see his nation starve while under black control, then have white farmers provide foodstuffs for people in the country.

What a (ahem!) communist!

[quadrant]

After all, they wanted it.

[river rat]

“Equal suffering is preferable to having to endure any more demonstrations of white supremacy.”

The speaker has proven what is tormenting him by his own words and actions...

[MARTIAL MONK]

It’s a fake quotation. The poster is a loon who puts this crap on here frequently. Sometimes he will hide behind a poorly noted “satire” label but it’s still the same garbage with quotation marks around fake quotes. I think FR is too quick to ban posters in many cases but you can see from the number of people who took this seriously that this goober needs to go. He’s a disaster waiting to happen.

[MARTIAL MONK]

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[Luke Skyfreeper]

No, no, no, they need to take a page from ole Nelson & Winnie Mandella and “necklace” the SOB’s.

Personally, I'm okay with whichever method is more painful.

[Clive]

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[Cindy]

There’s nothing funny about Zimbabwe.

Mugabe ruined it.

[Beckwith]

Marxism at work.

Secondly, has anyone on the planet ever called Mugabe a racist?

[Doe Eyes]

Jimmy Carter is still causing misery and enabling mayhem throughout the world.

Its the white peoples fault.

[ikka]

An international court is to be asked to rule on the seizure programme.

This crap has been going on for years, and now, finally, maybe, an international court will hem and haw about it. Meanwhile Pinochet is hounded to death for causing 1/1000th the problems.

[Aria]

What exactly is fake?

[Southack]

It’s bad form to post fake quotes.

[MARTIAL MONK]

The entire post with the “equal suffering” quotation is fake. It is no different than the “fake but accurate” Dan Rather stories we attack liberals for. If you follow the link, he calls it “satirical” but a number of people, including you, took it as a truthful, legitimate post. This is an example of the loony right.

[Aria]

Thanks for the info!

[river rat]

Satire is MOST effective when it has targeted a situation that has been so bizarre that the satire (if that is what it was) becomes easily believable..

Is it satire that Mugabe and his thugs have been conducting their racist crimes of rape, murder and theft against White farmers?

Is it satire that Zimbabwe is starving because the racist thugs won’t or don’t know how to farm?

Is it satire that a white farmer has been charged for raising food on his own farm?

In the source article with the quote — not EVERYTHING in the article is imagined, made up or simply satire.
There is a lot of truth upon which satire is woven... Otherwise it wouldn’t work.

In Zimbabwe it has become impossible to doubt even the MOST bizarre behavior by the imbeciles there.