Zimbabwe's white farmers manage one last smile before they leave for good

Telegraph (UK) ^ | August 7, 2002 | Peta Thornycroft in Chatsworth

[Clive]

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[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Woe to the conquered!

[Clive]

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[xJones]

"The 'settlers', that's what we are supposed to call them, have cut down thousands of wonderful indigenous trees," said Mr Erasmus.

"They have extorted money from me for months. Their children swear at me and my wife at the school they have created in my workshops. They have stolen so much of my equipment. This is no life. I had to move my cattle. Every time they went near a settler's piece of land they said we had caused damage and they extorted me. I have paid out millions."

Maureen Erasmus said: "Packing up 30 years of rubbish is hell. We only have a few workers left. The government says we must pay them packages before we go. We have no money left in the bank to pay anyone. We only have an overdraft."

Well, the productive ones are stripped bare and kicked out. Now the appointees of Mugabe will have to feed the country. Let black Africans feed their own. That is what Mugabe wants, isn't it? Or is Mugabe too busy trying to find countries that he can fly into, anything but staying in the hellhole he's created while his people starve?

[Polybius]

The farmers need to immigrate to the U.S., Canada, Britain or Australia. Every last one of them.

Once Zimbabwe begins to starve, the farmers can read about it on page A-27 of their newspaper.

[jackbill]

Well, the productive ones are stripped bare and kicked out. Now the appointees of Mugabe will have to feed the country. Let black Africans feed their own.

It is not enough to just say that. What we need to do and what we should do is bombard our Representatives and Senators and tell them: "Not one damned dollar for Zimbabwe. Not now, not ever. Let them reap what they sow. Not one damned dollar."

[Bob J]

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[45Auto]

There is no justice. The damn UN will take it upon itself to feed these "settlers" and they will demand that the US taxpayer put up the lion's share to do it. This is just the beginning - it won't be long before the current South African government pulls off its mask and does the same thing.

The whole damn continent, which (falsely)prides itself on throwing off colonial rule, will now become one gigantic continental welfare state. So what's the difference between taking welfare and being "colonized"? Over time, the latter offered some hope for real democracy to evolve. As it is, the end result will be more and more vermin "emigrating" to the west as a result of more and more tribal violence.

We ought to throw a big net over the whole continent.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

No doubt they will be crying to the UN for food and money in the coming months and years.

[Old Professer]

I get so tired of all these evolution threads on FR.

[BushMeister]

This brings to mind the fact that Ethiopia used to EXPORT food when the British were in charge there.

Well, I don't see any US Senators pontificating on the floor of the Senate about letting these poor, persecuted white Zimbabwean farmer families emigrate into the US. I see dozens of old, newly arrived Chinese people (who will never assimilate into our culture) every time I get on a bus in SF, but God forbid that we should make a point of taking in people of Dutch, German and British descent from Zimbabwe.

On a side note, isn't it ironic that the forces that pressured Rhodesia and South Africa into giving up white rule are now feeling the same sort of pressure over their treatment of the Palestinians?

[Dialup Llama]

>"They have extorted money from me for months. Their children swear at me and my wife at the school they have created in my workshops. They have stolen so much of my equipment. This is no life. I had to move my cattle. Every time they went near a settler's piece of land they said we had caused damage and they extorted me. I have paid out millions."

If I had millions to pay out, I would have taken the money and relocated to a friendly South American country as have many South Africans. I would follow the advice of Ayn Rand. If the political fight is already lost and if one has not the legal right to one's property or to defend ones life then you should sell out and leave. Strike of the mind

By paying millions to thugs in the hope that you are the last white left standing is enabling the crime which Rand called the sanction of the victim.

[Fabozz]

"No doubt they will be crying to the UN for food and money in the coming months and years."

You don't know the half of it—they already get tons upon tons of food aid, from virtually every Western country (including the US, sad to say). Naturally, upon arrival all that food immediately becomes the property of Mugabe's "government," who then distribute it to those they favor and withhold it from those they wish to starve. The less food Zimbabwe grows, the more power Mugabe has. Indeed, the whole point of the "resettlement" program is to completely wreck Zimbabwe's agriculture once and for all, which is why Mugabe ordered all the farmers to stop growing crops.

[ErnBatavia]

knock it off, if you will.....please start you own thread, OK?

[demkicker]

"The farmers need to immigrate to the U.S., Canada, Britain or Australia. Every last one of them. Once Zimbabwe begins to starve, the farmers can read about it on page A-27 of their newspaper."

I like your idea. Too bad lots of helpless innocents will literally starve. I only hope that the wicked Mugabe clan will dream of the good old days when food was plentiful as they succumb to starvation and disease. It's probably too much to hope for that these scumbags realize the error of their ways.

[demkicker]

"By paying millions to thugs in the hope that you are the last white left standing is enabling the crime which Rand called the sanction of the victim."

Well said. This chap must have mad Brit's disease. Symptoms: Doesn't have a clue, thinks money is a cure.

[demkicker]

I will say it again. Tony Blair and George W. Bush have been a huge disappointment where Zimbwabwe is concerned. I don't want either country to deploy troops, but I damned well EXPECT my president to condemn the deliberate murder of thousands by starvation.

The most important part about being the leader of the free world is to utilize the bully pulpit. Calling attention to Mugabe's murderous tyranny should be expected and respected. Too bad GWB doesn't think it fitting to criticize. Its not as though the American people aren't capable of understanding right from wrong.... Geeze!

[rmmcdaniell]

Now the appointees of Mugabe will have to feed the country.

The sucker American taxpayer is paying to feed Zimbabwe, and we practically have to beg them to take our food.

Read it and weep:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/725806/posts

[rmmcdaniell]

The most important part about being the leader of the free world is to utilize the bully pulpit. Calling attention to Mugabe's murderous tyranny should be expected and respected. Too bad GWB doesn't think it fitting to criticize. Its not as though the American people aren't capable of understanding right from wrong.... Geeze!

And its not just this issue as well, did he even attempt to explain to the American people why CFR was wrong? NO! We need to get rid of Bush and nominate someone in 2004 who will actually attempt to teach the country about conservative values in his speeches. Bush lets so much crap happen without even a whimper of criticism. I'm not angry with him at failing do defeat the ideas of the left, after all Daschle has an iron grip on the Senate. I'm disgusted with him because he doesn't even try.