so, i learned a new word (or concept) today: ultra violence ultra violence is when extreme violence is so violent that it defies the word "extreme" and of course the extreme violence has to be normalised in that society. i heard the concept first in reference to the death of tourism in alcapulco and cancun in mexico. a journalist literally…
12 people dead. as a result of one mass shooting. if south africa was the usa, there would be multiple news and media coverage about this event, for a few days (or until the news cycle runs out, at least) in a normal society 12 people are not murdered in a few minutes. in a normal society, when something this…
as a followup to apartheid-is-alive-and-well-and-living-in-south-africa and since that post: there has been more evidence that apartheid is alive, well and evolving in south africa. yesterday many farmers and others protested against the high percentages (when compared with the national murder rates) of extremely violent crimes committed specifically against farmers. that these percentages exist is statistical fact, of course, post truth, this…
south africa, the inventor of apartheid has yet again emerged as the leading racial apartheid country in the world. in the new black south africa the legal system underscores apartheid much the same as the legal system underscored apartheid under verwoerd and the afrikaner broederbond. in the new and improved south africa the afrikaner broederbond has only removed the word…
so now you know that i read people magazine. the front page story in this weeks edition is all about harvey weinstein and how brave women stood up to a powerful movie mogul accused of horrifying sexual abuse. the whole story reminded me about the president of america and me hearing how the president of the united states of america…