It is a tradition of the world to respect elderly people which I support 100% BUT why do they think because they have more than 50 years life experience that are entitled to jump the line???
Are they worried if they don't get to pay for the items now they may die not knowing how it feels like to indulge in that scrumptious spinach and eggplant, I mean what have you been doing for 50 years or more!!
I am a true believer that respect works both ways, when you in university your peers are not the same age as you, where in high school you know the students are max 1 year apart but this differs; One very productive day I had a workshop at a high school, where we had to educate these ignorant children about their constitutional right and have some fun activities. well when we got there a fellow peer of mine (she being about 40 odd) had so much to say about how we handled the children and criticized our method of discipline.
During this workshop she was no where to be found and when she was, she was sitting at the back and indulging in her phone, like a teenage girl, not helping one bit but criticizing more. This is when i put my foot down, age does not give you the authority to look down on people younger than you, nor does it give you the authority to demand respect from people younger. The truth is, there is no law obliging you to respect old people, if you want to implement tradition in this case, then I shall bring in the maxim of "if you want respect, you got to earn it"....
So when I see an old person jumping the line without permission, I will stop them and make it known that it was unethical and immoral and if they should pay for it immediately, than ask I'm sure my heart is not frozen because asking is a sign of respect and granting it, is a sign of receiving it and giving back. Please [old]people get your head out your ass!!!
Friday, October 5, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Unproudly South African...
As a 20 year old female living in South Africa, I have learned a lot of our history from primary school to high school, until I got to varsity and I was blown away about how fucked up our country is, the rest of the world feels sorry for us because we were victimized by Apartheid, but one thing people everywhere are missing, is that shit is long over!!!!
The one thing that amazes me is the "township tours", if you go in to the township you'll see mostly shakes, if you look closely you'll see a satellite dish (cable) on the top, a very nice big TV inside and a descent car outside, so the only significance is the wool that they are pulling over the world's eyes. How come we never heard of "Manenberg tours", cause the only difference is you might not make it out alive, you know the place where real poor people live.
I find it interesting how the world can know the history of Apartheid, but if you asked them about District Six settlement they will stare at you blankly so don't claim you know it, cause you just missed half of it.
There is one South African I will always admire, the great Nelson Mandela, for those who do not know who he is, he is the man who put his life on the line (amongst others) to fight for a fair and impartial society and government in this country......has he succeeded? well he has until he stepped down from presidency. We have young black South African's still trying to victimize themselves BUT please for the sake of Mandela, how the hell did you suffer? I don't recall you running away from the police while they shooting bullets, or getting beat up for being on the wrong side of the beach, or locked up for not carrying your 'dompass', please people get your damn heads out your ass!! Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Ellen Kuzwayo etc, these are the people who fought and have given their lives to a democracy and restorative justice, and yet we have idiots spreading violent strikes, inconveniencing everyone else, and putting so much lives at risk, we have a government who encourages such barbaric behaviour, so really, how much has this country changed and will it ever get better?...... I don't see the proudly South African logo floating around because unless we get EDUCATED people running our land on the morals of democracy, I'll be trying my best to make a success out of the little but sufficient opportunity these great people have fought for.... how about you?
The one thing that amazes me is the "township tours", if you go in to the township you'll see mostly shakes, if you look closely you'll see a satellite dish (cable) on the top, a very nice big TV inside and a descent car outside, so the only significance is the wool that they are pulling over the world's eyes. How come we never heard of "Manenberg tours", cause the only difference is you might not make it out alive, you know the place where real poor people live.
I find it interesting how the world can know the history of Apartheid, but if you asked them about District Six settlement they will stare at you blankly so don't claim you know it, cause you just missed half of it.
There is one South African I will always admire, the great Nelson Mandela, for those who do not know who he is, he is the man who put his life on the line (amongst others) to fight for a fair and impartial society and government in this country......has he succeeded? well he has until he stepped down from presidency. We have young black South African's still trying to victimize themselves BUT please for the sake of Mandela, how the hell did you suffer? I don't recall you running away from the police while they shooting bullets, or getting beat up for being on the wrong side of the beach, or locked up for not carrying your 'dompass', please people get your damn heads out your ass!! Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Ellen Kuzwayo etc, these are the people who fought and have given their lives to a democracy and restorative justice, and yet we have idiots spreading violent strikes, inconveniencing everyone else, and putting so much lives at risk, we have a government who encourages such barbaric behaviour, so really, how much has this country changed and will it ever get better?...... I don't see the proudly South African logo floating around because unless we get EDUCATED people running our land on the morals of democracy, I'll be trying my best to make a success out of the little but sufficient opportunity these great people have fought for.... how about you?
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