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To: E who wrote (15415)	6/25/2002 12:43:41 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

There have been a number of TV documentaries on this sort of thing in Zimbabwe and South Africa in the last several years. Seems that the initial situation when the white gov'ts ended wasn't that bad, but since then the countries have developed the sorts of gov'ts pretty typical of Africa- -arbitrary, capricious, and usually military dictatorships. The current situation on the continent was predicted back in the '50s and '60s when the European empires were being dismantled. Now it's time to pay the piper.

To: E who wrote (15415)	6/25/2002 10:33:07 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Zimbabwe Whites Told It Is Against Law To Farm Land A terrible thing, to be sure, but given the history of colonial rapacity and the track record of Africa's white minority, isn't this sort of thing necessary to restore the moral balance of the universe? Of course these particular whites are mostly not the ones who did the nasty things, and of course the individuals who take over the land will be mainly corrupt administration cronies, and of course the move will create food shortages and drastically reduce foreign exchange earnings, but how can one compare these utilitarian issues to the need to restore the MBOTU?