Comments on: On Africa http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/ GStreamer and Collabora news and more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Dan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/#comment-562 jewism? jewism?

]]> By: Vann http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Vann Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/#comment-563 That's exactly what I was going to ask. Jewism? WTF? That’s exactly what I was going to ask. Jewism? WTF?

]]> By: Zaheer Abbas Merali http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Zaheer Abbas Merali Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/#comment-564 I think you mean Judaism. Actually given the amount of people participating in anti-war rallies across Europe as well as the number of people who in Spain have stop the war bumper stickers, I think the fatigue you mention is a myth. I think you mean Judaism. Actually given the amount of people participating in anti-war rallies across Europe as well as the number of people who in Spain have stop the war bumper stickers, I think the fatigue you mention is a myth.

]]> By: Ronald S. Bultje http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Ronald S. Bultje Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/#comment-565 Maybe not fatigue, but more close-to-bed feelings. Africa is far away. Even if millions of people did die, which is exactly what happens there (if not through war, then through hunger), it is not something that is likely to directly affect our lives in any relevant way. Surely, weapons trade, hunger, ethnic mass slaughters and such are horrible. But realy, when you get up and watch the news, are you affraid that you will get touched by them? Do you feel like your neighbour or the weird guy around the corner is trading weapons or an ethnic mass murderer? No, you don't.<p/>We are affraid of terrorism. Maybe not for any good reason, probably just because of the mass media in the western world (or the politicians), but in the end, we feel that terrorism is nearby. Because of the link that people place between terrorism and Israel, or terrorism and Afghanistan, or terrorism and Iraq (and really, discussing the validity of this link is pointless at this time - people _have_ already made the association), or whatever we think of when we wake up or watch the news. People are affraid that arabic-looking people are terrorists, up to such a level that they request such-looking people to be removed from airplanes. It's ridiculous.<p/>That's where Africa got lost. We've got more important things to worry about right now, or at least so we think. Time will tell us how wrong we were. Maybe not fatigue, but more close-to-bed feelings. Africa is far away. Even if millions of people did die, which is exactly what happens there (if not through war, then through hunger), it is not something that is likely to directly affect our lives in any relevant way. Surely, weapons trade, hunger, ethnic mass slaughters and such are horrible. But realy, when you get up and watch the news, are you affraid that you will get touched by them? Do you feel like your neighbour or the weird guy around the corner is trading weapons or an ethnic mass murderer? No, you don’t.

We are affraid of terrorism. Maybe not for any good reason, probably just because of the mass media in the western world (or the politicians), but in the end, we feel that terrorism is nearby. Because of the link that people place between terrorism and Israel, or terrorism and Afghanistan, or terrorism and Iraq (and really, discussing the validity of this link is pointless at this time – people _have_ already made the association), or whatever we think of when we wake up or watch the news. People are affraid that arabic-looking people are terrorists, up to such a level that they request such-looking people to be removed from airplanes. It’s ridiculous.

That’s where Africa got lost. We’ve got more important things to worry about right now, or at least so we think. Time will tell us how wrong we were.

]]> By: Zaheer Abbas Merali http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Zaheer Abbas Merali Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2006/09/26/on-africa/#comment-566 Ronald, it's Arab looking people not Arabic looking people. Arabic is the name of the language. Ronald, it’s Arab looking people not Arabic looking people. Arabic is the name of the language.

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