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Aspie_Chav
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 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view |
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| Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view or see his point of view. He is a rubbish president and an evil one. Almost all evil dictator, it is possible to see their point of view but with Mugabe it is impossible. |
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ascan
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view |
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| Aspie_Chav wrote: | | Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view or see his point of view. He is a rubbish president and an evil one. Almost all evil dictator, it is possible to see their point of view but with Mugabe it is impossible. |
I can see that he can't just stand down as president. If he did that there'd be a miltary coup and things would be no different for the people than they are now. It may also destabilise things further, and that could put him at personal risk. He's safe as president as he's immune from prosecution, and his assets are secure. He's very old, too, so the safest bet for him is to hang on in power until death. That's likely within a few years. |
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No. He murdered, brutalized, and intimidated innocent civilians in his attempts to illegally cling to power. The sooner he dies, the better.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view |
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| ascan wrote: | | Aspie_Chav wrote: | | Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view or see his point of view. He is a rubbish president and an evil one. Almost all evil dictator, it is possible to see their point of view but with Mugabe it is impossible. |
I can see that he can't just stand down as president. If he did that there'd be a miltary coup and things would be no different for the people than they are now. It may also destabilise things further, and that could put him at personal risk. He's safe as president as he's immune from prosecution, and his assets are secure. He's very old, too, so the safest bet for him is to hang on in power until death. That's likely within a few years. |
I was thinking more on the lines of how could an outsider passably believe that Mugabe is a good president or wise person. I will have to google military coup as I don't know what it means |
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ascan
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Orwell wrote: | | The sooner he dies, the better. |
It won't make any difference, Orwell. |
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ascan
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view |
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| Aspie_Chav wrote: | | ... I will have to google military coup as I don't know what it means |
The military will seize power. They already control the country to all intents and purposes, from what I gather. Mugabe is not the only problem, it's the whole state apparatus. |
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| ascan wrote: | | Orwell wrote: | | The sooner he dies, the better. |
It won't make any difference, Orwell. |
One less brutal dictator. Of course Zimbabwe will still be a mess, but they can begin to recover from the damage he's done.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Orwell wrote: | | ascan wrote: | | Orwell wrote: | | The sooner he dies, the better. |
It won't make any difference, Orwell. |
One less brutal dictator. Of course Zimbabwe will still be a mess, but they can begin to recover from the damage he's done. |
you work under the assumption that someone that isn't corrupt will take power.
anyways, we have our own brutal dictator to worry about. |
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Its kind of difficult trying to understand the mind of a dictator, Mugabe or any of the other ones, they all seem to be cut from the same cloth, they all seem to exemplify the worst aspects of us humans.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: Can anyone respect Mugabe point of view? |
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Dissing Mugabe topic
what I find hypocritical is that Mugabe thinks his right to govern is ordained by the almighty God, and only God has the right to dethrone him.
I guess we will have to wait for an Act of God. 
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| Mugabe actually used to be a good and highly respected president, but he has been corrupted by power and is really old and senial now. |
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| MR_BOGAN wrote: | | Mugabe actually used to be a good and highly respected president, but he has been corrupted by power and is really old and senial now. |
if that's true then that's just more evidence of power corrupting and the necessity for everyone to be skeptical of those with power (not necessarily just political leaders but also powerful families like the kennedy's and the bush's and families who are independently wealthy and powerful even without political office). |
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It's interesting to compare Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe. Both started out as freedom fighters against British imperialism. Biggest differences: Mandela gave up his power as South African president after one term, and he had Gandhi as a role model.
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Which regime had worse standards of living, Mugabe or his predecessor (Ian Smith)?
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| Tim_Tex wrote: | | Which regime had worse standards of living, Mugabe or his predecessor (Ian Smith)? |
Zimbabwe's much worse off under Mugabe, thanks to his idea of stealing all the farms belonging to whites. Now Zimbabwe has no economy and no skilled laborers. |
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