Comments on: More than one way to pluck a jongwe

By: Bev Clark

Bev Clark — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:07:49 +0000

Forget the feathers Jamela, let’s fart in the foam together and make some bubbles.

By: Jamela

Jamela — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:58:19 +0000

Bev, lets get this one right – no amount of Radox foam can drive Mugabe out of state house. In fact it just might have the opposite effect.

Then regarding the embarrassing cowardice of Zimbabwean – I can’t believe you are actually trying to deny this. The case of Zimbabweans’ cowardice is like the fart all silently agree never happened. It’s better to keep quiet about it. To try to deny it is stretching it a bit. Zimbabwe is the only nation on earth where a gvt can demolish people’s houses and nothing happens. It’s the only nation where that gvt can decide it will recount the votes if it doesn’t like the outcome, and the good citizens will say ‘ok thank you, just let us know when you are through,’ and then they go on about their business as if there’s no crisis. who can blame Mbeki when he says there’s no crisis?

And finally regarding plucking the jongwe – it lost it’s feathers a long time ago. I don’t know why you people bang on about plucking feathers off a bird that is running around naked. The jongwe just needs a courageous nation that can snap its neck. I doubt it’s edible so we just might have to feed it to the dogs.

By: Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe » Blog Archive » Zimbabwe’s murky election waters

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:54:26 +0000

[...] In Zimbabwe, itâ€™s been 25 days since we voted, and we still donâ€™t have any presidential results. In my part of Harare, itâ€™s been five days since some electrical wires short circuited, and we still donâ€™t have any power. Never mind Bevâ€™s idea for a soothing Radox bath to ease my troubled mind. No power means no hot water, so my ablutions have been sorely compromised. Iâ€™m fed up. And I smell bad. [...]

By: Karen Davidson

Karen Davidson — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:34:52 +0000

We may not be able to take to the streets in protest but we can make a difference by ignoring the games. Forget trying to “snatch” the flame and expect individual athletes not to attend. The simple solution: switch off your TV and do not participate from your very own couch. If everyone did this what impact would that have on China and their lunatic policies in both Tibet and now Zimbabwe. Don’t feed the dragon. TURN OUR BACKS and ignore them. The Olympic Games? What Games?

We may not be able to get near the jongwe to pluck it but we certainly can send a collective global message to the hand that feeds it.