Today, I posted the piece below on my Wordpress blog, and it got me thinking:
I would like to hear your thoughts on this. I will ponder this question myself, and perhaps later I will be able to share some insight with you also.
Have a blessed day!
In His name.
Lizette
2011-10-13.
2011-10-13
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"A non-South African posed the question on Facebook today, in response to seeing a police report photo of the mutilated, bloodied face of a black-on-white South African murder victim:
"WHY DO WHITES TAKE IT???"
In answer, I propose these reasons:
Because of one, or a combination, of these reasons:
A) White South Africans have lived in SA for over 400 years; everything they have & are, are tied to the land;
B) they love their homeland, despite its problems;
C) they are not quitters, & believe in positive change ( mistakenly or not);
D) All their family live there, some cannot leave and lovedones cannot bear living apart;
E) They cannot afford to leave due to financial constraints;
F) they (or one member of their family) cannot leave due to age / medical / physical/ language/ mental or other limitations / disability;
G) they don't want to live as foreigners in a strange land;
F) They have nowhere to go / cannot qualify to emigrate OR to apply for refugee status because the world does not aknowlege any possibility of white genocide in SA;
G) some are in denial about the facts and level of SA's economic / political / & social dilemmas (a form of coping);
H) some thrive financially in SA's corrupt systems;
I) some believe they can & should help fix SA's problems;
J) some are protected by their affluence from the worst of what SA offers (crime, etc.);
K) some cannot adjust to life abroad (climate / cultural diff) & returm home to SA;
L) SA is a beautiful land / & (for some) worth dying for;
M) our ancestors paid for the land with money, blood, sweat & tears;
N) many are Christians and believe God:
(i) will deliver them,
(ii) carry them through difficult times,
(iii) will change the hearts of evil men,
(iv) would want them to live in peace with all people (of all races),
(v) want to use them to witness to the unsaved,
(vi) expects them to be forgiving of those that harm them / wish them harm, just as He forgave them their transgressions, because all people are sinners before God;
O) Most whites are civilized, peaceloving, good, honest people who abhor war and violence and do not want strife with blacks or anyone else;
P) Some feel they have done nothing wrong, despite apartheid laws, and they have nothing to apoligise for, so why should they make all the sacrifices;
Q) these factors above, and the fact that whites in SA have a multi-national European history of independence and self-reliance, make it difficult for them to band together and agree on one leader and one course of action;
R) BUT, sadly, MOST LEFT South Africa ALREADY!
It breaks my heart daily, and many friends, family members, and strangers have labelled me a "traitor," but I left for the sake of my children and the prospect of a peaceful, violence-free life, despite all the reasons I had to stay!
Only time will tell who will be the fortunate / unfortunate ones.
Lizette De Klerk
"WHY DO WHITES TAKE IT???"
In answer, I propose these reasons:
Because of one, or a combination, of these reasons:
A) White South Africans have lived in SA for over 400 years; everything they have & are, are tied to the land;
B) they love their homeland, despite its problems;
C) they are not quitters, & believe in positive change ( mistakenly or not);
D) All their family live there, some cannot leave and lovedones cannot bear living apart;
E) They cannot afford to leave due to financial constraints;
F) they (or one member of their family) cannot leave due to age / medical / physical/ language/ mental or other limitations / disability;
G) they don't want to live as foreigners in a strange land;
F) They have nowhere to go / cannot qualify to emigrate OR to apply for refugee status because the world does not aknowlege any possibility of white genocide in SA;
G) some are in denial about the facts and level of SA's economic / political / & social dilemmas (a form of coping);
H) some thrive financially in SA's corrupt systems;
I) some believe they can & should help fix SA's problems;
J) some are protected by their affluence from the worst of what SA offers (crime, etc.);
K) some cannot adjust to life abroad (climate / cultural diff) & returm home to SA;
L) SA is a beautiful land / & (for some) worth dying for;
M) our ancestors paid for the land with money, blood, sweat & tears;
N) many are Christians and believe God:
(i) will deliver them,
(ii) carry them through difficult times,
(iii) will change the hearts of evil men,
(iv) would want them to live in peace with all people (of all races),
(v) want to use them to witness to the unsaved,
(vi) expects them to be forgiving of those that harm them / wish them harm, just as He forgave them their transgressions, because all people are sinners before God;
O) Most whites are civilized, peaceloving, good, honest people who abhor war and violence and do not want strife with blacks or anyone else;
P) Some feel they have done nothing wrong, despite apartheid laws, and they have nothing to apoligise for, so why should they make all the sacrifices;
Q) these factors above, and the fact that whites in SA have a multi-national European history of independence and self-reliance, make it difficult for them to band together and agree on one leader and one course of action;
R) BUT, sadly, MOST LEFT South Africa ALREADY!
It breaks my heart daily, and many friends, family members, and strangers have labelled me a "traitor," but I left for the sake of my children and the prospect of a peaceful, violence-free life, despite all the reasons I had to stay!
Only time will tell who will be the fortunate / unfortunate ones.
Lizette De Klerk
2011-10-13
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