Namoloh's "tombstones" - or: how much thought actually goes into statements of politicians these days?

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Written on: 30. 04. 2009 [15:29]
gjensen Gerard Jensen registered since: 02.01.2009 Posts: 39	Clearly, Namoloh has not understood what those crosses along the roads of Namibia are supposed to be: a serious warning sign to all the careless, recless and speeding drivers in Namibia that think they "own" the road on one hand, plus a quiet reminder to those that knew the person/s that died on that spot and by which they can remember where it happened. Minute little memorial sights, paid for privately instead of using copious amounts of state money to achive a similar traffic awareness campaign. Subtle yet powerfull reminders to everyone to stop and think for a minute. But for Namoloh these little roadside marks are "tombstones" - I can still vividly remember that a similar nonsensical comments has once been posted in the Namib Times some years back. He was *very* quickly corrected in his views by other readers at that time, but aparently in our government nobody seems to muster the necessary inteligence (including the rather minute part of courage required to correct that nonsense in public) to verbally thwack "Mr. Bright" over his head for such nonsense. Which in turn makes me wonder: is it really enough (at least according to SPYL) to just be a SWAPO member in order to be nominated for a seat in parliament, or has that tiny little requirement "got brains too" been finally scratched from the list of desirable characteristics of political office bearers? The fact that he makes a fool out of himself by calling these (mainly: small) crosses along the roads of Namibia "tombstones" certainly is already funny enough to make any grown-up chuckle in disbelief, but that the *entire* group of political office bearers that hears that nonsene uttered there in public doesn't immediately react surely leaves me sitting here with a dropped jaw: this certainly must be some sort of belated April-fools joke, right? Namoloh, worry about the steadily growing number of deaths in Namibias traffic. That *certainly* is of quite some concern. Small memorial crosses along the road may have actually been placed there so as to serve as a reminder to you personally that there is yet another issue you and your political colleagues have so far missed to address sufficiently. And mind you: it's *NOT* the reminder that is the problem...
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