All History Traces Back To Injustice
THE current land grab being orchestrated by the government will have long term disastrous consequences for Namibia.
One need only look to Zimbabwe to see what a few years will bring.
This is the practical result.
On the philosophical side, intertribal warfare killed and maimed
far more blacks than the whites ever did.
It went on for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years.
No one seems to be talking about restitution here.
This is especially significant for the San, who were preyed upon
extensively by other Namibian tribes, but are given no
consideration for compensation.
Wealthy despots like the Presidents of Zimbabwe and Namibia
respectively have done nothing for their respective countries.
I have watched the infrastructure of Namibia steadily
deteriorate since 1990.
Sadly, despite the emotions that colonialism stirs up in
Namibian blacks, the majority of material progress the country has
made occurred during that era.
Not since 1990.
Wake up! You have only a scant 75000 taxpayers in the
country.
How can the President decide you are better off without them?
Giving land to untrained people, many of whom are illiterate, will
not bode well for success in 21st century agribusiness.
Drive around and look at a few black owned farms.
Like Zimbabwe, the game is gone.
Poached for money or killed for food.
Like Zim, there is no real production to help the country.
The former black employees will be reduced to squatters, living
from hand to mouth.
It would be great if all of us who are not wealthy could be made
so overnight.
Something for nothing is everyone's dream.
Unfortunately, it cannot work.
No one is alive today that was forced off of any land in the
1904 war.
No one is alive that shot or hurt anyone in the 1904 war.
ALL groups of people, and I mean ALL, can trace their history
back to some injustice.
But only the blacks expect compensation, and only from
whites.
William Eder
Via e-mail
This is the practical result.On the philosophical side, intertribal
warfare killed and maimed far more blacks than the whites ever
did.It went on for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years.No one
seems to be talking about restitution here.This is especially
significant for the San, who were preyed upon extensively by other
Namibian tribes, but are given no consideration for
compensation.Wealthy despots like the Presidents of Zimbabwe and
Namibia respectively have done nothing for their respective
countries.I have watched the infrastructure of Namibia steadily
deteriorate since 1990.Sadly, despite the emotions that colonialism
stirs up in Namibian blacks, the majority of material progress the
country has made occurred during that era.Not since 1990.Wake up!
You have only a scant 75000 taxpayers in the country.How can the
President decide you are better off without them? Giving land to
untrained people, many of whom are illiterate, will not bode well
for success in 21st century agribusiness.Drive around and look at a
few black owned farms.Like Zimbabwe, the game is gone.Poached for
money or killed for food.Like Zim, there is no real production to
help the country.The former black employees will be reduced to
squatters, living from hand to mouth.It would be great if all of us
who are not wealthy could be made so overnight.Something for
nothing is everyone's dream.Unfortunately, it cannot work. No one
is alive today that was forced off of any land in the 1904 war.No
one is alive that shot or hurt anyone in the 1904 war.ALL groups of
people, and I mean ALL, can trace their history back to some
injustice.But only the blacks expect compensation, and only from
whites.William Eder
Via e-mail