I am curious... When you hear "South Africa" what goes through your mind?

@bijouxbroussard: they must have horror stories to tell

@Fernie: They do. 😞

@bijouxbroussard: Lol yeah remember when I was much younger, my grandmother and I were in the wrong train carriage and were asked to leave 🤦

@bijouxbroussard: makes one not whine about trivial things

@bijouxbroussard:
@Fernie: Yeah I can tell you about some interesting stories that I saw happening during the riots of that time too.

@iMystery: those images in your head are probably like it was yesterday

@Fernie: Oh yeah you got that right lol. It was pretty interesting to say the least lol.

@Fernie: True, although we had our own history with legal segregation the stories I've heard were pretty horrific to still be happening in the latter 20th century.

@bijouxbroussard: Again I say...the "big brain" was an evolutionary screw-up

@iMystery: My cousin you and I could have a helluva interesting chat if we ever were to sit down and share some tea or something. Consider this, I was a policeman from 1987-2008 in S.A. That fact will surely conjure a thought or two in your mind.

Still want to be my friend ? :-)

@Wraithorn: Hell yes!!! Lol. Why can we not be friends?

@iMystery: No reason. But as a S.African you may have had some rather unpleasant interactions with cops and your family probably have experiences too. I was sort of testing your reaction when I wrote what I did. You past the test....:-) It was also bound to come up sooner or later. I like to just get it out of the way sooner.

@Wraithorn: Bru... Yes I have had experiences and so did my family but I am a firm believer in letting shit go. To build the rainbow nation in the true sense we need to learn to move on. But sadly these days it seems things are going in reverse.

@iMystery: Yes our country has such real potential. Especially from tourism I think. We just need to make it a place that people feel safe to visit. I

A few yrs ago I was chatting to a tourist from Europe somewhere who had been interacting with S.Africans for a few weeks. She said, "This is a beautiful country and I'd like to travel more here, but people die here too easily."

@Wraithorn: And that perception from the outside is what is killing our image, yet we cannot blame them.

@Wraithorn: I would be scared to go?!😓

@Peaches: Understood yet we have such beauty to offer. It really is sad what is happening.

@Peaches: Well peaches if you do visit one day I would recommend starting in Cape Town. I think that overall it's the most well run and tourist friendly city and area in S.Africa right now. I think iMystery lives in the Cape so he might agree, I'm not sure.

In addition to that it was the Cape high court that decided people like me can now legally smoke weed at home. So in more ways than one, I recommend the Cape.

@Wraithorn: Thanks my friend❣😊👍🏼[image deleted]

@Wraithorn: Yeah I am in Cape Town and YES it was here where the stepping stone towards making the herb legal in SA was done lol!

@iMystery: Next election the Rasta party gets my vote.

@Wraithorn: 🤣

@iMystery: when you say "move on" do you mean not talking about it or remembering that traumatic situation. I'm not being flippant. I grew up with many, many Jews who'd escaped various camps...so many times people would tell them to "get over it"..same with my Black friends....there are some memories that will never ever go away even generations later. Of course it should not rule/paralyze one's life but...moving on...not sure what you mean

@Fernie: I have experienced racial discrimination first hand. Now we have some who have no memory or experience of those things yet carry on demanding many things in an entitled manner, but not being willing to work hard for anything.

The way has been paved for us all... Yet they cannot move on from something they neither witnessed or experienced.

That is the difference between the ones u have spoken to who actually experienced those things and those i refer to who have zero real life recollection of anything.

I move on in the sense that freedom has been gained... Now live it. The children and grandchildren of previous oppressors should not have to be descriminated against because they had no hand in what occurred in the past, so move on with them and live in harmony.

@iMystery: True words. Nelson Mandela showed us the path to take but corruption and greed are diverting us from that path. This country and this planet belongs to everyone or no-one. We need to share and co-operate. Fighting with each other and constantly dwelling on the past will not fix anything.