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		<title>To the commentators on Thought Leader: Stick to the topic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of regular commentators on Thought Leader who write as much as the bloggers do. Some are clever and witty and make relevant points that further a blog or challenge what the blogger wrote. Many also make nasty, snide, irrelevant remarks that have no bearing on the blog. I notice that some...]]></description>
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		<title>Why I hate smokers</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/10/06/why-i-hate-smokers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My disdain (that borders on a hatred) of smokers has nothing to do with my desire for a nanny state or for social controls to stop smokers from smoking. I really do not mind if people wish to smoke and harm themselves, but the problem is that smokers do not just harm or affect themselves....]]></description>
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		<title>Blaming sexual violence on women for dress sense is un-African</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of blogs on Thought Leader about sexual violence and rape. One of the things that leap out at me is the number of comments by self-proclaimed Africans (haiwa tigere for one) that echo the comments by a Zambian conference delegate as relayed in Jennifer Thorpe&#8217;s blog. The notion that women...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>Israeli-Palestinian conflict leaves me conflicted</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/10/01/israel-and-palestine-conflict-leaves-me-conflicted-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read yesterday that there was a small victory for Boycott Israel Movement in South Africa. The University of Johannesburg (UJ) announced a conditional boycott against Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Israel. It&#8217;s conditional in the sense that it is not a boycott but the threat of one. UJ has committed to ending any relationship (teaching...]]></description>
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		<title>Why I am against affirmative action</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/09/17/why-i-am-against-affirmative-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am against affirmative action because it is premised on a fallacy. Race is a misleading political and socially loaded concept that has no real or biological basis. The justification for the continued use of these crude categories is a political programme that will not do what it claims to &#8212; that is, uplift the...]]></description>
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		<title>Why are South Africans so violent?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/09/16/crime-and-violence-in-the-new-south-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was challenged by a commentator (realpolitik) in my previous blog post to write as a social scientist ie provide some analysis of crime and criminality in South Africa. The problem with writing about crime and violence is that it is so pervasive &#8212; violence infuses everything. Some examples: The students at UKZN arranged protests...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>My love-hate relationship with SA</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/09/14/welcome-back-to-south-africa-canadian-reflections-on-my-return/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/09/14/welcome-back-to-south-africa-canadian-reflections-on-my-return/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have returned to South Africa (again). She tends to get under one’s skin in strange ways that make her unforgettable, loveable and detestable in so many contradictory ways. I do have a viscous love-hate relationship with this strange land. I came back after eight months absence and was feeling all enthralled and loving despite...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hate crimes and farming in SA</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/04/08/hate-crimes-and-farming-in-south-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eugene Terre&#8217;Blanche was a figure of ridicule and disdain for many people. He evoked strong responses of anger and shame for his political beliefs and in death further polarises South African society. I am horrified by the responses that bluntly state good riddance and that he deserved this type of death. I feel for his...]]></description>
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		<title>SpeakZA: Can Jacob Zuma be called an apie?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/03/25/speak-za-can-jacob-zuma-be-called-an-apie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/03/25/speak-za-can-jacob-zuma-be-called-an-apie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am echoing the old debate where Eugene Terre&#8217;blanche referred to a statue of Chief Tshwane as an &#8220;apie&#8221;. For the record, I do not think he is ape-like at all (Jacob, not Eugene; I find Eugene slightly simian). I actually do not even wish to talk explicitly about Jacob Zuma, but about freedom of...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s assume there&#8217;s no global warming</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/03/21/let%e2%80%99s-assume-there-is-no-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/michaelfrancis/2010/03/21/let%e2%80%99s-assume-there-is-no-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Francis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there is no global warming then it is business as usual, right? We should remove any barriers to economic growth and dismiss the consequences. What I hear in the constant refrain from those that either dismiss or downplay global warming is that we should not worry about environmental issues at all. It seems that...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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