I did not intend to hurt your feelings – but you and Traps are fiddling while Rome is burning!

Sorry – what you have been taught about those revolutions is propaganda not history. In none of the cases did “the people” revolt against monarchies or anything else. That is school book revisionary history. In all cases a middle class developed, went after power, and got overtaken by mob rule.

Enough now with your directionless equivocation on the central questions (posed by Blacklisted Dictator). Why don’t you start attempting to answer these questions, especially that they go to the heart of the caricature itself?

Over to you, Mr Trapido!

I can put your mind at rest. I have stopped our “stupid squabblings about irrelevancies” and will no longer comment on this blog.

I hope that readers of this blog can now concentrate on the wisdom, insights, wit, historical knowledge, relevant comments etc that are integral to your comments.

I am sure that you have a massive fan base.

Wherever a monarchy has abused their subjects, eventually they have revolted.

Britain had its monarchy briefly deposed by Oliver Cromwell, but his rule was even worse than the Kingdom he overthrew and Britain reverted.

To prevent rebellions we need to look at the root causes of them and find ways to address issues before people take up arms to gain the freedom they seek.

South Africa avoided going down that path by negotiating with the ANC in the early 90s.

Can you both stop your stupid squabblings about irrelevancies. We don’t give a damn about Britain at the moment. You both did the same about whether Russia was in Europe or not. It is bloody childish!

This is how the French Revolution started.

This is how the Russian Revolution started.

This is how the Chinese Revolution started.

In all cases intellectuals gave in and appeased a mob, mob rule took over and millions died!

THIS time we must learn from history and NOT appease the mob!

How is our justice system under attack?

And your statement that Zuma refuses to answer a “very strong case” against him is pure bollocks.

He is answering it, very definitely. You just don’t like the fact that he isn’t pleading guilty and proceeding directly to jail. But if it were you facing a charge in criminal court, you would no doubt be trying all you could to avoid being found guilty too, if you felt there was a loophole to exploit.

Zuma has a perfect right to employ every legal stratagem to secure his acquittal.

“But if Mbeki or others are guilty as well, how will we ever find out other than by the presentation of evidence, in court? We need Zuma to go to trial, and implicate all others, ‘taking them down with’ him, or fall on his own.”

What you need and what you’re going to get are two different things.

“I will not be back.”

Sure, you will.

In my opinion Zapiro’s cartoon highlights something that is becoming worryingly apparent – that SA is descending from a “democracy”(?)into a “kakistocracy”: Rule by the worst (Greek word but the first 3 letters are readily understandable in Afrikaans).

I agree with the many comments that Zapiro has hit the nail on the head and should certainly not be “punished” for his work.

Racist? what nonsense.