Comments on: South Africa must demand an end to Uganda anti-gay Bill

By: Makes You Think ?

Makes You Think ? — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:11:17 +0000

After Americans Visit, Uganda Weighs Death for Gays
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/04

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By: thabo

thabo — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:25:43 +0000

why bother with Africa?I have long lost hope.
lets face it Africa is lost cause,finish and klaar.

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By: Xolani

Xolani — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:38:36 +0000

When did Uganda stop being a Sovereign State. What are we the Messaih’s of Africa.

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By: brent

brent — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:46:43 +0000

Siphiwo Siphiwo agree 150% but you should be brave enough to forcefully address these concerns to the ruling party and its allies not to a bunch of spoilt brat bloggers that we all are.

Brent

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By: Larry Lachman

Larry Lachman — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:10:20 +0000

Thats the point Marea.

You can express your outrage all you want but it just turns this blog into a tea-party of madams, and toffs at their cigars. The peasantry have other ideas.

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By: A Turing

A Turing — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:19:26 +0000

What are you saying Siphiwo Siphiwo?

Is it your opinion that threats to the basic human rights of something like 750 000 Africans is a trivial issue compared to things like high banking fees?

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By: A Turing

A Turing — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:02:54 +0000

People don’t CHOOSE to be gay. Being gay is not a matter of choice, but of BIOLOGY.

“Biological factors which may be related to the development of a heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual orientation include genes, prenatal hormones, and brain structure.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation

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By: mundundu

mundundu — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:03:18 +0000

by the way, the continent with the most extrajudicial killings a year of homosexuals isn’t africa. it’s south america. i just want to point that out to you. people want to say “africa is all of these bad things” when south america has a lot of the same bad things going on. of course, south america is largely run by white people, hence the better press.

last time i checked, there weren’t people in africa driving around with ak-47s specifically looking for homosexuals to shoot, like they do in both colombia and brazil. or maybe i’ve missed something that someone would like to share with me.

[yes, both countries have laws that aren’t as gay-negative as those of many african countries. but the extrajudicial killings, and the near-complete lack of enforcement or desire to solve them, are a pretty clear indication that the police can and will look the other way.]

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By: Marea

Marea — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:07:15 +0000

@Mikhael

So if the majority of people in Uganda decide that it’s right to kill a gay person for being gay then we should just be okay with it??

So Hitler should have been left to kill the Jews??

@Hugh Robinson:
VERY bad generalisation to say that all blacks would condemn gays to death. I’m not even going to start on that one!

@ The Praetor
We have EVERY moral right to take a stand against the killing of innocent people who have chosen to live as gay human beings. They harm no one by choosing to be gay? But now they must die for it? How could you NOT feel morally obligated to (at the very least) express some outrage??

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By: Larry Lachman

Larry Lachman — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:54:44 +0000

@Mikhael

To answer your question:
Because so-called African democracies and their sheeple (including our own) are not yet sufficiently mature enough to to arrive at a mature decision.
Something like giving twelve year olds the power to choose their own school hours.

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