Political Bullshit

Guys, ( and by this I mean parlaiment) get the fuck over yourselves.  Did you know that this is 2008?  Did you know the ANC won the election in 1994?  It’s been 14 years, when will the AA and BEE stop or at least give the all other race groups a chance?  I have a friend who is struggling to find employment, in the old regime she was too black, in the new regime she is too white.  WTF??

Here’s why I have the bee in my bonnet: yesterday I drove past a newspaper headline on one of those board thingies on the side of the road, Business Day if I’m not mistaken, once again saying that there is a brain-drain in SA.  Duh, of course there is, anyone with a degree and any amount of selfrespect would like to be appointed to a position because of their skills and talents, not just to make up a quota.  Most of the intelligent hard working ‘quota’ employees have a chip on their shoulder, never sure if they were appointed for their set of skills or just to make up the numbers.  How shitty is that?  That is why they want to leave, to prove that they DO have what it takes to make it in countries where their talents and degrees determine if they get the job, not the colour of their skin.  It is degrading for these friends and colleagues to feel this way and to the ‘guys’ I mentioned before: you are not empowering anyone, you are robbing people of their dignity and sense of self worth. 

Sports quota’s?  The most ridiculous thing I have heard of.  Heard over the radio this morning that the SA Men’s Hockey team is now also expected to ‘quotafy’ their team.

Come on, do you remember what sport is about?  The Olympics?  T A L E N T, H A R D  W O R K and sending the best representative in that respective event to do what they do best for their country.  How will any athlete know if they are really good enough to be where they are or if they are just there to make up the numbers.  Once again, an insult to a possibly great athlete to not be sure if he is just a ‘race representitive’ or if he is really talented.

Ever watched ‘Remember the Titans’?  If not, do rent it.

How can we be expected to ‘unite as a nation’ when not everyone gets a fair chance?  Of course that brings about resentment, I am not the brightest crayon in the box, but even I can tell that the tension with the xenophobia is building up to breaking point.  What the hell is the problem with migration and immigration between countries?  I have never heard of Canadians mass murdering South African immigrants?

As for the brilliant ‘we will have this under control by Friday’ statement, I have one question for you dickhead: why can’t you do the same for crime and save your OWN people too?  Diffuse the situation by proving that the crime is not about nationality, rather about criminals, regardless of race, nationality or social standing.

Fuck.  I hate politics.

 

~ by happytheclam on May 22, 2008.