Author: Trevor Watkins

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Love and harm

Everybody has an opinion. Almost every opinion differs. Are all opinions equally valid? Must we give everyone an opportunity to voice their opinion, no matter how devoid of sense and truth?

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Reality sucks

Reality is the state of things as they actually exist.
Reality determines the future and explains the present.
Faith, hopes, dreams, good intentions are all mere commentary.

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The Hanseatic Approach

Everybody got the hots for glory. Nobody stopped to scrutinise the plans. Paul Simon

If South Africa was a horse, we would probably shoot it. But it is instead a one-horse country, and we have to find a way to save it. Imminent national collapse looms.

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Nonsense rules

The Unlawful Entry on (sic) Premises Bill, 2022, recently published in the Government Gazette, ignores the common law, common sense and common decency.

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The Shishini Plan

Motivation
South Africa has more problems than you can throw a stick at. To solve these problems we have more plans, commissions and committees than you could spit on.

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Economics is child’s play

Ten children are invited to a birthday party. As they arrive, they are each given three golden tokens. The host explains that they will play various games with great prizes using these tokens.

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