Posted: 2012-09-04 16:34:08
@Remember .. SS made a comment that was directly racist, there was nothing to me about it being indirect.
As I undertand it, racism, if taken to court, is a criminal offence, do you know that certain holiday resorts were sued for not allowing other races. So, South Africa, for all the good reasons, is in a different space. So, I would be wary about comparing South Africa to other countries as the wounds are still healing here, and we are all probably already poisoned by our prejudices, and the only hope is for the younger generation in school.
It is an interesting tactic to use terms like "cheating husbands" and "criminal escorts" to make a point as that tends to backfire, as the core point is lost by the noise/distraction of having to defend yourself. What SS wrote is inexcusable and should be indefensible and leave it at that, as throwing stones into the pond to make waves does not change the fact that one of the fish was quite smelly.
So, the only point that I can agree with you is that SS, needs to think twice before posting something. Me thinks, after all the drama, that she has learnt her lesson.
Hope that this does not come across as too strong for you as I know that you are trying to bat for the beaten and the trodden. I say, let us stop mentioning SS and let her find her own "redemption", and look forward to better days than looking back to bad days. so, Forgive but do not Forget is my mantra.