Tamesaint

What an intelligent response. LOL

So all that about John Simpson was you proving an inability to read and comprehend ?

Where did I claim to be an expert? Pergaps having been there I do know a little bit more than people who have not been there. And talking of answering difficut questions, when are you going to answer Shurlock's last night?

What on earth are you on about?

You observed that the country was not united. My view having visited the place is that this is not the case. People we spoke to were clearly proud of their country and the concept of a "rainbow nation" trying to make a place for itself in the world. I guess that people who have left the country and have made their minds up that the place is going to the dogs are not going to sign its praises. The people they have left behind do seem to have a national spirit.

Reading and comprehension clearly not your strong point today CB. You claim not to understand when I wrote "the country undoubtedly has its problems." Never mind.

So unless I lived in a shanty town I know nothing about the place?? Its funny, my passport has got a couple of SA entry and exit stamps, we travelled independently around the country and visited so many places but apparently I would know more about the country by talking to Sour Mush and Turkish. Who needs to travel aanywhere if you have Turkish's and Sour Mush's prejudices.

Speak for yourself mate. We do different sort of holidays ... or would knowing what you talk about be such a change for you that you wouldn't be able to cope?

So in other words , you have never been there but are quite happy to pass judgement on the place. Hmmmm. Someone may say that you don't know what youare talking about.

Not united? On what do you base that opinion? Have you ever been there? Ifso, I woud be genuinely interested in how you come to that conclusion. I have had 2 holidays in SA and have seen a fair bit of the country. It is a young country and undoubtedly has its problems .... but name me a problem free country. When I have visited I have met a friendly, generally courteous set of people who are proud of their country and who believe in the rainbow nation concept. Their belief in their country's future is quite refreshing and they are , dare I say,a more united country than the UK atm. Please share your experiences if you have visited it and have found it different. If you have not visited and are basing your judgement on the British press then I suggest that you change your newspaper.

Well, he did admit that he was really thick.

LOL

On a superficial level perhaps but blacks in SAfrica had a much worse life with much greater oppression than anybody in N Ireland in the years before the Troubles. The National government in S Africa had been admirers of the Nazis FFS!! To bring that regime to an end, relatively peacefully with a lot less bloodshed than in N Ireland and to create a united "rainbow" nation that despite the sceptics has held together was a remarkable achievement.That is why Mandela was a great man. Comparisons with the IRA are only superficial.

Nick Griffin came out with some nonsense .... no surprise there I guess.

When did you answer the question?

But it maakes the comparison with the IRA rather invalid.

I notice that he has come back onto this thread. I wonder if he will get round to answering the question. For someone who has so much to say on the subject you would have thought that he would be able to answer the question of what institutional channels existedfor black SAs to change the status quo.

Only if Crawley get demoteda division and also end up non league.

Just seen the interview on Saints Player. He did look cross. Very cross. I would not have like to be closeto him last night.

You can still get 33/1 on them detting relegated. They are 11/10 to be in the bottom half. Who says bookies don't give good odds.

Disappointing but the last 2 games have been a bit of a reality check. We are a good team and should be proud of what we have achieved but we are not a CL team yet. This is hardly surprising. Less than 3 years ago we were playing Dagenaham & Redbridge. I am sure that we are on the right path and believe the future is bright.

Don't you realise that if you dare to criticise Mark "Southampton to lose 10 games in a row" Lawrenson , you incur the wrath of Kraken, CB Fry and sometimes Turkish ? God knows why they always defend himself so routinely but it is a good way to wind them up.

I rarely invest in individual shares these days preferring to invest through funds. You decide on the area in which you want to invest and then choose the top performing funds in that area. It gives you a much wider choice of where to invest. This year for example I was able to capitalise on the rise in the Nikkei by going in heavily into Japanese funds. This would have been well nigh impossible for me by buying shares.There are so many different sectors available you can invest in virtually every world market / type of share. What I particularly like is the fact that you just choose the areas in which to invest and then the fund managers have the more dificut task of deciding which shares to buy. If a fund doen't perform you switch into one that is performing. It is easy to see which funds are or are not doing well if you log into one of the investment houses websites.It is the nearest that most investors will get to having "perfect knowledge." I think that Hargreaves Lansdown is the best website / stockbroker although people like iii and elson associates are also in the market. I buy and sell through HL and find their fund performance tools easy to use. Atm I am mostly in UK companies of all sizes,Europe and the Far East.Japan is still doing well. India is a difficult market to catch right as it stagnates for a long while but then will suddenly jump. Biotech is an area of fun if you want to experience highs and lows in rapid succession.

There is going to be such a scramble from those out of work managers to take on the job of a lifetime.... and this bloke missed off the list Kevin Keegan, Sven Goran Ericsson and Roberto di Matteo. I bet they cannot wait.

http://fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=524537 They do make me laugh. Hoddle for the Skates!! Very likely!!