The Economist:
For now, Mr Nachman continues to spurn the ultra-orthodox Jews who have peopled much larger settlements. But seemingly holding his nose, he has welcomed religious “Anglos”, or English-speaking Jewish immigrants, including a South African rabbi. He has also made room for some of the religious settlers Israel moved from Gaza when it pulled out in 2005. But if it is to survive, Ariel will have to swallow its pride and admit less tolerant and flexible folk. Not such great news after all.I keep being amazed by The Economist malignant distorsion of Israel. It happens that was present at the foundation of Ariel by Menachem Begin, work in Ariel and know its Palestinian City Engineer and its major Ron Nachman, who is fighting for his life (has urinary cancer). The Economist builds up a straw man, an imaginary Nachman who stands at the city door forbidding the entrance of Jews who keep the Shabbath. The Economist reports his humiliation when he is forced to swallow his pride and holding his nose, receive a South African rabbi with "Anglo" settlers...
Say this is read in Tokyo, what does the article convey? Reality is that all Jews including Ethiopian converts are welcome in Ariel, they can buy an apartment (if they have the money, they are expensive). The city has stopped growing in the eighties because successive governments refused to approve building permits and are chasing away existing industries. I cannot imagine to whom and to what The Economist is referring when writes "Ariel will have to swallow its pride and admit less tolerant and flexible folk". What is The Economist talking about?
If The Economist reports such nonsense about things I know well, why should I believe it when it writes about things I know nothing, like Japan or Australia?
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Or South Africa. Or England. Or anywhere.
Anon.
BTW, immigrants from South Africa are considered (and are) the creme de la creme. The article reveals such an ignorance that I am starting to think that is voluntary.
I've you've ever read a news story about which you have personal knowledge, it is inevitably wrong.
Just this week I was reading a story about a hit and run accident near where I live. The accident was said to take place at the intersection of two streets which do not intersect. I actually emailed the reporter and she wrote back - "Sorry I was under deadline pressure. I'll try to be more careful in the future."
K
South Africa's loss, just like it was Germany's loss.
In South Africa, we have lost a large Jewish population with an average IQ of at least 115, highly entrepreneurial, and with a strong track record of enriching our academic, public and professional lives.
And replaced it with what: Nigerian drug dealers and unskilled Zimbabwean refugees.
Congratulations to the "International Community" which engineered this miracle.
Anon.
Anon, what are you going to do, there. Is there some reason that it won't go full-Zimbab in time? I'm a little surprised that your like would still be there, though I don't know much about the situation.
There are still 5 million whites in the country.
Most white South Africans intend to stay.
If we can get through this period of hatred by "the International Community", who deprive whites of the means to defend ourselves, we will be OK.
It is a tough but beautiful place, and whites have been here as long or longer than they have been in North America, Australia and New Zealand.
We know how to live together with people of other races. They know they benefit from us. I do not believe this will go like Zimbabwe, or the Congo etc etc etc; I think it will go like Brazil. The ANC cannot last forever.
And, by the way, we would like our Jewish population back as well as the rest of the true cognitive elite now living abroad. This is truly in the interests of everyone in South Africa.
Anon.
Brasil is a nice place to live but the difference between the Portuguese and the Dutch is the lack of sexual and racial and religious hangups among the Portuguese. Five centuries of sexual intercourse produced a mixed people, which to my amazement, is getting whiter with each generation. I lived for a time in the Argentine Brasil frontier and loved to hang out in Rio Grande do Sul. We may have contributed to Brasil's racial mix, who knows. I think South Africa may evolve towards an Angolan kind of society if more little mulattoes and quarterones are produced.
S. Africa has a huge group of "coloreds" who are mulattoes. They are considered to be a distinct racial group which is neither black nor white.
K
Yeah, but, who wants to be a mestizo? It's idd to think that this would be a good fate for White SAns. I'd rather be myself, and have descendants alike forever.
I can see the chance for a White future in SA as described by Anon. After the denoument in the US, maybe we will see White preservation as a truly serious force in Europe. Then there could be a two-state conclusion in SA perhaps, or whatever. But maybe there is no certainty, because the denoument here in the US will hew to its own mysterious schedule of events, and world opinion might change a bit too late. I suppose that economic decline could be a key trigger of mass emigration.
Five centuries of sexual intercourse produced a mixed people, which to my amazement, is getting whiter with each generation.
Southern Brazil was always majority white.
No. I have lived there and the population is basically mestizo, like Uruguay and the Province of Corrientes and Entre Rios in Argentina. There are large colonies of Italians and Germans, but they dont make up more than 10 - 20% of the population. And they are melting.
My impression throughout Latin America is that there is a lot more Indian and African blood than people admit to. Maybe it's because people are more relaxed about racial categories (in the US the opposite is true - I see people who identify as "black" who are so fair skinned that they have freckles). Maybe it's because people define themselves more by culture - if you speak only Spanish and go to church and have no connection to native culture then you are not an Indian anymore no matter how Indian your features are. Or maybe they are just in denial.
K
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