Television and South Africa

Craig Harker (craigh@intekom.co.za)
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:02:39 +0200

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I couldnt help noting the reference to television and crime in South = Africa since 1976. The reason we took so long to adopt it is because of = a government minister named Jaap Marais He said that television was an = instrument of the devil. He feared that by showing programs that = encouraged racial mixing (american) television would undermine the = religeous and political systems( this man is a little bit to the right = of your David Duke! ) only after he left the government to form his own = political party did we finally start to get television in sa.The crime = issue is probably unrelated because as time went on the people became = increasingly brutalised to the extent where we stopped thinking of each = other as human(I mean this quite literally) We have picked up some very = bad memes over the years

regards
craigh

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I couldnt help noting the reference to television = and crime=20 in  South Africa since 1976. The reason we took so long to adopt it = is=20 because of  a government minister named Jaap Marais  He said = that=20 television was an instrument of  the devil. He feared that by = showing=20 programs that encouraged racial mixing (american) television would = undermine the=20 religeous and political systems( this man is a little bit to the right = of your=20 David Duke! ) only after he left the government to form his own  = political=20 party did we finally start to get television in sa.The crime issue is = probably=20 unrelated because as time went on the people became increasingly = brutalised to=20 the extent where we stopped thinking of each other as human(I mean this = quite=20 literally) We have picked up some very bad memes over the = years
 
regards
craigh
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