European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 letters the stars and stripes August 1985 readers comment on letter on South Africa please accept my Heartiest congratulations for running the Well balanced and literate letter on the South Afri can problem in a recent its More rational and realistic than any thing i have seen in any of americas so called leading newspapers and news magazines and certainly far Superior to 99 per cent of the Mush issued by our Brilliant i know its a forlorn but id like to Sec you pass the letter on to the Herald Tribune with your authorization to publish it in the interest of the fairness and balance that paper brags so much Bradley Bonn i found George Caylor account interesting and very Howe he has a distorted View of african his tory As Well As South Africa in spite of his two week visit the Berlin conference of 18841885 paved the Way for colonial Rule All Over at this conference King Leopold ii of Belgium along with several other european leaders Drew the boundaries through the african states they would of the europeans brought great technology to the african continent but Only shared the knowledge until they accomplished their in South Africa the and Vinglish were sent to they were not escaping religious persecution As in fact missionaries of Christian Faith also helped pave the Way for colonial when the europeans arrived they found vast lands especially around the Cape of Good Hope but As they moved further North into the Interior they found lands occupied by the Khoikhoi Hottentots and the Saan tribes the Khoikhoi witnessed the first thrust of european settlers in the late 19th the europeans became the competitors of the Saan and Khoikhoi for land and eventually both tribes were extor mingled and pushed settlers occupied their lands and made servants out of the captive if this sounds too lets examine american the american indians were treated the same As Industry pushed the indians were almost pushed off the face of the the fact Over a period of time the europeans massacred the took their lands and offered them a life style far below their when diamonds and other precious minerals were jobs were Cre a Large portion of the labor Force was the Blacks arriving from neighbouring countries had to leave their families for months at a time because facilities we rent available for the on top of the pay and medical care was far below the White workers who occupied the same education is the key to getting decent i since the government practices apartheid i cannot see How education would Benefit the Blacks if it was not equal to the education Whites apartheid has taken the Beauty out of the South african it May keep the tribes apart but it want designed for that it was designed to keep Whites far above Blacks in every conceivable Way and to help enable them to enjoy their Standard of personally i like what America is it will Hurt South Africa but it will put them in a position where they have to there is no Superior its just the human perhaps some Day the Blacks and Whites will be i would Hope they must have a reason to it is up to the free world to convince them to Handy Germany two weeks touring in South Africa brought him nearer to the truth his so the writer provides some new historical first the dutch East Indian com Pany a refreshing station at the Cape and under the sovereignty of the the whole life of every person living at the Cape was subjected to the Mercha Tilc interests of the pioneers were allowed to come Only during the last decades of the 17th Cen around the dutch stopped the immigration of but began to import slaves mainly from Madagascar and the second the dutch did not allow any English to Settle at the third no dutch went to the Cape seek ing Freedom of religious seek ing Freedom of religious some 150 French Hugenott arrived at Cape of Good Hope in the from the very beginning Jan Van founder and governor 165262 of the Cape refreshing station encountered and entered into conflict with Khoi and Are they not people the truth is the history of South Africa since the arrival of the Whites is the his tory of conflict Between the Whites and the writer said the Whites were joined by Blacks seeking a better life and the truth is Whites were seeking Black slaves and got but for their own better the writer unlike our they did not massacre the local inhabit or give them deadly diseases the truth is that during the 17th Century brought by the extinguished whole Khoi the Ocoine River was called blood River after a Battle in which about zulus were killed by the Boers who themselves suffered three casualties Froese Germany he defends other an programs this letter is directed to the parents who worry about violence on television and its Impact on their in a recent article in the stars and a Survey reported several television programs that were violent for it recommended parents not let their children View among the programs cited was the a this program is now on an in its third 1 am not condoning violence or sexual explicit on but come on now the team is funny and i might Point out that nobody gets killed or badly Hurt despite fantastic car the brawling is no More offensive than the classic Western movie Saloon fights of Gary Randolph or the White hat heroes of your parents the cartoons on saturday morning Are More violent than any team Epi i dont own Stock in Steve Cannell As for explicit sex and foul when was the last time you watched general in the 12 years i have been watching i have seen and have heard bad language several dozen All this at in the with All the crazy things going on in the world you should worry about More important studies have repeatedly shown that unless a child is predisposed to violent the violence seen on television will have Little effect on the save for dont jump All Over me in future letters because i dont condone just accept it As part of have you read the Bible lately talk about sex and violence Linetsky Germany Emily Mclaughlin and John Beradino loft from general Hospital and t and Dwight Schultz from the team just accepted As part of file photos
