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Happy Thanksgiving!

Gain is not godliness. There's lots of people who needlessly suffer. Unfortunately, the communist culture that has taken over South Africa leads to famine and such. The thieves steal, torture and destroy the innocent.

Wherever God has been welcomed and obeyed, there's been much to be grateful for. In north America there is both and the contrast is without a doubt.
 

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Unfortunately, the communist culture that has taken over South Africa leads to famine and such.


Are you really suggesting that the far right, white separatists, who ran South Africa for their own financial gain whilst using the Population Registration Act to enforce apartheid, which is Afrikaans (White South African speak, for apartness.) Did not lead to "famine & such"?

As for South African communist types stealing, torturing & destroying. Have you never heard of Steve Biko who was tortured to death by the South African Police is September 1977? A White Doctor said Steve was perfectly OK, despite him having been beaten so badly he had several brain lesions. Or how about Nelson Mandela? Hear of him & his 27 years in prison for not supporting white rule? Are you unaware of the detention, without trial of many who opposed apartheid & their torture by state agents? And is the evidence of state sponsored death squads existing within South Africa in the 70's through to the early 90's not sufficient for you?
 

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It is also worth noting, as a matter of fact, that the world currently has 5 communist counties.

The Republic of Cuba. Which is not an African country.
The Democratic Peoples Republic of South Korea. Again not an African country.
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Again not on the African continent.
The Lao People's Democratic Republic, Not African, yet again.
The Peoples Republic of China. Which is again not even close to South Africa.
 
I hope you and your families have a blessed Thanksgiving!

"Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing."

Psalm 107

Rs50matt molsx,

You guys really don't hesitate to spit into Thanksgiving punch bowl, do you?
I try to be a blessing to my fellow members and along come the atheists to start flaming. What a surprise. Believe what you want. That's your choice.
Take pride in your own countries' holidays and form of government if you wish.

Thanksgiving is an uniquely American holiday. I can't speak for others on this forum, but I have much to be grateful for.
 

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I just think I that as a holiday itself it’s disrespectful. You’ve worked hard day in day out to provide for yourself and your family and yet once a year your god expects you to pass all responsibility and say he done it not you.

I’m going to blow your mind now too. You are an atheist just like me.
 

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Rs50matt molsx,

You guys really don't hesitate to spit into Thanksgiving punch bowl, do you?
I try to be a blessing to my fellow members and along come the atheists to start flaming. What a surprise. Believe what you want. That's your choice.
Take pride in your own countries' holidays and form of government if you wish.

Thanksgiving is an uniquely American holiday. I can't speak for others on this forum, but I have much to be grateful for.

You said..

Unfortunately, the communist culture that has taken over South Africa leads to famine and such. The thieves steal, torture and destroy the innocent.

I responded to your inaccurate & very unpleasant comment about South Africa. Prior to South Africa's current system, they lived under apartheid, a far right, white supremacist system, that resulted in many people, both black & white being killed or imprisoned.
 
Rs50matt molsx,

I know exactly what you and your buddy were doing.

I started a very pleasant thread wishing everyone on this forum a happy Thanksgiving and you guys hijacked it and first brought Africa into the thread.
You both are obviously playing tag team wrestling. Sorry, but this is the wrong place to be playing your unconvincing games.

You boys turn around and falsely accuse me of supporting the Apartheid, because I mentioned the unfortunate evil of what has caused over a quarter of a BILLION murders over the past century.
I know a little about Steve Biko and other political victims. I have personal dark skinned friends, Christian brothers and sisters that came here from many countries all over the Continent of Africa. They have first hand experience of what their challenges were.
I am aware of Nelson and wife Winnie who promoted Necklacing of blacks from the opposition party. A piece of "jewelery" consisting of a tire filled with petrol. The molten rubber and smoldering flames were said to make one scream for up to an hour before dying. As far as I'm concerned apartheid AND the ANC leadership were evil murderers. I can go on for hours and provide documentation , but your virtue signalling topics have NO place in my Thanksgiving thread. If you feel disrespected because I give my Lord some credit, then start another thread exalting yourselves and achievements.
 

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Rs50matt molsx,

I know exactly what you and your buddy were doing.

I started a very pleasant thread wishing everyone on this forum a happy Thanksgiving and you guys hijacked it and first brought Africa into the thread.
You both are obviously playing tag team wrestling. Sorry, but this is the wrong place to be playing your unconvincing games.

Neither I nor Rs50matt mentioned South Africa, you did. Look at your second post. The one I quoted & responded too. Rs50matt mentioned Africa & he was presumably thinking of the Southern countries of Africa, which have had 5 years of drought, which is causing famine. Then you in your reply mentioned South Africa & made the unsubstantiated claim that it had been taken over by a communist culture.

Trying to avoid the consequences of the unpleasant things that you have said by claiming any factual condemnation of your unsubstantiated comments are virtue signalling, is sad, devoid of credibility & below contempt.

The fact is, South Africa does have a Communist Party & they did contest seats in some local council elections a few years ago, but they failed to win any seats by a first past the post electoral system. However, due to the way South African democracy works, they gained 3 seats due to Proportional Representation. They have no seats in the South African government, just 3 in one local government area.
 
In America, if you aren't referring to the Continent of Africa, one is normally referring to the country of South Africa or Africa for short. It doesn't really matter to me. Authoritarian regimes of all types lead to needless suffering of the common people. The socialists in the big cities in the USA have become very violent. They burn homes, businesses and murder innocent bystanders.
Lest I offend them, I shall refer to them as the term they wish to identify as ...."progressives." Regardless, was a THANKSGIVING THREAD, NOT political debate.
 

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In America, if you aren't referring to the Continent of Africa, one is normally referring to the country of South Africa or Africa for short.

That is plain ignorance. Africa is made up of 54 separate countries, only a few of which are in the south & one of which is called South Africa. And South Africa is not even the largest African country, it is not even in the top 3 African countries by size & only just makes it into the top 10 African countries by size, at number 9. Also, not one of the worlds 5 communist countries is within the continent of Africa. And just because someone's political opponent defines them as a communist, it does not mean they are. Any more than defining someone who is far right, as a Fascist, makes them a fascist, hence the term neo fascist.



But yes you are right about authoritarianism. But it is not just political, but also religious. Any regime, be it far right, far left, extreme Christian or extreme Muslim are generally capable of justifying violence to gain what they want. Look at Trumps vocal (tacit) support for some of the thugs who support him, Russia's use of violence, be it chemical attacks on the UK, cyberattacks on various counties, or the attempted murder of Putin's political opponent Alexei Navalny. And then of course we have North Korea & China & that is naming but a few of the states who are happy to use suppressive violence, or tacit support for it, for their own political ends.
 

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