tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post116285674057676563..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: Convicted, East German Trained Terrorist, to Speak at Auckland Girls GrammarTrevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1163136610581847272006-11-10T18:30:00.000+13:002006-11-10T18:30:00.000+13:00Google the Magoos nightclub bombing in Durban Blai...Google the Magoos nightclub bombing in Durban Blair. It was a nightclub frequented by some military personnel, but as far as I know, the two women and one man killed were civilians. <BR/><BR/>As I said, supermarket carparks were a favourite target at one stage.<BR/><BR/>There is a difference between fighting a war and targetting innocent people.<BR/><BR/>Umkhonto We Sizwe crossed that line many times.<BR/><BR/>As bad as Apartheid was, there is no comparison with the scale of murder and torture committed by the ANC against their own people in punishment camps in Mozambique etc.Trevor Loudonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1163124190292109402006-11-10T15:03:00.000+13:002006-11-10T15:03:00.000+13:00To be fair to Mr Maharaj, if my country was overru...To be fair to Mr Maharaj, if my country was overrun by a pack of racist nazis and the West wasn't prepared to do anything about it, I wouldn't be above a bit of communist training myself.<BR/><BR/>Would be interested to hear you cite examples of Umkhonto targeting civilians Trevor, as my understanding was that they only ran sabotage campaigns, or targeted military and police, which I don't see as terrorist activity. Poqo may have targeted white civilians, but I don't know enough about them or their activities.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567065778234500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1162946088592512892006-11-08T13:34:00.000+13:002006-11-08T13:34:00.000+13:00From my own reading Oliver, I gather that the SA j...From my own reading Oliver, I gather that the SA judicial system was relatively independent and fair in its judgements.<BR/><BR/>The laws it was called on to enforce were of course often anything but fair. That was the fault of the government, not the judiciary.Trevor Loudonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1162886123121765472006-11-07T20:55:00.000+13:002006-11-07T20:55:00.000+13:00From my understanding the trials were fair, though...From my understanding the trials were fair, though I stand to be corrected.<BR/><BR/>Maharaj claims to have been extensively tortured in prison. If true I could never condone that.<BR/><BR/>South Africa under Botha was a semi fascist state fighting a Soviet backed insurrection.<BR/><BR/>Neither side were angels.Trevor Loudonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1162876149840200872006-11-07T18:09:00.000+13:002006-11-07T18:09:00.000+13:00The ANC used to blow up nightclubs and set bombs o...The ANC used to blow up nightclubs and set bombs outside supermarkets Cameron.<BR/><BR/>If a Maori radical did that in NZ, I'd be interested to know what you'd call him?<BR/><BR/>The fact that Maharaj was a leading communist also disqualifies him from being a freedom fighter.<BR/><BR/>A "slavery" fighter, maybe.Trevor Loudonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1162873885045630662006-11-07T17:31:00.000+13:002006-11-07T17:31:00.000+13:00Sounds like a freedom fighter not a terrorist. Re...Sounds like a freedom fighter not a terrorist. Remember the Nazis used to call partisans, who blew government buildings and German soldiers up sometimes, in Europe 'terrorists'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com