Comments on: Links ~ 16 July 2008 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1223 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1223/comment-page-1#comment-266240 True Grit Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:36:07 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1223#comment-266240 Re: Zanu-PF, MDC fail to sign talks agreement: Mugabe and Zanu-PF have never accepted the concept of democracy, or the concept of all its implications. Mugabe is not a democrat, never has been one, never will be one. While it suited him to masquerade as a democrat he was happy to do so. When it all started to backfire on him in 2000 he resorted to undemocratic methods, whilst retaining the increasingly threadbare trappings of democracy. Now in his sham democracy of today, where Zanu-PF's securocrats and uniformed big-wigs are more in control than ever he was, one of the main issues that will have to be addressed in any transistion is: What to do with them? These characters are mostly responsible for the Matabele massacres of the 1980s, as well as the recent atrocities against the MDC. They can't surely just be let off the hook? A transitionally managed government could only come about if Mugabe showed some sign that he is willing to negotiate himself out of power. Perhaps the endgame will be a genuine communist workers revolution? Perhaps not? Who knows? If that were to happen it would not be without mass bloodshed, and most of all, the freedom of the people will have been bought at the expense of true democratic freedom once more.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('266240','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('266240','True Grit','Re: Zanu-PF, MDC fail to sign talks agreement:\r\n\r\nMugabe and Zanu-PF have never accepted the concept of democracy, or the concept of all its implications. Mugabe is not a democrat, never has been one, never will be one. While it suited him to masquerade as a democrat he was happy to do so. When it all started to backfire on him in 2000 he resorted to undemocratic methods, whilst retaining the increasingly threadbare trappings of democracy.\r\n\r\nNow in his sham democracy of today, where Zanu-PF\'s securocrats and uniformed big-wigs are more in control than ever he was, one of the main issues that will have to be addressed in any transistion is: What to do with them? These characters are mostly responsible for the Matabele massacres of the 1980s, as well as the recent atrocities against the MDC. They can\'t surely just be let off the hook? \r\n\r\nA transitionally managed government could only come about if Mugabe showed some sign that he is willing to negotiate himself out of power. Perhaps the endgame will be a genuine communist workers revolution? Perhaps not? Who knows? If that were to happen it would not be without mass bloodshed, and most of all, the freedom of the people will have been bought at the expense of true democratic freedom once more.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Re: Zanu-PF, MDC fail to sign talks agreement:

Mugabe and Zanu-PF have never accepted the concept of democracy, or the concept of all its implications. Mugabe is not a democrat, never has been one, never will be one. While it suited him to masquerade as a democrat he was happy to do so. When it all started to backfire on him in 2000 he resorted to undemocratic methods, whilst retaining the increasingly threadbare trappings of democracy.

Now in his sham democracy of today, where Zanu-PF’s securocrats and uniformed big-wigs are more in control than ever he was, one of the main issues that will have to be addressed in any transistion is: What to do with them? These characters are mostly responsible for the Matabele massacres of the 1980s, as well as the recent atrocities against the MDC. They can’t surely just be let off the hook?

A transitionally managed government could only come about if Mugabe showed some sign that he is willing to negotiate himself out of power. Perhaps the endgame will be a genuine communist workers revolution? Perhaps not? Who knows? If that were to happen it would not be without mass bloodshed, and most of all, the freedom of the people will have been bought at the expense of true democratic freedom once more.

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]]> By: Faraway http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/1223/comment-page-1#comment-265666 Faraway Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:48:23 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=1223#comment-265666 This is good news. Things are gathering speed in all directions to make the regime think twice about their violent ways. http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14201:swiss-banks-vow-to-expose-junta-assets&catid=31:top%20zimbabwe%20stories&Itemid=66<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('265666','Faraway'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('265666','Faraway','This is good news. Things are gathering speed in all directions to make the regime think twice about their violent ways.\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.thezimbabwean.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=14201:swiss-banks-vow-to-expose-junta-assets&amp;catid=31:top%20zimbabwe%20stories&amp;Itemid=66'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> This is good news. Things are gathering speed in all directions to make the regime think twice about their violent ways.

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