Comments on: A poignant day http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/3254 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ants http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/3254/comment-page-1#comment-272969 Ants Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:54:16 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=3254#comment-272969 I happened on a couple of Churchill quotations which struck me as having been written precisely for the Zim situation:- 1. Churchill's remark after Chamberlain (Morgan) returned from signing the Munich (SADC) pact with Hitler (Mugabe): "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." 2. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -- Churchill I think Churchill turned out to be remarkably astute about human nature - he may be dead, but human nature is just the same. Watch out Zimbabwe!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('272969','Ants'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('272969','Ants','I happened on a couple of Churchill quotations which struck me as having been written precisely for the Zim situation:-\r\n\r\n1.\r\nChurchill\'s remark after Chamberlain (Morgan) returned from signing the Munich (SADC) pact with Hitler (Mugabe): \"You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.\"\r\n\r\n2.\r\nThe inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings;\r\nthe inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.\r\n -- Churchill\r\n\r\nI think Churchill turned out to be remarkably astute about human nature - he may be dead, but human nature is just the same. Watch out Zimbabwe!'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I happened on a couple of Churchill quotations which struck me as having been written precisely for the Zim situation:-

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Churchill’s remark after Chamberlain (Morgan) returned from signing the Munich (SADC) pact with Hitler (Mugabe): “You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.”

2.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings;
the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
– Churchill

I think Churchill turned out to be remarkably astute about human nature – he may be dead, but human nature is just the same. Watch out Zimbabwe!

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]]> By: a Duoist http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/3254/comment-page-1#comment-272967 a Duoist Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:39:01 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=3254#comment-272967 All of the socialist nations in the world, regardless of continent, language, or religion, have been mired in the bottom-worst measures of human rights and national prosperity for the past sixty years. When the MDC is sworn in as PM of Zimbabwe, it will be at a ceremony filled with many thousands of people wearing the red shirts and waving the red flags of socialism. Their joy will last less than five years. Zimbabwe will never be prosperous nor free so long as it is socialist. Instead, the economy over the net five years will bounce back from the current collapse, but then it will settle into the choking impoverishment experienced by all of the other socialist nations. The Zimbabwe honored title of "comrade" will lock Zimbabwe into impoverishment and repression of human rights for decades to come.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('272967','a Duoist'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('272967','a Duoist','All of the socialist nations in the world, regardless of continent, language, or religion, have been mired in the bottom-worst measures of human rights and national prosperity for the past sixty years. When the MDC is sworn in as PM of Zimbabwe, it will be at a ceremony filled with many thousands of people wearing the red shirts and waving the red flags of socialism. Their joy will last less than five years.\r\n\r\nZimbabwe will never be prosperous nor free so long as it is socialist. Instead, the economy over the net five years will bounce back from the current collapse, but then it will settle into the choking impoverishment experienced by all of the other socialist nations.\r\n\r\nThe Zimbabwe honored title of \"comrade\" will lock Zimbabwe into impoverishment and repression of human rights for decades to come.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> All of the socialist nations in the world, regardless of continent, language, or religion, have been mired in the bottom-worst measures of human rights and national prosperity for the past sixty years. When the MDC is sworn in as PM of Zimbabwe, it will be at a ceremony filled with many thousands of people wearing the red shirts and waving the red flags of socialism. Their joy will last less than five years.

Zimbabwe will never be prosperous nor free so long as it is socialist. Instead, the economy over the net five years will bounce back from the current collapse, but then it will settle into the choking impoverishment experienced by all of the other socialist nations.

The Zimbabwe honored title of “comrade” will lock Zimbabwe into impoverishment and repression of human rights for decades to come.

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