Comments on: Avoiding the rotten smell of despair and misery in the room at Lisbon http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/702 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/702/comment-page-1#comment-112252 Jeff Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:48:28 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/702#comment-112252 "Peace in our time" - Neville Chamberlain "This is not - repeat not- an EU-Zimbabwe summit, but an EU-Africa summit, with an ambitious agenda on issues as important as peace and security, climate change, development aid, migration and governance.” Jose Manuel Barroso I'm a little curious, Jose - which issues in your list don't apply to Zimbabwe? Peace and security - aren't the refugees to other countries causing issues in the countries they arrive in, including a rise in the crime rate? Migration - see above Development aid - I think Zimbabwe could use some of that... Governance - oh, yeah, they need to talk about that in a big, big way Climate change... hmmm... Cathy Buckle's blog seems to imply the weather is nice there. Maybe if there were a melting glacier and a dead polar bear Jose would develop a clue. I'm becoming more convinced that Mr. Mugabe has something on the other African leaders - a "say something bad about me and these pictures go to the press" type thing, or "critizize my programs, and I'll release the following information on ____ in your country." How else do you explain what seems to be a tacit agreement of "we will not talk about Zimbabwe to Mr. Mugabe"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('112252','Jeff'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('112252','Jeff','\"Peace in our time\" - Neville Chamberlain\r\n\"This is not - repeat not- an EU-Zimbabwe summit, but an EU-Africa summit, with an ambitious agenda on issues as important as peace and security, climate change, development aid, migration and governance.â Jose Manuel Barroso\r\n\r\nI\'m a little curious, Jose - which issues in your list don\'t apply to Zimbabwe?\r\n\r\nPeace and security - aren\'t the refugees to other countries causing issues in the countries they arrive in, including a rise in the crime rate? \r\nMigration - see above\r\nDevelopment aid - I think Zimbabwe could use some of that... \r\nGovernance - oh, yeah, they need to talk about that in a big, big way\r\nClimate change... hmmm... Cathy Buckle\'s blog seems to imply the weather is nice there. Maybe if there were a melting glacier and a dead polar bear Jose would develop a clue. \r\n\r\nI\'m becoming more convinced that Mr. Mugabe has something on the other African leaders - a \"say something bad about me and these pictures go to the press\" type thing, or \"critizize my programs, and I\'ll release the following information on ____ in your country.\" \r\n\r\nHow else do you explain what seems to be a tacit agreement of \"we will not talk about Zimbabwe to Mr. Mugabe\"'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> “Peace in our time” - Neville Chamberlain
“This is not - repeat not- an EU-Zimbabwe summit, but an EU-Africa summit, with an ambitious agenda on issues as important as peace and security, climate change, development aid, migration and governance.” Jose Manuel Barroso

I’m a little curious, Jose - which issues in your list don’t apply to Zimbabwe?

Peace and security - aren’t the refugees to other countries causing issues in the countries they arrive in, including a rise in the crime rate?
Migration - see above
Development aid - I think Zimbabwe could use some of that…
Governance - oh, yeah, they need to talk about that in a big, big way
Climate change… hmmm… Cathy Buckle’s blog seems to imply the weather is nice there. Maybe if there were a melting glacier and a dead polar bear Jose would develop a clue.

I’m becoming more convinced that Mr. Mugabe has something on the other African leaders - a “say something bad about me and these pictures go to the press” type thing, or “critizize my programs, and I’ll release the following information on ____ in your country.”

How else do you explain what seems to be a tacit agreement of “we will not talk about Zimbabwe to Mr. Mugabe”

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]]> By: Aaron Stewart http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/702/comment-page-1#comment-112014 Aaron Stewart Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:44:01 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/702#comment-112014 This is ridiculous.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('112014','Aaron Stewart'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('112014','Aaron Stewart','This is ridiculous.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> This is ridiculous.
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]]> By: Township Vibes http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/702/comment-page-1#comment-111974 Township Vibes Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:02:44 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/702#comment-111974 Whether the president attends the summit or not, I think Zimbabweans we have suffered too much. Even the lucky ones who managed to get out of the country. Imagine how many hours we have to work to feed ourselves and the families back home. I think these leaders should be talking about the economic and humantarian crisis in Zimbabwe. My family in Harare have been without electricity for two weeks now.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111974','Township Vibes'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111974','Township Vibes','Whether the president attends the summit or not, I think Zimbabweans we have suffered too much. Even the lucky ones who managed to get out of the country. Imagine how many hours we have to work to feed ourselves and the families back home.\r\n\r\nI think these leaders should be talking about the economic and humantarian crisis in Zimbabwe. My family in Harare have been without electricity for two weeks now.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Whether the president attends the summit or not, I think Zimbabweans we have suffered too much. Even the lucky ones who managed to get out of the country. Imagine how many hours we have to work to feed ourselves and the families back home.

I think these leaders should be talking about the economic and humantarian crisis in Zimbabwe. My family in Harare have been without electricity for two weeks now.

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