Comments on: Why is Zim in the T20 World Cup? http://nicharalambous.com/2007/09/12/why-is-zim-in-the-t20-world-cup/ Thoughts on things Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The irony: Zim beats Aus : nicharalambous.com http://nicharalambous.com/2007/09/12/why-is-zim-in-the-t20-world-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-962 The irony: Zim beats Aus : nicharalambous.com Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:54:55 +0000 http://nicharalambous.com/2007/09/12/why-is-zim-in-the-t20-world-cup/#comment-962 [...] is the irony you ask? It’s in yesterdays post that I wrote stating that Zim shouldn’t even be in the T20 World [...] [...] is the irony you ask? It’s in yesterdays post that I wrote stating that Zim shouldn’t even be in the T20 World [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://nicharalambous.com/2007/09/12/why-is-zim-in-the-t20-world-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Kevin Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:14:47 +0000 http://nicharalambous.com/2007/09/12/why-is-zim-in-the-t20-world-cup/#comment-958 Why is Zim in the T20 World Cup? That's an easy one. It's because of the hypocrisy and double standards of the west. South Africa was boycotted because its leaders were white. Zim is not boycotted becuse its leader is black. And if there's one thing that the west (and the UK in particular) likes less than a genocidal monomaniac dictator, it's being called neo-colonialist. So they sit on their hands and do nothing, because they're afraid of being called racists. I saw a programme recently about Zim. In it, a Geoffrey Howe, the UK Foreign Secretary in the 80s, admitted that they knew all about the Matabeleland massacres. So why didn't they do anything, asked the reporter. "Because we desperately wanted a black African success story," he said, "so we kept quiet." They're still keeping quiet. Why is Zim in the T20 World Cup? That’s an easy one. It’s because of the hypocrisy and double standards of the west.

South Africa was boycotted because its leaders were white. Zim is not boycotted becuse its leader is black.

And if there’s one thing that the west (and the UK in particular) likes less than a genocidal monomaniac dictator, it’s being called neo-colonialist.

So they sit on their hands and do nothing, because they’re afraid of being called racists.

I saw a programme recently about Zim. In it, a Geoffrey Howe, the UK Foreign Secretary in the 80s, admitted that they knew all about the Matabeleland massacres.

So why didn’t they do anything, asked the reporter.

“Because we desperately wanted a black African success story,” he said, “so we kept quiet.”

They’re still keeping quiet.

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