Five years imprisonment for firing a gun in the air? We have actual murderers and rapists who get less than that.
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halfwitprinxe3 days ago
+4
Think the solution would be to be harsher on murderers and rapists?
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smicksha3 days ago
+2
For sure. And to apply the law equally to all members of parliament.
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IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA3 days ago
+4
Gun laws in SA are very strict. The issue was that he not only illegally used a firearm in a dangerous manner, but that he did it in a crowd of more than 100 people, and had planned to do it as a premeditated action. Where do you think the bullet goes after being fired? It comes down eventually, and it could potentially kill someone.
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IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA3 days ago
+11
This is truly a "Hitler Dead" moment. This Racist individual getting a 5 year prison sentence means he cant serve in parliament or run for president for 5 years after his sentence.
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almostrainman3 days ago
+4
Shouldn't be able to serve with a criminal record.
What are we, the UsA?
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halfwitprinxe3 days ago
+3
Criminals are citizens with rights too.
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almostrainman3 days ago
+8
Yes absolutely
But serving in a public office which is a place of trust and accountability is not a right.
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Top_Lime18203 days ago
In that case what is preventing the state from depriving you of the ability to run for office?
You don't have a right to it.
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almostrainman3 days ago
+2
Nothing cause I did not explicitly break the law by discharging a firearm in a public setting and then threatening people...
Dude, I don't want criminally convicted persons in positions of government
You are making this wierd
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Top_Lime18203 days ago
-2
You said
> But serving in a public office which is a place of trust and accountability is not a right.
If citizens don't have a right to run for office, what is preventing the state from preventing you, or Geordin Hill-Lewis or anyone else from running?
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almostrainman3 days ago
+4
You keep skipping over the part where he is criminally convicted and other people running for office, are not....
I won't be replying further as the SA government cannot reach their targets so over reach is highly unlikely and your circular argument is annoying
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Top_Lime18203 days ago
-2
I didn't make any argument, circular or otherwise. I just asked that if running for office is not a right, then what stops the government from taking away the privilege of running for office from opposition politicians?
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Street_Investment3273 days ago
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Julius Malema is hateful, but notice how there aren't any Julius Malema in Namibia or Botswanna nearby. Maybe if it didn't take 50 years to end apartheid, or at least a few years before the government decided it was a bad idea, these Julius Malemas could have been avoided
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guineapigenjoyer1233 days ago
+7
Yes cause singing “Kill the Boer” isn’t hateful
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Honest_Trade87342 days ago
+4
I mean sure? Obviously apartheid was a horrible atrocity.
Doesn’t mean that more racial hatred is the solution to that
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halfwitprinxe3 days ago
+1
There's a branch of the EFF in Namibia. Botswana became independent and non-racial in 1966.
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