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**herrdwq** · 09-13-2011, 04:44 AM

The leader of the youth wing of South Africa's governing party has no right to sing a song that some white people find offensive, a judge said on Monday.

The judge ruled that although anthems such as Shoot the Boer had their place during apartheid, they constituted hate speech in a society now struggling to redefine race relations. It's interesting to see that South Africa's PCness kind of applies as well to Whites and boers. Judging by what I read on race forums, I thought South Africa judiciary would force people to sing "kill the boer" while shooting a young boer kid in the wild.

I'm, by principle, against this kind of ruling, of state interference in what people can and cannot sing. Still, it's interesting to see South Africa's state doing something to protect the rights of a white minority, twenty years after the end of apartheid.

And is the judiciary power of South Africa related to the Executive power? Are judges members of parties (like ANC) or independent? Who chooses them? Are they voted or chosen by test?

09-13-2011, 04:44 AM	#28
herrdwq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	The leader of the youth wing of South Africa's governing party has no right to sing a song that some white people find offensive, a judge said on Monday. The judge ruled that although anthems such as Shoot the Boer had their place during apartheid, they constituted hate speech in a society now struggling to redefine race relations. It's interesting to see that South Africa's PCness kind of applies as well to Whites and boers. Judging by what I read on race forums, I thought South Africa judiciary would force people to sing "kill the boer" while shooting a young boer kid in the wild. I'm, by principle, against this kind of ruling, of state interference in what people can and cannot sing. Still, it's interesting to see South Africa's state doing something to protect the rights of a white minority, twenty years after the end of apartheid. And is the judiciary power of South Africa related to the Executive power? Are judges members of parties (like ANC) or independent? Who chooses them? Are they voted or chosen by test?
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