[Blueskies]

Hi All.

For starters. I came back after living in Europe for 13 years. I also left SA '93 I guess with the same moral attitude towards blacks back then of many white South Africans namely of "do not understand them, do not trust them and do not care".

I came back with different views and still stand by these views. Every one has the right to be happy, equal and express freedom of expression. Be successful and contribute to their country.

But if anything it is dam hard to equate this rationale with SA today.

When asked in Europe about SA and apartheid I had to find some way of throwing in a different perspective on SA. You know something to offset the worlds view on whites and apartheid.

I came up with a very simple but effective way of getting people to understand the predicament of whites in SA today.

You have +- 45 million people in SA. Lets say that from this 2% are criminals (rapists, thieves, murders etc) It goes without saying that the greater number of criminals will fall within the black population and that the perpetrators of violent crimes will be exclusively in the black population.

So, as a white male, how am I supposed to view and treat the average black male in a fair and rational way without the psychological disadvantage of the little voice in my head warning against the fact that this dude could be out to get me. It sounds paranoid but then the daily dose of news on the radio, television and web do nothing to feel else wise.