Seeing that I was "ordered"not to reply on the other thread(which I sort of disobeyed" here is my take on "SA Haters"
Just like I will maybe never really be a true Aussie( my kids prob will) and can not really understand how they think, so will a lot of other foreigners never really be South Africans and know how "WE"work. And yes that includes people that are sitting in another country. My own personal opinion:
No-one else loved their own country like a South Africans loved South Africa( you know the one where every moms baby is the prettiest)Now in saying that. Do people really think that the majority of “South Africans” want to sit in a foreign country? A country where nothing is the same where you grew up all your life; A country that is not as pretty a South Africa; ( Lets face it Australia is a good country, but look at a satellite image and the truth is quite obvious about the red outback!) No none of us would probably not have been here or there had not been for a reason. That reason:
Do we hate South Africa? NO X100000 Like Daxk said. We hate what it has become, and what is happening there. South Africa will always be in our blood. It is who we are. But we all felt that there was no future for “our children” We were tired of locking ourselves up at night(and day) and the criminals has free reign to terrorise. Tired of making sure of this, that and all the other. Don’t know about other countries, but although a lot of people say the “filth in South Africa” is in the cities and no one has to go there. Well you now what, our suburbs here are clean and the cities – not covered in filth. Is your city not part of your life and not just the “maintained” outskirts( I still have my doubts about that one)
So for any one to come on here and call us SA HATERS has got no idea, clue what they are talking about. Majority of people on this forum are on here to tell people the truth, give them the other side you never get to see on the news, and just maybe if someone listened, thought about it and hopefully make a better, decision perhaps, or are more aware of what is going on than some “SA LOVER” that has only been there for a while, “and will never prob be a TRUE South African” telling them that all is well. There is no crime, there is no filth and all these wonderful things, that might give an unsuspected person the WRONG picture of South Africa.
We don’t hate South Africa, but what People has allowed it to become. Accept the truth for what it is.
