Hi all,

In response to Dakk, I really appreciate all the information you provided me with, as I was wanting to gather information. I was merely agrreeing with mbali, that you have NOTHING good to say, generally you can point out negatives to an extent. Obviuosly S.A has a lot of crime, the police force are ineffective, etc, but surely there are SOME good points. I would assume, most people interested in moving anywhere, will do adequate research and make a decision based on that, and its useful to hear balanced opinions - not just a barrage of hate for a place, which I said was understandable, given what you've been through.

And as for the university, I completely understand why the vet course is oversubscribed: its an excellent programme, and I understand why they are picky who they take on. But from my interactions with the faculty, my ethnic origin has not even come into question, they are deciding if my current course is suitable for a transfer, I should hopefully find out soon!!!!!

As for the Ireland thing, by no means was I comparing the crime rates in Ireland to S.A - its just Dakk was making it out to be a mystical utopia, free of crime, I was merely pointing out as someone who lives in the area, that it has its fair share of problems and was merely highlighting the black and white views of dakk, i.e heaven v hell. I mean, next door to me in Scotland, someone was brutally murdered, my brother and dad, have been mugged on more than one occasion in England and I have suffered racial abuse in Ireland, but I would never start a hate campaign against the UK because of this, I would point out the GOOD and BAD things!!!!!

I feel the forum is becoming a bit *****y - I really didn't mean to step on anyones toes, can we just agree to disagree on this point and go back to giving people fair and balanced information!!!!!!!!!!!