tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post7741611823421125480..comments2024-03-27T17:03:57.341-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Short battle - long impactOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-39360906082731459622014-05-18T19:26:38.040-04:002014-05-18T19:26:38.040-04:00You are right, it's semantic. The Dutch weren&...You are right, it's semantic. The Dutch weren't expansionist in the way the British were. Once diamonds and gold were added to the equation, all bets were off.Michael Niemannhttp://michael-niemann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-64469100514679426792014-05-17T04:09:02.660-04:002014-05-17T04:09:02.660-04:00Yes, Michael. One of the people fighting for the ...Yes, Michael. One of the people fighting for the Cape was someone who could recite the whole Quran by heart! As to the colonization issue, our disagreement may be semantic. My point is that the Dutch had no intention of taking over the interior of the continent. As the number of people increased and they realised it was good farming land, they people took over more land. It wasn't the government that did. The farmers expanded to Swellendam and Graaf Reinet for themselves, not for the Dutch. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-37265153786354268772014-05-16T12:38:04.862-04:002014-05-16T12:38:04.862-04:00Boohoohoohoohohoooooooo. Shiffle. Moan. Groan. ...Boohoohoohoohohoooooooo. Shiffle. Moan. Groan. Sigh. Sniff!!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29417524810474567262014-05-16T12:30:30.466-04:002014-05-16T12:30:30.466-04:00I'll give you my comments in the bar. Bottom ...I'll give you my comments in the bar. Bottom line: Two hours led to two-hundred years.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-5006752069691290572014-05-16T10:13:09.223-04:002014-05-16T10:13:09.223-04:00I believe one of the early Afrikaans books was a t...I believe one of the early Afrikaans books was a translation of the Quran. <br /><br />I do want to take issue with your point that the Dutch never intended to colonize South Africa. That may have been true when Jan van Riebeeck first landed there in 1652. But by the time Simon van der Steel became commander of the Cape in 1679, land grants to independent farmers expanded dramatically. Before the British ever showed up, the Dutch colony had expanded to the Great Fish River. And farmers, upset with the DEIC, rebelled in Swellendam and Graaf Reinet and established independent governments there. So the Dutch were there to stay.Michael Niemannhttp://michael-niemann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72018512336668316922014-05-15T12:13:51.953-04:002014-05-15T12:13:51.953-04:00What I often find most interesting in the stories ...What I often find most interesting in the stories of history is how human society will resist change like a granite boulder sitting in the midst of a quiet little brook, and then with very little effort that boulder will roll downstream when "the moment is right," when various forces all align in a given direction. In retrospect, those moments of change seem almost inevitable, yet seeing them approaching seems almost impossible.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29526955033201654422014-05-15T09:25:37.509-04:002014-05-15T09:25:37.509-04:00I quote Hilaire Belloc: "Whatever happens, we...I quote Hilaire Belloc: "Whatever happens, we have got<br />The Maxim gun, and they have not."<br />Though your story says what we both know--might makes wrong, I am pleased to have inspired this, Stan. You have been my inspiration so often.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.com