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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 11, 2008, 11:15 am Get 15% discount on books All Thought Leader newsletter subscribers receive a 15% discount on books ordered from the Exclusive Books website. Simply go to the order form and use the Thought Leader promo code MGT1. Buy Books... 'Kill the bastards': Time for a revolution against crime by Ryland Fisher on April 11th, 2008 While the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security, Susan Shabangu, was making her now-famous speech in which she urged police to "kill the bastards", I attended the opening night of Mike van Graan's brilliant play Die Generaal at Artscape's Arena Thea... Equal rights for women still a pipe dream by Anja Merret on April 10th, 2008 An article on BBC News online caught my eye. It dealt with the bias that women face worldwide. In a UN-commissioned report the findings were that women are discriminated against in almost every country around the world. The report was compiled by Far... Deputy Minister Shabangu: The quest for zero citizens by Michael Trapido on April 10th, 2008 As a specialist criminal attorney, I would like to put Deputy Safety and Security Minister Susan Shabangu's instructions to the police into some sort of context; translate it from the ill-considered idea that gave rise to the ridiculous orders and de... All your base are belong to us by Diane Awerbuck on April 10th, 2008 Call Centre Girl: Hello. Am I speaking to Diane, please? Me: Yars. CCG: This is the Democratic Alliance. We just need to know if you're still living at 6 Behr Road. Me: [Whoa. Who needs the Scorpions?] No. I … um … moved to Woodstock. ... Bombin' is the only way, a medley, by Jomb-Bomb McCain by Tony Jackman on April 10th, 2008 John McCain was only joking when he mumble-sang "Bomb bomb Iran" to the Beach Boys' Sixties hit Barbara Ann recently, says at least one of the scores of respondents in the US to my misguided plea for them not to vote dreary old John McCain into offic... Afropessimism or bust? by Mandela Rhodes Scholars on April 10th, 2008 Submitted by Tristan Görgens Our Afropessimism has an indignant tone. South Africa has long been the home of exceptionalism. We did white, minority rule differently, we fought for liberation differently, we avoided civil war with a negotiat... The Olympic torch lights up human rights abuses in Tibet by Anja Merret on April 9th, 2008 The closing ceremony to the Sydney Olympics ended with an artistic performance by the next hosting country. China and its main city, Beijing, will be hosting the Games later in 2008. The display that China put on was breathtaking. It felt, at the tim... Homoerotic Last Supper, Salman Rushdie and an Indian baby with two faces by Michael Trapido on April 9th, 2008 When does freedom of speech and expression trump the right to respecting people's beliefs or religion? Are we finally reaching the point where no boundaries remain that we will not overstep? Can we honestly just keep kicking down the fences guarding ... Skewed coverage is an injustice to SA's victims of intolerance by Alex Matthews on April 9th, 2008 In a recent edition of the Cape's Weekend Argus, columnist William Saunderson-Meyer pertinently points out the contrast between the overwhelming -- and appropriately outraged -- media response to the University of the Free State racist video debacle ... 'For sale: Baby shoes, never worn' by Chris Rodrigues on April 9th, 2008 These six simple words are widely acknowledged as one of the greatest short, short stories. Ernest Hemingway wrote it, and with it won his barroom bet to that end. A Cape Town tabloid once came close with "Man dies kak death", but I think you... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za