Well, punctuations enriches understanding and clarifies issues. Writing very long sentences throws away the meaning and might suggest muddy thoughts.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Punctuations over shadowed the content of the article, cdes can stoop low > sometimes. > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Liyanda" <[email protected]> > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:24:28 +0000 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] > > But also comrades can we engage on the content not punctuation.. > > Really Cadres can be petty at times!!! > LV Maphanga > ------------------------------ > *From: *[email protected] > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:35:56 +0000 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] > > My BlackBerry can add punctuation marks and I believe yours can do it to > comrade. > Sent from my BlackBerry® > ------------------------------ > *From: *[email protected] > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:30:34 +0000 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] > > It happens when u use a cellphone to send something. > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Alex M. Mashilo" <[email protected]> > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:25:24 +0000 > *To: *[email protected]<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] > > Trying to look for punctuation marks, at least a full stop. > Sent by AlexM > > -----Original Message----- > From: <[email protected]> > Sender: <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:20:12 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] > > Politics of cult of personality > > By: Tsekiso Machike > > Here we are again trying to give a paradoxical ideological sketch of the > most dissolute flattery and an example of making man godhead within the > realm of politics of cult of personality, transforming a man to be the > “greatest leader “above everybody and anything including the structures > they serve lifted by their fiefdoms to heaven and forget the critical > importance of the most extraordinary and binding principles and value > systems of the movement which are the basis and frameworks within which we > must all operate so that we propel the revolution to its inevitable cause > selflessly without glorifying leaders more than the organization itself. > > Let me give you historical accounts on the evolution of revolutions within > which the cult of personality found resonance in the variety of > revolutionary political parties in the world, so that we deepen our > understanding and perspectives around this phenomenon and try not to give > the strategic thrust of the article a factional character and vulgarization > of certain most admired helmsman leaders of both popular and unpopular > political formations because people tend to be narrow in their > interpretations when they come across such writings especially under the > stratification of the current political discourse both domestic and > international alike. > > Consistent with what I mentioned early that I will give historical account > on this political phenomenon cult of personality which we are told arises > when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create > an idealized, heroic, and, at times god-like public image, often through > unquestioning flattery and praise, this is the historical example of what > happened in the French Indochina: Cambodian schoolchildren in French > Indochina at one point in the early 1940s began their school-day with > prayers to Marshal Philippe Pétain, opening with the words, "Our father, > which art our Leader, glorious be thy name... deliver us from evil". > > This are some of the painstaking experience of cult of individuals which > are constructed by political formations in the name of radical political > programmes while outcomes are contrary and the so called rallying behind a > certain leader depicted as the face of the party whom at a later stage > start to develop helmsman tendencies, which by commission or omission > impact significantly on the lives of society at large, hence the above > mentioned prayer by Cambodian schoolchildren in French Indochina > hero-worshipping humankind before learning can resume. Leaders must come > and go and their legacy must not be archived outside the confines of > structures that elevated them. > > The study of National Research Council (US) on the Democratization in > Africa: African views, African voices: summary of three workshops with Sahr > John Kpundeh as the editor made these following and interesting > observations about politics of cult of personality in Africa, I am > mentioning this because I promised to balance the article with both > domestic and international historical examples of our topic “Politics of > cult of personality” and this is what they established in the study: > African politics has been described as a matter of personality, not > programs, especially under a single-party systems. In the Ethopian > workshop, one participant indicated that rulers have tended to encourage > personality cults by having their portrait prominently and extensively > displayed, assuming folks tittle, and encouraging the use of slogan: “The > idea of the president as the father of the nation, the big man, or being > above the law is prevailing political culture in Africa”. Because of the > high level of illiteracy in Africa, many politicians resort to such symbols > in order to express their views to the masses. > > Former President Thabo Mbeki reminded President Jacob Zuma about the > danger of cult of personality within the ranks of the ANC and how it > affects and frustrate the goals of the National Democratic revolution, he > mentioned this when he wrote a letter to him before 2009 national elections > and he had this to say: During the decades we have worked together in the > ANC, we have had the fortune that our movement has consistently repudiated > the highly noxious phenomenon of the “cult of personality’’, which we saw > manifest in other countries. > > It is in this this context why we should at all material times speak > against the political phenomenon of personality cult because it opens up > for political elitism, corruption, careerism and counterrevolutionary > purposes, this reactionary nature of cult of personality never serve the > revolutionary cause for the betterment of the lives of the people within > which revolutions are founded and propelled, they must be unashamedly > exposed for their bourgeois oriented nature and counterrevolutionary > intentions and we shouldn’t shy away from the objective reality that gives > us an understanding that the theoretical basis for cult of personality is > inherently metaphysical- an analysis which attributes events in the > material realm as being influenced by forces outside or above material, > this greatly happens when the movement or society refer to certain leaders > using messiac terms, treating leaders to be more human than others. > > Let me leave you with the analysis of THE RED PHOENIX, the newspaper for > the American Party of Labor which said: In a personality cult, the cult > leader’s word is final-it is the pinnacle of their analysis, the chief lens > of their historical analysis and the origin of activity. The consistency of > the analysis that a movement begins to fade as the cult rises. It is > because the standard of the “magic man”, the metaphysical notion that the > leader is always right and no other analysis is necessary. > > Tsekiso Machike is a member of the District Executive Committee and the > Spokesperson of YCLSA in Ephraim Mogale and he writes in his personal > capacity. > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. 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