The initial issue is lost, comrades are discussing punctuations. Pity! On 20 Dec 2012, at 15:21, Loselo Segwe <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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