Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Only those who dare to ask, dare to think!

 

Only those who dare to think, dare to ask! Tantum qui audent cogitare, audent rogare!

Only those who dare to ask, dare to think! Tantum illi, qui audent rogare, audent cogitare!

To dare seek truth and reality. Audere quaerere veritatem et rem.

Dare to ask and to think for yourself. Aude petere et cogitare pro te.

To dare ask and think for yourself. Audere petere et cogitare pro te.

Drudgery of primeval me, here and now mentality; Me primaevae, hic et nunc mentis taedio

Only those who have grasped the essence of “doing unto others as have them do unto you” truly appreciate the critical importance of the law and upholding the rule of law. Those who have failed to make this quantum leap, remain trapped in the drudgery born of the primeval me, here and now mentality.


2 comments:

Zimbabwe Light said...

THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has described the country's voter education as inadequate because some citizens are not aware of registration and voting processes.

During a Twitter space discussion yesterday, which was facilitated by the Centre for Innovation and Technology on electoral issues, ZESN regional officer Ndodana Ndlovu said there was need for formal voter education programmes because most citizens were misinformed and had no information pertaining to electoral issues.

In 2008 73% of the 5 million voters voted for MDC but the Zanu PF vote rigging machinery intervened before the results were announced and whittled down Tsvangirai’s vote to 47% to force a run-off. During the run-off the nation was subjected to some of the worst election violence in history. The blatant cheating and wanton violence should have been addressed by implementing the democratic reforms but as we all know not even one token reform was implemented.

It is therefore sickening to hear some people pontificating endless about voter education and yet say nothing about the elephant in the room – the blatant rigging and wanton violence! If you don’t want to talk about the real problems affecting real people, then please shut up and stop insulting us with your appeasement grovel.

Zimbabwe Light said...

In a country like Zimbabwe, ruled by fear and ignorance, we have misleaders in all the various spheres of society and hardly any true leaders; certainly, far less than the 10% Andre van Heerden predicted. The trouble with countries like Zimbabwe is that the people are so naive and gullible – born out of fear and ignorance - we always place our leaders on such high pedestals they are demigods. Misleaders relish the worshiping and quickly become so big headed they not only believe they are infallible but behave accordingly demanding absolute power for themselves.
Good leaders are like crops, they demand love and attention and lots and lots of hard work. On the other hand bad leaders are like weeds, turn your back and they will take over. They are a pain to get rid of and readily seed, ready for the next generations!