Comments on: THE FATE OF ZIMBABWE - AIDS Treatment only if you belong to the approved Political Party http://www.bloggernews.net/110962 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:02:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Peter Davies http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-107522 Peter Davies Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:11:43 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-107522 Hi Oneword, Glad to see you also maintain an interest. I post every Monday (approximately) on BNN covering what I've managed to glean about Zimbabwe during the week - sometimes on a more general subject. I received your request via my website, but my email reply to the one you sent from gave me was returned "undelivered" - perhaps there's another address you can send. Try sending direct to me at peter.davies@peterdaviesbooks.co.uk Regards, Peter Hi Oneword,

Glad to see you also maintain an interest. I post every Monday (approximately) on BNN covering what I’ve managed to glean about Zimbabwe during the week - sometimes on a more general subject. I received your request via my website, but my email reply to the one you sent from gave me was returned “undelivered” - perhaps there’s another address you can send. Try sending direct to me at peter.davies@peterdaviesbooks.co.uk Regards, Peter

]]> By: Oneword http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-106161 Oneword Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:46:41 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-106161 Hi Peter Thanks for a prompt reply. Bear with me when I say that I remain a sceptic. You speak of knowing Zim and having friends there. Well, so do I - both. Having little choice but to be open-minded, though, or else fall into the same trap as so many other, I would like to request a copy of your weekly post. Then I can make up my own mind. I am already getting one from Eddie Cross via another Peter (Soal). Because I do not want to post an e-mail address here, I'll go over to your website. As for Martin's book, I'll see whether I can dig it up where I stay. regards Oneword Hi Peter

Thanks for a prompt reply. Bear with me when I say that I remain a sceptic. You speak of knowing Zim and having friends there. Well, so do I - both.

Having little choice but to be open-minded, though, or else fall into the same trap as so many other, I would like to request a copy of your weekly post. Then I can make up my own mind. I am already getting one from Eddie Cross via another Peter (Soal). Because I do not want to post an e-mail address here, I’ll go over to your website.

As for Martin’s book, I’ll see whether I can dig it up where I stay.

regards

Oneword

]]> By: Peter Davies http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-106144 Peter Davies Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:10:54 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-106144 Thanks for your comment, Oneword. Like you, I am sceptical about media reports - (especially by the BBC when they cover the UK, Iraq, et al). However, I do know the country (Zimbabwe) and a few people who still live there and I try to use my knowledge to post what I believe is as near factual as I can make it. Of necessity, well researched, factual books are dated by the time they reach publication, but I suggest "The State of Africa" - A History of fifty years of Independence, by Martin Meredith for anyone who is seriously interested in post-colonial Africa. It was published in 2006. For my part, I read pro-government and independent reports in preparation for my weekly post. Regards, Peter Thanks for your comment, Oneword. Like you, I am sceptical about media reports - (especially by the BBC when they cover the UK, Iraq, et al). However, I do know the country (Zimbabwe) and a few people who still live there and I try to use my knowledge to post what I believe is as near factual as I can make it. Of necessity, well researched, factual books are dated by the time they reach publication, but I suggest “The State of Africa” - A History of fifty years of Independence, by Martin Meredith for anyone who is seriously interested in post-colonial Africa. It was published in 2006. For my part, I read pro-government and independent reports in preparation for my weekly post. Regards, Peter

]]> By: Oneword http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-105874 Oneword Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:10:18 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110962#comment-105874 Having kept an eye on the developments in Zimbabwe for some time now, I would so much like to believe everything I hear from people like Peter Davies, the British, the opposition press, etc. When I, however, see, an online paper use a name for Mugabe that is, to put it mildly, controversial, i really begin to doubt the goodwill, the veracity and the credibility of the reports. PLEASE, please, keep from being so terribly subjective. I want to believe all the terrible things they say about Mugabe, but find I don't trust Tsvangirai and his people anymore than I believe Deketeke and his Herald crowd. Both are exaggerating and erring heavily on their side of the truth. And give me one good reason why I should believe anything Britain says about Zimbabwe as being as pure as the driven snow. I am just not so great believer in even the Beeb being coldly factual and objective. Journalists like Peta Thornycroft and others all have their own axe to grind. So, for the lack of convincing, authoritative, unbiased arguments to the contrary, I have to believe that things are not all that bad!!!! Prove me wrong ....... Having kept an eye on the developments in Zimbabwe for some time now, I would so much like to believe everything I hear from people like Peter Davies, the British, the opposition press, etc.

When I, however, see, an online paper use a name for Mugabe that is, to put it mildly, controversial, i really begin to doubt the goodwill, the veracity and the credibility of the reports.

PLEASE, please, keep from being so terribly subjective. I want to believe all the terrible things they say about Mugabe, but find I don’t trust Tsvangirai and his people anymore than I believe Deketeke and his Herald crowd. Both are exaggerating and erring heavily on their side of the truth.

And give me one good reason why I should believe anything Britain says about Zimbabwe as being as pure as the driven snow. I am just not so great believer in even the Beeb being coldly factual and objective.

Journalists like Peta Thornycroft and others all have their own axe to grind.

So, for the lack of convincing, authoritative, unbiased arguments to the contrary, I have to believe that things are not all that bad!!!!

Prove me wrong …….

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