Call miss Marple
In South Africa it is uncommon to have a black guy with a lot of white friends. Especially one who parties with us, drinks with us and plays guitar and jams with us.

so Terry went down well with everyone. He literally has hundreds of friends who dont give a shit about his skin colour. Girls flock after him and he is loved by many.

He proclaims himself to be a lover not a fighter and will go out of his way to make peace and be friendly to everyone.

He was often invited on stage to play with whatever band was playing to sing a bit or strum a tune.

A week or so ago, he was at our local having a few. when some out-of-towners took offence to a black guy flirting with a white girl.

in the attack he was sucker punched, he walked away, it flared up again and he was hit over the head with a bottle. (turned out to be by someone he knew)

2 days later he went into hospital in severe pain and slipped into a coma. He died last week at the age of 24. A talented, well respected and loved man is gone.

Just when we thought racism was dying here, some fuck nut neanderthal took things too far.

sniff...
(Bluffboy South Africa! World Champions!!!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 11:32, 8 replies)

Dude, whilst I'm sure your being a B3tan makes you the exception,
what the fuck is with South Africans?

We have dealings with them in the job and they are universally despised for being rude and aggressive.

Also, the first line of your post suggests racism is far from dying over there.

Genuine inquiry, mate - not an attack.

thanks
rafter
baz

EDIT: Yeah, sorry about your bud.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 12:41, closed)

Saffers
you might find that the first group of South Africans to leave were the intolerant ones who coulndt stand to live with Black people, that could explain some of the behaviour.

racism is far from dying. It sucks so much.
(Bluffboy South Africa! World Champions!!!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 13:20, closed)

'preciate the explanation.
It's the ones on the phone numbers beginning +27 tend to be particularly vile in my experience.

Down with racism! BOO!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 13:56, closed)

+27
Thats all of us. 27 is our international dialling code.
(Bluffboy South Africa! World Champions!!!, Wed 11 Feb 2009, 13:01, closed)

Fuck :(
I've clicked 'I like this'...

But I'd like to point out that I don't like this, not one little bit. It's sad and stupid, and you and your friends all have my utmost sympathy. I hope your mate's having a beer and a jam with all sorts of people now, with no regard to anyone's skin colour or anything :(
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 13:03, closed)

Sorry to hear that mate.
Reminds us how far there is to go.
( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 13:13, closed)

Damn... didn't expect that....
...... Sorry to hear that. Hope the racist scum get locked away for a long time.

Peace
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 15:30, closed)

This is the saddest thing I have heard this week.
So sorry for your loss, and my heart goes out to his family and friends.
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Thu 12 Feb 2009, 17:02, closed)