The Ordinary Zimbabwean applauds the Aus

:cry Thats right. I have started by crying for the authors ignorance about \'The Land of my Fathers (Zimbabwe)\', which was looked at by other countries for aid, food, guidance... but is now on its knees, nay...is receiving last rites. All this because of one man. The people in Zimbabwe are suffering.  
Only, and I will repeat this, \'ONLY\' talk about human rights after you have visited Zimbabwe. I cannot comment about the racist Australian government you talk about because I have not experienced their \'racist policies\'. I can comment about Zimbabwe because that is where I was born and grew up, and steadily lost hope with millions of others from the mid 80\'s onwards. 
I am very lucky to have been able to get out and live in the West. It is a privilege I have earned through my own HONEST hardwork. Tell me, what right these Zim ministers children have on the luxuries in the west. Luxuries their fathers\' policies are denying the ordinary Zimbabwean boy and girl. Tell me too if its \'RIGHT\' for these western countries to accept payment of school fees in BLOOD MONEY. 
You seem to condone the actions of the Zimbabwean government and yet criticise people who are making a stand against tyrany. I think you have your priorities mixed up a tad??? Zimbabweans are suffering. I hear about it on a weekly basis from my parents who are still there. The ministers in Zim do not know what shortages are, they do their shopping overseas (strange as it might sound), and their children are living pampered lives in Canada, Australia, the US, UK, NZ etc they are getting decent educations \'abroad\'. Why should the ordinary Zimbabwean child go through a decayed education system, whereas children of those responsible for the shambles get VIP treatment bought by the BLOOD money?  
I implore you to visit Zimbabwe on a fact finding mission please, before you talk badly of someone who might have made mistakes in the past, but is trying to maybe make up for those mistakes by pressuring a government (and its self serving officials) that does not have its people at heart.  
It sounds as if you have a bone to pick with the Australian Government, go ahead but be careful how you do it; this time round you have scored what we in Zimbabwe would call an own goal.

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