Comments on: No wonder she had been drinking…..

By: Spoiler

Spoiler — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:02:37 +0000

@ Z. Two good posts! Your second one is very true and applies just as well to our more personal realtionships too – where we sometimes really need to try and walk in the other partners shoes from time to time…

By: nkululeko

nkululeko — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:20:49 +0000

What I’d like to know is: what’s going to be done to help solve the problem?
Should they change policies?
And its qute simple that Manto was useless, now Ms Hogan has to get a brilliant team and fix the stuff-up.

By: nkululeko

nkululeko — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:11:25 +0000

Is it me or does Vuyo ALWAYS defend Dr Beetroot?

By: Sne

Sne — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:06:57 +0000

Mqo // Oct 23, 2008 at 3:38 pm
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I share your sentiments Mqo. I refer you to my post agreeing with you;

Sne // Oct 23, 2008 at 8:32 am

By: z

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:17 +0000

Thanks Retsrov. It’s nice to hear it from a scientist, kudos to your admission.

By: Mqo

Mqo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:38:06 +0000

@ Khosi
My point is proven. Just look, before i could even make an input, the dear Prof has posted another article (read On Obama). I am only alluding to the fact that unlike some pensioners (former Presidents) such as yourself we are not afforded the oppurtunity nor are we in a position to be in constant communication with the blog. As a student this blog provides insightful and thought provoking debates which goes a long way in shaping ones understanding about different and diverged views from a wide audience. All i am really saying is could the Prof simply SLOW-DOWN.

Kindly note that is but MY VIEW, if other bloggers are in disagreement and are in the majority, well i guess the Prof should put the foot on the pedal and write away.

By: Retsrov

Retsrov — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:21:22 +0000

@ Z

I enjoyed reading your post this morning. I enjoy the way you reason. btw I am a scientist and I think you are accurate in what you said about most of us. I see it oh so often

By: Sne

Sne — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:17:37 +0000

Samaita // Oct 23, 2008 at 1:18 pm
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I concur. However, denialism cannot be ‘nipped in the bud’ until society as a whole accepts that HIV/AIDS is a phenomenon of life. It still carries that stigma which causes families of those people who die therefrom to deny or conceal that the deceased has died therefrom. Such a disclosure would cause the presumption to remain that the rest of the family is infected and therefore it is better to not divulge it. This, unfortunately, causes people to see it as something that is far-fetched or which something which is in existence but which is not affecting them and will not affect them.

By: Samaita

Samaita — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:18:24 +0000

One of the biggest causes of the high infection rate is denialism at an individual level. How many famous people die and yet all we hear is “short” or “long” illness!
And the belief in “prophets” and “sangomas” has not helped matters.

By: z

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:38:14 +0000

khosi

I think that one of the biggest problems and challenges is actually spending enough time understanding and actually studying someone else’s view point. It is not easy to walk in someone else’s shoes, but by committing yourself to reading and listening open mindedly about someone else’s view points, you can come to a more balanced view of things. But you can’t just gloss over the other side’s arguments for then you we will only see “signals” (psych concept) proving your own point. In order to gain you must have a “willingness” to receive that information. (Studies have shown that if you don’t have “willingness” to receive certain traffic signs as “signals” your brain won’t inform you of their presence even though the information passed through and they become “noise”)

It is so easy to be swept along with the current of the group you naturally identify with.