[Dr House]

I was snotty to another user so my post was removed by Demosthenes.

[Alchemy]

Reference to poor post removed

Because of our world class hybrid agricultural techniques which make the growing of and distribution of food relatively affordable for our citizens genius!! Food shortages are a GLOBAL problem at the moment which is why other countries may have fared more poorly against SA. Do us all a favor, read up or shut up with your ignorant racist diatribes already!!! You certainly aren't doing yourself any favors here! Irony certainly doesn't get any better than a racist Hispanic LOL

[J Oswald]

Because of our worldclass hybrid agricultural techniques which make the growing of and distribution of food relatively affordable for our citizens genius!

Do you have evidence of this claim? Although House's implied claim that there is a link between unemployment rates and malnourishment is, at best, unproven, the economic situation of South Africa leads me to suspect its data entry.

[Alchemy]

Do you have evidence of this claim? Although House's implied claim that there is a link between unemployment rates and malnourishment is, at best, unproven, the economic situation of South Africa leads me to suspect its data entry.

For instance the following farming methods have increased food production by 60% in some cases, never mind SA pioneering some pretty major developments in the industry! Keep in mind that the South African government purchases crops from farmers and subsidizes them to grow crops for the country.

Genetically modified (GM) maize is one of the 11 GM crops grown commercially in 2009.[19] Grown since 1997 in the United States and Canada, 85% of the US maize crop was genetically modified in 2009. It is also grown commercially in Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Canada, the Philippines, Spain and, on a smaller scale, in the Czech Republic, Portugal, Egypt and Honduras.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize

or how about this!

Virus-resistant corn

In 2007, researchers from South Africa announced the production of transgenic maize resistant to maize streak disease (MSD), caused by maize streak virus (MSV).[14] This variety of maize is still in the research-and-development phase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_maize

Or this!

South Africa has a large agricultural sector and is a net exporter of farming products. There are almost a thousand agricultural cooperatives and agribusinesses throughout the country, and agricultural exports have constituted 8% of South African total exports for the past five years. The agricultural industry contributes around 10% of formal employment, relatively low compared to other parts of Africa, as well as providing work for casual labourers and contributing around 2.6% of GDP for the nation.[20] However, due to the aridity of the land, only 13.5% can be used for crop production, and only 3% is considered high potential land.[21]

Although the commercial farming sector is relatively well developed, people in some rural areas still survive on subsistence agriculture. It is the eighth largest wine producer in the world, and the eleventh largest producer of sunflower seed. South Africa is a net exporter of agricultural products and foodstuffs, the largest number of exported items being sugar, grapes, citrus, nectarines, wine and deciduous fruit. The largest locally produced crop is maize (corn), and it has been estimated that 9 million tons are produced every year, with 7.4 million tons being consumed. Livestock are also popular on South African farms, with the country producing 85% of all meat consumed. The dairy industry consists of around 4,300 milk producers providing employment for 60,000 farm workers and contributing to the livelihoods of around 40,000 others.[22]

A country does not become a net food exporter if it cannot feed its people at home. Think of Zimbabwe pre farm grabs for instance. One would think that bigots would at least READ and INQUIRE before allowing their prejudices make them look like complete and utter fools! For some reason the Africa forum always seems to attract ignorant rednecks who simply have no clue what they are talking about due to much of their "information" being formed and shaped around sheer propaganda in order to push forth their degenerate agendas.

[Dr House]

Because of our world class hybrid agricultural techniques which make the growing of and distribution of food relatively affordable for our citizens genius!!

You know, it would be a lot easier to take you seriously if you didn't SHOUT EVERY LINE!!!1

Also, and? Food is near-universally more affordable in developing countries than developed ones. People don't typically go hungry because food is expensive. They go hungry because they have no money to buy food, nor prospects of getting any.

Food shortages are a GLOBAL problem at the moment which is why other countries may have fared more poorly against SA.

I hardly see the relevance. Data suggests that South Africa has hunger problems, which in a MIC with double-digit unemployment is pretty much to be expected. It also suggests that hunger problems are low in South Africa compared to the less developed countries in South America, which may be right but is suspect given that South Africa is both more unequal and has more people who lack an income. It's extremely doubtful the number in question is too high rather than too low, given that it matches South Africa's level of development.

Do us all a favor, read up or shut up with your ignorant racist diatribes already!!!

I'd hardly catalog my post as a diatribe, and it could hardly be considered racist aside from one snide remark about fried chicken, which I directed at you rather than your beloved country because you're bugging me.

JOswald, generally speaking people who have no income have some trouble buying stuff, which normally includes, yunno, food. That's pretty elementary stuff.

I mean not everyone who's unemployed has zero income of course, but in a country with a GDP per capita 75% lower than America's social assistance can only go so far.

[DudeWhoGetsIt]

Would hardly describe South Africa as a country that has embraced Socialism. However yes their labour laws are incompatible with the neo liberal global order, however this does not highlight so much the negative aspect of protecting workers but the incompatibility of high quality living and neoliberalism outside the economic core.

If we could move most of the world to a post-industrial society, that "core" would be located anywhere that workers and capitalists made the best investment decisions, came up with the best innovations, increased productivity the most, specialized in the most valuable skill sets, built the best mouse traps...

Why should the neighbors of the elite live like th elite? Let them build they're own mousetrap...how else do you think good mousetraps are made?

[J Oswald]

Generally speaking people who have no income have some trouble buying stuff, which normally includes, yunno, food. That's pretty elementary stuff.

Don't be condescending, young man . You can spout off all you want, but it won't change the fact that there isn't a proven correlation between unemployment rates and malnutrition.

[Dr House]

Don't be condescending, young man .

Oh don't take it personally, bro. I do that to everyone.

Alchemy, damn right I do. You've so far proven yourself incapable of mounting an argument that doesn't involve pulling the race card (regardless of whether race was brought up in the argument or not), and mounting lame, childish tantrums.

[Alchemy]

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Alchemy, damn right I do. You've so far proven yourself incapable of mounting an argument that doesn't involve pulling the race card (regardless of whether race was brought up in the argument or not), and mounting lame, childish tantrums.

So says the guy who has built nearly every single one of his "arguments" around ethnic slurs and racism. And if you have any doubts about this, just take a peek at whose sophomoric facetiousness has needed moderator intervention in the last few threads. That speaks volumes...Transference, gotta love it!

[Dr House]

So says the guy who has built nearly every single one of his "arguments" around ethnic slurs and racism.

I want you to quote every ethnic slur I've used in my argument. Right now.

[Alchemy]

I want you to quote every ethnic slur I've used in my argument. Right now.

[Dr House]

^Not a quote.

[Alchemy]

Lol. The rebuke in blue for your fried chicken jibe at the top of the page is a figment ones imagination then is it?

[Dr House]

That's one. Separated from the argument. In how many posts I've directed at you the past couple weeks?

[Alchemy]

Crickey you're dishonest lol!

[Dr House]

I thought that was an Australian word. I actually like Afrikaans insults better.

[Alchemy]

I suggest you wonder beyond the confines of places like white supremacist trailer parks which your posting style suggests you frequent more in order to broaden your horizons to rid yourself of ignorant stereotyping. Have you actually travelled beyond the confines of your country? Seriously have you? Your posting strongly suggests that you havent. You strike me as the type of armchair critic who believes that elephants and lions roam the cities of South Africa and that an elephant is ones mode of transport when disembarking from international flights. Some of the idiocy spewed forth by you between these threads is quite simply put, the apex of stupid. I would actually pity you if it was not so incredibly fun watching you make such a complete fool of yourself.

[Dr House]

Have you actually travelled beyond the confines of your country?

I have indeed. To Canada, Spain (where I incidentally got robbed by gypsies), France, the Dominican Republic, and Italy. That you think I frequent "white supremacist trailer parks" tells me you haven't, given that trailer parks are not a common occurrence in Puerto Rico, and given that whites are a market-dominant minority here most don't live in any kind of low-cost housing.

[Alchemy]

I have indeed. To Canada, Spain (where I incidentally got robbed by gypsies), France, the Dominican Republic, and Italy. That you think I frequent "white supremacist trailer parks" tells me you haven't, given that trailer parks are not a common occurrence in Puerto Rico, and given that whites are a market-dominant minority here most don't live in any kind of low-cost housing.

Its a figure of speech to illustrate something you excel at, stereotyping! This guy is too much. Sure bro, youre the chosen race. Through millennia you have not had a single contamination of your "white" lineage despite the biological fact known as common descent. You all got there through merit and not through decades of slavery or the implentation of artificial caste systems where you benefited yourselves only and continue to see yourself as being better than others. Boy lol. Filth like you truly makes me weep for humanity.

Behold, the marvel of catering to the needs of minorities based on the exploitation and profiteering of others while the rest get left with scraps!

http://www.google.co.za/search?q=puerto ... 20&bih=416

[Dr House]

I'm 1/8 black and PR has no caste system, smartass.