And I think the question is, how would you feel if you were Zimbabwean, and you were living in a country where human rights abuses are frequently being perpetuated if not by the Gvt than condoned by it, lead by Robert Mugabe who was elected in a corrupt poll (according to the EU and UN)... I think you should talk to Mum and Dad about it, and Rewi, because I am not as informed about this as I should be.
But I do know a bit about the 1981 tour- in 1981 the Springboks were going to tour New Zealand. However there was a lot of protest about this because at the time, South Africa was under apartheid rule. Eventually the Prime Minister intervened and prevented them from coming because allowing them to tour New Zealand was seen to be tacit support of the regime. Similarly, the Black Caps touring Zimbabwe is, or appears to be, a tacit support of a regime that New Zealanders- I hope- widely condemn.
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Date: 2005-06-23 07:06 am (UTC)And I think the question is, how would you feel if you were Zimbabwean, and you were living in a country where human rights abuses are frequently being perpetuated if not by the Gvt than condoned by it, lead by Robert Mugabe who was elected in a corrupt poll (according to the EU and UN)... I think you should talk to Mum and Dad about it, and Rewi, because I am not as informed about this as I should be.
But I do know a bit about the 1981 tour- in 1981 the Springboks were going to tour New Zealand. However there was a lot of protest about this because at the time, South Africa was under apartheid rule. Eventually the Prime Minister intervened and prevented them from coming because allowing them to tour New Zealand was seen to be tacit support of the regime. Similarly, the Black Caps touring Zimbabwe is, or appears to be, a tacit support of a regime that New Zealanders- I hope- widely condemn.