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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Thoughts on Recent Debate

The debate from `Flirting With Communism' carries on on Stuart's blog for those who are interested

Posted by Trevor Black at 2:02 pm

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Swart means Black (my surname) in Afrikaans. I am proud of my African roots but am a global citizen who believes that we should look to define ourselves collectively by the great things we can achieve. I believe in freedom of people and ideas and that we are moving towards a more friendly, happy world. Like a Donkey, I can be noisy, stubborn and ignorant - but like a Donkey I am willing to put effort in to change. The focus of this blog is happiness and learning - so basically, it is a blog on everything.

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