Stop Bakkies botharing the Welwichucks - Show a lil patriotism for shucks sake!


Eish! just when I had hope of a good contest the bakkies bokke go and maul the welwichucks, although I cannot applaud Jacques Burger (bloke with the untamed hair and Broken nose) and his boys enough for their gallant effort.  Like bubbles Udjombala said “Scoreboards don’t measure heart, and the welwichucks definitely have heart”,  we may have lost every match at the world cup so far but my faith in the biltong boere (it’s just a name, calm down everybody) is like the resolve of Julius Malema and the ANC; it remains unshaken.

What irked me just a little were the tasteless shots taken at the Welwichucks after that game, I really have no problem in people expressing their opinions but ridiculing your own countrymen, some of whom quit their jobs and took unpaid  leave to represent their country is just a bit unpatriotic.

There is a thin line between humour such as the following tweets “@bubbs07: Just called Closwa and Nam Breweries to stop export...Mwanya nee!!!” Or  “@smudereri: #WindhoekLager import prices from #Namibia into #SA set to increase by whopping 87% with effect from today. No one knows why!” (big ups to Jean Sutherland of the Namibian for discovering that all the cool cats hang on twitter, so long facebook). The two geniuses’ above both stick up for the Welwichucks (cool name huh?) while letting the bokke know that they have to ask nicely if they want us to keep sending our monthly care packages of biltong and Windhoek lager South of the Orange river.
  
Would love to see this at a Brave Warriors Match, using every color on the namibian flag to cheer his team


But then you have a few geniuses who just plain out pull the scab off a fresh wound, like literally! Check this out “Taa, Namibia is good at disappointing people when it comes to Sport my bother, Rugby, Soccer, Boxing.” Or “South Africa 87 - 0 South West Africa”. Like I always say people are entitled to their opinions and I respect that, but in this case I just need to point out that the above is a clear sign of Namibians being unpatriotic. Sitting in the back of my mind is the fact that I must just have opened a can of worms, but that does not worry me because I have seen this before, especially on facebook after the brave warriors lose or one of our boxers loses a world title defence. We are just so quick to judge and point fingers. Which I really consider as a bad trait in a society because that is a clear sign of a society that is easily divided, Black vs. whites, Tribes A thinks their better than the others, Policital  Party A vs Political Party B, although in politics internal and external divisions are no surprise.
Although I’m not suggesting that all our problems will be automatically be solved by togetherness, history has proven that people are stronger when they are united and pulling in one direction as opposed to when each individual is pulling in a different direction. The History of African politics is a testament to the above statement.
Now before I lose you all (I’m starting to use comrade English, throwing in a dictionary word here and there), I would like to implore each and every one of you to be a patriotic Namibian, of course don’t lie about our blemishes but if anyone from overseas  asks exactly why Windhoek lager is so loved, then don’t hesitate to explain “because it’s made in heaven”, next time the brave Warriors play, let us all go to the stadium and cheer the boys on, Support all our athletes include those with disabilities (salute to Frans Pac’ Paulus), let’s refrain from mocking our boxers on facebook when they lose fights (even Lenox Lewis got knocked out a few times) and last but not least let’s rally behind the Welwichucks for their last game against Wales, win or lose, let’s give our boys some hope.
Go on and slit my wrists then you will see that my blood is red, blue, green, white and yellow, Namibian and proud. Stay out of trouble folks.
All i can say is Lol!

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