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Moron-metre Pushing Up

Tech advances have made life a lot easier for everyone though older folks - with heads and hearts stuck in the 60s buckets – have struggled with the fast pace of technoloy.

For instance you can send a letter to someone in Timbuktu that they can receive instantly in real time. No grumpy, tired mailmen who sometimes don’t turn up for work but instead the sick note always shows up.

Sick notes are not known to deliver mail as everyone knows. Through the beautiful technology of GPS you can turn up at the doorstep of your heartthrob right in the labyrinth of the webby Johannesburg metropolis without asking for directions from a potential hijacker. These are good times in our lives. And it is going to get better. Bill Gates has promised it.

Editor's Comment
Mob justice isn't just

A young man suspected of breaking into a car was seized by residents, severely assaulted, and died in the hospital within an hour. We unreservedly condemn this mob justice. It is not a solution to crime, but a criminal offence that turns citizens into murderers.Residents are understandably angry about theft. The person who raised the alarm at 4am acted lawfully, and the neighbours who rushed to help showed community spirit. But what followed was...

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