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Botswana in the throes of umbrella-mania

Charles Mackay writing in 1841 states: "In reading the history of nations, we find that like individuals they have their whims and their peculiarities; their seasons of excitement and recklessness when they care not what they do.

We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, until their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first. ....Men, it has been....said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly and one by one."

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Women's bodies are not a man's playground!

In most of these cases, all this violence is done in the name of love! Love is a beautiful thing and no one who claims to love another can ever wish harm on the object of their affection let alone inflict pain upon them.A few weeks ago, the nation was shaken following the gruesome murder of two little innocent souls by their father, who after that painful act committed suicide. One of the biggest challenges that we face as a nation is that we...

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