tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post6936066391671118877..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: 1981 and all thatKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-75123670917878618652011-07-17T23:36:28.733+12:002011-07-17T23:36:28.733+12:00New Zealanders have this weird notion of the impor...New Zealanders have this weird notion of the importance that their actions or opinions have<br />on world affairs.<br /><br />Of course they have to believe that South Africans were looking at them for inspiration otherwise they would look like a bunch of dummies spoiling for a fight.<br /><br />Don't kid yourself Karl you and yours don't punch above your weight like you think you do.<br /><br />The tyranny of distance has started to addle your brain, you Sir know very little about South africa history.rivoniaboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512979926515811466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-3031542145805352312011-07-16T06:04:12.978+12:002011-07-16T06:04:12.978+12:00I was a reporter for the Christchurch Star when I ...I was a reporter for the Christchurch Star when I was assigned to cover an anti-tour demonstration to take place on the road to Sumner. <br />With a photographer, I rushed out there only to find nobody at the bridge where it was to take place.<br />A few minutes later, the protesters arrived and unfurled barbed wire across the bridge, stopping traffic on the busy road.<br />After some time, the riot squad turned up, complete with their "Minto bars" and did the "move,move, move' routine. Eventually the wire was removed and the traffic started moving.<br />It was a dramatic year, capped off by the demonstration at the final Test when a faux referee booted away the ball that had been placed on the half-way line ready for the start of the match. And then Marx Jones flew overhead in a light plane and dropped flour bombs over the ground.Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105760893956912855noreply@blogger.com