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DairyFarmer
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Topic: Another Farmer KilledPosted: March 06 2016 at 10:45pm |
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This morning our district morns yet another farmer killed. Senseless murder. Guy was stabbed to death during a robbery (home invasion) at his home.
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 6:55am |
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 6:58am |
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That's 3 in the past week. A very tragic thing. It is looking to be the story and future of that beautiful country from my detached point of perspective. "Planet of the apes" is not such a far fetched thought.
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Pro Deo et Patria
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 7:11am |
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I've been a bit slack lately. My "9 iron" is back on my hip after a few months in the safe. |
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 8:13am |
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Are farmers specifically being targeted only, or is it a wider problem we're just seeing the tip of?
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 8:41am |
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We are not targeted because we are farmers. We are targeted because of the remoteness.It's more a case of the level of brutality. In the city someone may take you phone off you or break into your house when you are not there. On farms they are more likely to be violent when they enter the property. It is not uncommon for the family to be tied up and beaten/raped/murdered. Many times the place has been cased well before hand and they know what to expect. It is very seldom an opportunistic crime.
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 9:30am |
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Serious stuff.
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 10:03am |
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In coming prayers.
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 12:01pm |
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Praise the Lord and PASS THE AMMO
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Pro Deo et Patria
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 12:31pm |
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Sounds like it's a rough time for you in SA Dairyfarmer. Definitely need to make sure all your family and workers are up to spec with firearms. Do you use trail cameras in areas where access to your property is likely? It may show up someone suspicious or supply evidence if it all turns bad!
Stay sharp
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 1:05pm |
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I'm thinking electric fence round the house?
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 2:00pm |
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..never mind that Sham! How about a field of claymores 30 feet deep, a buffer os barbed / razor wire two rolls deep..a couple of good guard dogs..& an elevated observation post, complete w 2 Brens!(That oughta do it, fer a while.)
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 5:21pm |
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Seems you're getting the same problems Zimbabwe has, D-F.
Have good friends from there. It's a bad job.
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 7:05pm |
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Got the electric fence, got the dogs, got the firearms, got the security gates, got the bars on the windows. Cameras no good as I got 20km (12miles) of boundary fence.
We are very fortunate that very few of the farm attacks are politically motivated. Its mainly pure crime. We have been lucky so far not to go down the same route as Zim regarding farms. There it was land "promised" to veterans.
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Posted: March 07 2016 at 8:32pm |
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Posted: March 08 2016 at 5:05am |
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I guess its illegal to just shewt 'em & drag the carcasses out for the jackals eh?
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