2012 has started off well with the new laws coming in and giving us an indication of the SA government’s agenda. They intend taking away more of your freedoms and freedom of speech is the main target.

It seems that they don’t like people talking about the weather. So, no more small talk or idle chats about the weather or you will be facing 10 years in jail. The government and the SA Weather Bureau will no longer allow us to express our feelings over what weather could be coming, especially on social networks because it could spread panic. What a load of crap!

An article on hayibo.com quoted a spokesman for the SA government as saying, “The South African government has defended its plan to send unauthorised weather forecasters to prison, saying that weather, like poor people, was very susceptible to suggestion and didn’t need much provocation to indulge in violent, attention-seeking behaviour. ” I read that 5 times and still don’t understand it.

The spokesman, Zephyr Zuma, put it all in context by saying, “There is now only one weather forecaster, and that is us, and the forecast is sunny and totalitarian clear,” said Zuma. “I mean, totally clear. Totally. Not…the other word.”

The “other” word being Totalitarian

From Wikipedia – “Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.[1] Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.”

That sounds about right!

Zuma also said, “…if you call weather bad, it lives up to your expectations.”  So what he is saying is that when people predict the weather it listens and does what they say? This is obviously the reason that Weather SA is often so wrong. Must be frustrating having other people change the weather all the time.

He was even kind enough to indicate who the target of this law is, “If you’ve got a hunch, for God’s sake keep it to yourself,” said Zuma. “And here I’m looking specifically to you English-speaking lot with your obsessive small talk about the weather.” English speaking lot? Obsessive small talk? No buddy, you have it all wrong, we are all to busy working to pay the salary that you don’t deserve.

This may seem like a joke to most people but what you must realise is that the underlying agenda is far more serious. Our freedoms are being taken away, piece by piece, and there is nothing we can do about it. We are being conditioned to be careful of what we say so as not to show the government for what they are and to blindly accept their control over our lives.

If you have the ability to fight this do it. Speak out now before they stop you speaking completely.

Anyway, the wind has come up and the clouds have come over. Who knows what will happen next because the weather SA site has changed the predictions for today 3 times in the last 2 hours.

Wikipedia Link

Hayibo.com Article