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so - where does one draw the line between freedom and safety. And is it fair to assume that just because people say they have your safety at heart , that they really do ? Call me cynical , but I find the whole US reaction to this Wikileaks embarrassment a trifle vain. Who the hell are they to decide that we don't need to know about things in our own countries ? Who the hell are they to decide what's best for the rest of the world ? Who is Hillary Clinton except some snotty woman who thinks that because she says so , it must be so .... ? Anyone with 'Top Secret' across their communications deserves what they get when they start using 'Top Secret' to cover up things that have no business being 'Top Secret' . I couldn't give a rats ass if the US relations are damaged with Australia , The UK , or any other country for that matter. It's about bloody time to be frank. We should have marched to our own drumbeat decades ago. I don't buy for one...

the ups and downs of melbourne If you are one of those bitter nasty types don't read further, this story is going to be an honest account of what it's like to leave your life, family, friends, and everything you know and love, for something that you hope is going to be better. If you are sick to death of hearing about how great it is away from SA then stop reading and go look for your jollies somewhere else. If you love to gloat with glee about the "Saffers" who leave and end up being miserable go look for another article. If you think that emigrants are traitors, then consider yourself descended from traitors, how else do you think white people ended up at the southern tip of Africa? We have been here seven months now. It was one of the toughest things I have ever done in my life. And I've had some rough times let me tell you. Firstly, I did not leave because I hate South Africa, on the contrary, I love South Africa and I am proudly South African. I left b...