A Beautiful Mind

Dear Mr Shivambu

You once stated that the EFF uses superior logic. I suppose that compared to the stuff that's currently oozing out of the legislature, that's not a stretch.

Of course, it's a little difficult to judge the validity of your statement. So much of your communication has been of the non-verbal, tactile variety. One would have to review the video footage. Was a klap just then a more logical response than a kick? Would a flanking movement have yielded better results than a full frontal attack? Was a high - heeled shoe the most appropriate close-quarters weapon?

While we try to resolve these, let's acknowledge that your commander in chief certainly shows flashes of brilliance in the sphere of mental agility- even gymnast-like dexterity. He was once allegedly  willing to kill for Zuma. Later to die for Zuma. I think he omitted the word 'myself '. Who hasn't made that sort of minor slip? Even Neil Armstrong, in the  excitement and drama of a similar historic moment, omitted a little indefinite article. Does anyone go on about that? Still,  the logic cannot be faulted. Dying does tend to follow killing.

The ruling party could certainly have benefited from your beautiful mind during this crisis. Their logic: shut down cigarette sales and some 11 million smokers will cease and desist. We are not Americans, so a prohibition-era  type black market won't develop here. Al Capone is long gone anyway. Some merit in that. I have not bought a pack of those nasties from a shop since (after all, I'm a law-abiding, addicted citizen). Just the odd fag at oil prices. Lost taxes? That's what IMF and BRICS loans are for.

Yours in the love of logic and dialectical materialism.

Richard