Sometimes I just feel I'm beginning to find it it difficult to understand the world. Mind you, I'm not saying that it is the fault of the world. The world does what the world wants to do. In all probability, the shortcoming is on my side. Maybe fast change is becoming too much for my ageing brain.
Take this incident in South Africa. A Zulu prince is sentenced to three years in prison for killing two people while driving under the influence of alcohol. Do you find that fair? I don't.
First of all, if he only killed two people (peace be to their souls!), why is he getting three years? He should have got only two. Three years is more like the kind of sentence you would impose on a white farmer for refusing to sell his land to the ANC.
Then, there is the question of status. Is there no longer any respect for royalty? Where in world have you heard of sending a prince to jail? What's more, a Zulu prince?
I'm prepared to go along with the withdrawal of his driving licence, but I feel that finding the dead people guilty for being on the road at the time that the prince was driving would have been far more appropriate.
