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i thought you would find it amusing „ that ehud tho=ght the proposed soccer boycott , had the most potential to change the fat= of the country. . that the people really paid attention. ? =AO he also thought that publicly disagreeing with the current situation would be counter productive, to fostering real chang=

That is amusing. So=cer is where it really hurts.

He probably has a good se=se of the state of the country, which is sinking into a morass.

he sees the south african experience as the current path.=C2 not pleasant. he said that it also was some =port penalty maybe cricket. that put people on notice back then - =AO he thought that the fall would be difficult for the current govt.=C2 and that local politics was clumsy at best.