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From: "Ernest Bessinger" <>
Subject: Re: Early Cape Tolerance
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:41:39 +0200
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----- Original Message -----
From: "A & M van Rensburg" <>
To: <>
Sent: 26 March 2000 01:05
Subject: Re: Early Cape Tolerance


> Hopefully everything is not just relative. Since then intolerance can be
> presented as tolerance by comparing it with a much more intolerant
> situation.

I think it is worthwhile to think of why the Religious persecuted (like the
Huguenots) felt it saver to move to other countries (like SA) instead of
hiding in Holland. Additionally the overberg people (where the mainly
fryburgers moved to) seems to have had their own rules. Is this not the
start of 'us and them'?

Not really being a student of history, I just can't remember when the
'Republic of Stellenbosch' was started but, it proves that by then you had
two distinct groups of people. One, the Cape of Good Hope and, 'other'.

Ernest


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