So.. After many apologies to several people for my comments that I made, this is what I had to say to Mr Eddie Botha, the plaintiff in the Daily Dispatch articles, the person that reported my comments. Mr Botha, I would like to sincerely apologize to you directly for the comment that I made on the Daily Dispatchs wall. I am really sorry that it offended you and other readers, of any age and race. I have spent several sleepless days and nights trying to defend my case and to stop this propaganda and smear campaign that you started. Why are you attacking me so brutally? When I made the comments on my cellphone, I was not even aware that it was directly on the Daily Dispatches wall, not that Im saying it is right to make it anywhere. I was wrong and obviously not in the right state of mind. I wish I save the thread before I deleted the comments because I dont even remember most of what I said and Im sure that allot of my words have been taken out of context. I deleted the comments and apologized the moment I got your messages to withdraw and retract. Im currently in Argentina and do not have a local sim card, so the moment Im not at work on the boat, I do not have internet connection, therefore the delay between your request and my responses. There is also a 5 hour time difference. Please forgive me and accept my apology. Im sorry that it took me so long to contact you too. Please hear me out. My life, working alone on a boat, +/- 14 hours a day, 28 days a month, away from my family and friends most of the time is not an easy one and comes with its own stresses and challenges. I have been a victim of society several times back in South Africa and left the country in search of a life elsewhere. I have had to sell every belonging that I had, just to pay off all my debt and get enough money to get a ticket to get out of South Africa to have a fair chance at life where I would not be discriminated against for my color of my skin. I am a well educated respectful person with a soft heart and have many scars in it due to various horrible experiences in South Africa, some with black and some with white people. I carry a heavy burden and life is certainly not as peachy as how it is depicted in my Facebook profile and the report in the Daily Dispatch. I just want my family to see that Im happy. I used to work with many black people in the past in South Africa and feel their cry for freedom and democracy. I have done as much as I could to assist them and try to uplift them. You guys can call me a racist as much as you like, you have the right to do whatever you want, I guess, but I know who I am and that is all that maters. I am not a right wing extremest trying to break down the country that I love so dearly. Im just another sad, angry white South African who is struggling to come to terms with my countrys current political situation. Im not the monster that you think I am and I have no intention to lash back at you or the Daily Dispatch because I was wrong to make the comments that I made in the first place. I have spoken to Mike Loewe today regarding the matter and he has brought some other issue to light. Deons fake Facebook page. I DONT know this guy and have never met him in my life. I was trying to put this story to rest by apologizing to everyone involved and trying to get the post removed. That is how I came across this guy. He blocked me on Facebook so I cannot see his profile at all. I thought that my apologies on several places was accepted and I was pardoned. I told my family to stop stressing and shared the post on the Daily Dispatchs wall. Unbeknownst to me, this was all just some random persons way of ... I dont really know... why would someone do such a thing. I have since fount the real SA Human Rights Facebook page and luckily I havent seen my story posted on that. I will publicly apologize on the Daily Dispatches wall and on Mikes story of me ... So Mr. Botha, will you accept my apology?
Posted on: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:50:20 +0000
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