President Robert Mugabe's Government has banned the colour red from Zimbabwe television because it is the symbol of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
The MDC encourages its supporters to flash football-style red cards, to tell Mugabe that he is no longer wanted on Zimbabwe's political field.
I know nothing out of Zimbabwe should surprise me....but it is
I bust into laughter the moment I even saw the title of the thread . As much as I think Mugabe deserves to be overthrown, doing so weold deprive us of such a great source of laughter?! Shit, this is even funnier than your typical North Korean propaganda piece.
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They have color T.V.s in Zimbabwe? Oh well, with Mugabe running the show, that won't last long.
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Well, if someone bleeds, then they execute him/her with bludgeon weapons. I wonder what is going to happen to all the surgical doctors, are they going to get executed for propaganda when they have to cut someone open. Seriosuly, is Mugabe supposed to be the comic relief of the world, kindoff like those villians you get in video games and cartoon shows?
TempestMagister wrote:Well, if someone bleeds, then they execute him/her with bludgeon weapons. I wonder what is going to happen to all the surgical doctors, are they going to get executed for propaganda when they have to cut someone open. Seriosuly, is Mugabe supposed to be the comic relief of the world, kindoff like those villians you get in video games and cartoon shows?
Xenophobe3691 wrote:What happens when someone bleeds?
Uhh, guys... He only banned the color red from television broadcasts: Not that that really makes it any less stupid...
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Xenophobe3691 wrote:What happens when someone bleeds?
Uhh, guys... He only banned the color red from television broadcasts: Not that that really makes it any less stupid...
Again, I ask. What happens when someone bleeds? What're they gonna do, ban violent TV? Then again, the news is violent enough. Is he gonna ban even more of that?
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That's just...stupid. Really, this isn't something I expected outside of N. Korea.
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I wonder if Mugabe is going senile along with everything else. He is 80, after all. It doesn't excuse him, since he has always been power-hungry, but some of his recent antics are just bizarre.
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Update: now they deny it. Is it true or false? Does anybody even know what's going on?
BBC News wrote:Zimbabwe denies banning red on TV
An Aids activist said she had been told to remove her red ribbon
Zimbabwe's government has denied banning the colour red from TV because it is the symbol of the opposition.
The HIV/Aids red ribbon was apparently the first casualty of the edict, reported South Africa's Star newspaper on Tuesday.
But Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper denied this and described the suggestion as "disgusting".
"Zimbabwe Television (ZTV) has not banned Aids ribbons," ZTV boss Mrs Makore told The Herald.
Symbolic colour
During election campaigns, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) encourages its members to wave red cards in the air like football referees, asking for the removal of President Robert Mugabe.
"The colour existed well before MDC and will, no doubt, outlive its short and dour political life," said Secretary for Information and Publicity George Charamba, dismissing the colour ban.
Red in the national flag symbolises blood spilt in the liberation struggle
But according to The Star, Aids activists participating in the weekly Aids discussion programme Perspectives were told by ZTV producers to remove their red ribbons before filming.
"We were told to take off our red ribbons. When we asked why, we were told it's because of the colour," activist Martha Tholanah is quoted as saying.
However Mrs Makore said presenters wore the red ribbons and guests were also invited to wear them on the state-controlled broadcaster.
"During the recently held National Aids Conference in Zimbabwe, the red ribbon was a constant feature on ZTV," she said.
Mr Charamba said red is a symbolic colour in Zimbabwe and in the national flag the colour symbolises the blood split during the independence struggle.
The country has no private broadcasters and only a few independent newspapers.
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So, i'm not shocked. I've seen stupider--not many stupider, but i've seen one or two.
Still funny as hell
Wait...Independence Day rooms? That's a new one...
Of course, there's this minor difference between American rampant stupidity and Zimbabwean rampant stupidity. We don't happen to have a large portion of our population under the threat of imminent starvation because our president completely fucked over the country in a few short years and then spends his time frittering away money and energy and lives apparently in an effort to fuck over the country even more.
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Great, so it's Mugabe who lives in the forest? I guess I don't need to see The Village anymore...
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Well this is a new one. Sounds like a guy who is either enendingly confident or knows his number is up.
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I know nothing out of Zimbabwe should surprise me....but it is 
Seriosuly, is Mugabe supposed to be the comic relief of the world, kindoff like those villians you get in video games and cartoon shows?
