Momberg’s racist spectacle is nonstory

Are we dealing with someone whose understanding of reality is the same as ours, or a case of extreme paranoia, asks

Gaositwe Litsoane.

The Vicki Momberg spectacle is a nonstory that is hardly worth the headlines it has filled since it started. In it, I saw an attack on the integrity of the policemen who came to the scene of a crime to help her.

How many times does an offen- sive word have to be said to an audience to cause harm?

If it’s said twice, does it bite deeper?

Is it normal for an angry person to use an unsavoury word 10 times, 20, 40, 48 times?

What does it help to say it the 17th time that the 16th time has not achieved already ... and the same applies all the way to the 48th time?

Are we dealing with someone whose understanding of reality is the same as ours, or does she have a case of extreme paranoia?

Are the rest of us still normal if our police officers and courts begin counting how many times this woman said the offending word?

Are we winning her over to our normality or is she winning us over when we put chains on her legs?

Is that a security consideration or is it a sign that the extent of her paranoia is beginning to affect us?

The more we are caught up in this nonstory, the more we will end up crying for antidepressants instead of helping Momberg take her daily dose.