I see double standards everywhere

WE REALLY do live in a strange country. A group of black vigilantes stone a suspected thief to death. This deed warrants a two-paragraph report somewhere in the middle of a newspaper, with no TV coverage, and no outcry of rage and condemnation.

The deed is murder, yet these vigilantes are never arrested, never appear in court, and are never convicted. They are seemingly allowed to take the law into their own hands with no consequences, although it must be a horrific way to die. Would a white vigilante group get away with a similar murder? I strongly doubt it.

Two white farmers apprehend a trespasser on their property, and to scare the daylights out of him force him into a coffin. That he was severely beaten has not been proved, nor were his hands tied as alleged.

This results in front page news, extensive TV coverage, outrage and condemnation, and even court appearances shown on TV. Racism of the worst kind is the cry. I have always been under the impression murder is far worse than threats. Is this a case of double standards?

But wait. Children between the ages of 12 and 16 can indulge in consensual sex, even if their little brains have not yet reached maturity.

University of the Witwatersrand, on the other hand, has forbidden consensual sex between lecturers and students – both adults, over the age of 16. Am I missing something here? Can a firm forbid consensual sex between its employees, and by what law? If it is rape, or a student has benefited by the encounter, then the law must take its course, but to forbid adults in this case is rubbish. Are we becoming a nanny state? J.R. Whitlock