shtupidt people : Brett Fish

Some reasons i hate white people. [you know, because of all the hating white people i do!]

i hate white people! i know, i know, i could barely believe it myself when i found out, but having heard so many people suggest it on my blog the past week or two [some in comments i chose not to print due to their not-fit-to-be-read-by-other-humans content] it really must be true. It started when i started suggesting that i don't think white people are better than black people [if i had a dollar for [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-23T06:05:40+02:00January 23rd, 2015|and other animals., challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|19 Comments

Can’t they just stop having so many babies?

a guest post by my friend Sindile Mlingo Vabaza responding to a much made comment on this blog recently about people in poverty, although typically been aimed at black people, having too many babies as one of the main factors of their continued impoverishment: There are a lot of people out there who are putting up 'family planning' as the solution to certain societal ills in the country. I want to assert that this is [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-08T04:44:14+02:00January 8th, 2015|challenging thorts, shtupidt people, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|9 Comments

Hold on to your pearls.

i like to call myself 'The Eternal Optimist' This is particularly true when it comes to sport, and especially cricket. If it is still mathematically possible, i hold on hope to the very end, even if it looks really likely that we are going to lose. And then get genuinely surprised when we do. i like to think i am the same with people to a large extent. i want to believe the best of [...]

By brettfish|2014-12-20T02:20:42+02:00December 20th, 2014|life, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Just say, “It’s not okay.”

i do not know all the answers. Let's start there, shall we. This is not a post from the guy who knows all the answers, trying to make you feel bad because you don't. In fact, at the moment i'm really just working on trying to figure out the right questions. I'm not expecting you to have all the answers, and i'm not claiming that you do and that you're ignoring them or a really [...]

By brettfish|2014-12-14T23:04:51+02:00December 14th, 2014|activities, challenging thorts, life, local news, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|29 Comments

Why i run with trolls…

i think this is a helpful thing to explain. Comment threads on the internet can be a dangerous and frightening place. Okay, that is probably not a necessary thing to explain. Because either you don't participate in comment threads, or you have before and are very likely to know this. The anonymity one gets when one can hide behind a 'Guest' or 'Pseudonym' poster often gives people the bravado most of them would not have [...]

By brettfish|2014-12-11T02:34:02+02:00December 11th, 2014|activities, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|5 Comments

Dear John…

...by the time you read this post, you'll be gone... So in response to my post directed at my white friends in South Africa and Americaland with regards to race-related things, i got a rather strong sounding response from a guy called John. Which i thought it might be quite fun to respond to: The reason I write you off as another white “Arts-degree” imbecile: You compare the history and economics and politics and sociology [...]

By brettfish|2014-12-10T01:06:45+02:00December 10th, 2014|activities, life, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

What Mark Driscoll is up to these days…

So it's been a little while since the Mark Driscoll thing happened... you know the one i mean, or you probably wouldn't be in here reading this... But what has been up to? i have not really been thinking too much about him. I mean i hope him and his family are well and that he is getting the help he needs and all of that. So not on my radar at all. That is, [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-18T13:59:24+02:00November 18th, 2014|humour'ish, shtupidt people, silly things, Uncategorized, what i am reading|4 Comments

Let’s talk about money, baby.

The Bible says, 'The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.' i have noticed, however, that for most people, talking about money seems to be the evilest of evil. Or close to. Why is it that people do not like to talk about money? As if it is this hallowed 'That-Which-shall-Not-Be-Named' mystical creature upon whose mentioning chaos and damnation occurs? You don't believe me? Try asking someone sitting with a group of [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-04T01:15:51+02:00November 4th, 2014|and other animals., shtupidt people, Uncategorized|6 Comments

Senzo Meyiwa: a tragedy of biblical proportions

A death is always tragic. South Africa as a nation and as individuals and families that i know have been reeling over the last few days over a number of tragic deaths. The big focus has been on Senzo Meyiwa, though. Bafana Bafana goalkeeper and hero to many. When you hear he died protecting his girlfriend, a little more so. But when you hear that he also had a wife. That does not make the story [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-28T22:13:32+02:00October 28th, 2014|local news, shtupidt people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|6 Comments

These Dry Bones can live again: a glance back at October Leadership 2014

One of my favourite weekends of the year, when i've been privileged enough to be a part of it [which is quite often!], is the weekend known as October Leadership. i have been part of at least ten of them and spoken on about 8 of those and it has never failed to be a life [and hopefully school etc] transforming weekend. Run by Scripture Union, the purpose of October Leadership has been gathering together [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-26T10:07:05+02:00October 26th, 2014|activities, church, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|1 Comment