Tim Worstall wrote:


This threads a bit strange. The original report is using information
from pre 1995....ie the resettlements they are talking about were
voluntary, compensated at market rate and were legal. Such things were
written into the original Lancaster House agreement.


Tim,

My post was about land redistribution in general, and the points I make
are, I believe, validated by the experiences of Japan, Taiwan, and South
Korea.

On Zimbabwe my criticism of breaking up factory farms, and of leaving
truck farmers without the information base they need to function, are
applicable anywhere, and apply to land redistribution whether legally
done pre-1995, or illegally as in the current cases.

And then the whole argument explodes about what the racist dictator
Mugabe has been doing in the last two or three years.


I quite agree with you about Mugabe (and went further, referring to his
corruption and incompetence in my post). However, it's worth noting that
Chris Glur, the reposter, never needs an honest excuse to slag a black.

Best,


-dlj.