F*cking stupid scammers, why do they bother?

Cool, and I'd like you to know that bleeding hearts, wringing hands, and filling the coffers of corrupt African officials while the people who really need help go without isn't the answer either.

I understand that some people like you, Fox, or Nelson for example will find the provocative way I've put the fact that perhaps some African countries should start taking more responsibility for their own mess (Zimbabwe for example) too challenging to take on-board and discuss without backing off entirely or resorting to childish comments about the Daily Mail or voting Tory. But then some forum members are easier to wind up than others.

Ugh. I'm not into bleeding hearts or wringing hands either, which is why for the last five summers I've spent at least a month working for NGOs in South Africa and Lesotho, so don't call me a hypocrite. Scams most certainly do feed into corruption but that's not what I took issue with in the first place. I don't find your views challenging in the slightest, I just don't want to have yet another internet slanging match which inevitably ends up in us both posting that picture of Picard facepalming and both of us coming away thinking that we've won. I haven't backed off or called you silly names, I just think an internet forum is useless for this kind of, ahem, 'discussion'. This really is my last post!