Cele Fear Remix 0.3 - The Ficksburg Overture

Criminals must fear - Police Chief Bheki Cele

Andries Tatane is killed during a protest in Ficksburg, South Africa.

Audiotec, Magic of Love remix

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Bheki Cele
• SAPS
• Ficksburg
• Protest
• South Africa
• Andries Tatane
• Police Brutality
• remix

[01Snay]

I understand your intention and that is not what I am against. The way in which you chose to execute you freedom of speech is rather disturbing. I am disturbed about your choice of song and feel that you could have achieved more if you chose a song that was appropriate, a song that would fully capture that situation. I appreciate your initiative nd reckon tht ur a gr8 person but I feel that next time, read the situation carefully and be a bit more sensitive...

[ethnopunk]

@01Snay What music would you feel is more appropriate in your view? Would you rather have a less disturbing sound track and leave it up to the imagination? What sound would better express the way the policemen acted with seeming impunity and contrary to our bill of rights? Or are you of the school of thought which sanctifies death, in which case, the only possible music would be religious music? Youtube has an audio editor with a selection which you are free to use if you wish.

[LeroyHitchcock]

Howzit, just wanting the name of this track.

Dik psy bru. Lekka

[01Snay]

Kuwl.

[ethnopunk]

@01Snay You making value judgments. Would you rather airbrush away the problem? Would you rather hide the brutality? You are free to remix the video and add your own soundtrack in the way you feel is most suitable. But no, I object to your lame appraisal of my artwork and your obviously reactionary stance on the issue. If I was trying to get a cheap laugh out of this I can think of a million other ways of presenting the information. Shocking as it may seem, I disagree with your choices.

[01Snay]

@ethnopunk.So you chose to highlight the callousness of the event by being being both callous &unfeeling yourself? Wt emotions did u aim 2invoke by compiling this wt a song such as th one u hv chosen? And have those emotions been invoked as u hd aimed for them to. I don't think, so because as you can see, very few people are amused. My intention is nt 2shut u down but rather to challenge you to maybe do it ova nd wn u do, take sm tym nd b sensitive.in tht way u will reach more ppl. I promis u

[ethnopunk]

@01Snay Everyone is a critic. I chose the track because it best illustrates the callousness of the events. Audiotec produce excellent soundtraks which invoke the hardness of modern technocratic society. You, like many others appear to be reacting with discomfort to the recontextualisation of SABC footage, since now it is impossible to deny your complicity in the event. It is we who have created General Cele, and it is We the People of South Africa, who ssued the order at the end of the day.

[01Snay]

@ethnopunk I understand your intention and that is not what I am against. The way in which you chose to execute you freedom of speech is rather disturbing. I am disturbed about your choice of song and feel that you could have achieved more if you chose a song that was appropriate, a song that would fully capture that situation. I appreciate your initiative nd reckon tht ur a gr8 person but I feel that next time, read the situation carefully and be a bit more sensitive...

01Snay

[ethnopunk]

@01Snay sorry but this video is definitely not satire. Rather it is a sad indightment of police brutality and the policy of shoot to kill under "General Cele" as can obviously be seen by the clips, using footage that is generally available on the Internet and which was screened by the SABC and worldwide. If you have problems with it, then perhaps you should ask yourself the question -- why are you disturbed by the footage, what is it exposing about South Africa that we don't like?

[01Snay]

How one can make such a mockery of a painful thing such as this, I do not have a clue. Is this funny? Is it something worth making a leisure out of..Freedom of expression? Everyone knows that you have freedom of expression but in expressing yourself we would expect you to be humane about. Think of the family members that would watch this and think of how his son, who was celebrating his fourth birthday, would feel if he were to watch this in a few years time. Check yourself sir..