Barbed Wire is definitely something twisted, something that doesn’t maintain a straight line. Between the old and beautiful buildings of South-Africa you can often find spikes and barbed wire, intended to keep people safe. It does look like some places go to extremes for safety but I guess it is necessary in some cases. In the military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire. They are designed to disrupt, delay and generally slow down an attacking enemy. They are definitely not desined to be beautiful or appealing.
To think that the use of barbed wire was intended in war situations and is now being used to protect houses or alleyways. Barbed wire is undeniably an invention that has changed property and ranching, prisons and concentration camps, and defence and snares.
I wish they could invent something “prettier” to don the gates and walls of properties. What would be even better, would be if this twisted wire were not needed anymore.
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Thank you!
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Razor wire is awful and it is sad to think that so many people in South Africa live behind it now. I wish it wasn’t so.
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I would love to drive down a street in South Africa and not get to see barbed wire and high electric fences. It is sad that it has become the norm….
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I saw a lot of electric fences in South Africa, sometimes on top of the razor wire!
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Unfortunately with all the load shedding going on in SA at the moment I thing Barbed wire is more trustworthy that electric fences.
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I guess in some parts of the world thats the grim reality….
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Unfortunately it is a reality in more places than we want to admit.
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I can’t imagine having to live in a community full of ugly barbed wire. I saw it in JoBurg in the nice suburbs and thought it was awful to have to live in fear or perceived fear. Kind of like the all white hated communities here in the States. A sad reality.
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It is quite sad. It makes the area look ugly and coming across it at night just makes you feel a little unsafe.
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Yes agreed. 🙂
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Hi Janaline, I nominated you for the Thomas Cook #exploretheelements competition last week – hope you can meet the challenge which ends midnight 16th March?
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Thank you so much for nominating me Suzanne. Unfortunately I have been at home with the flu the past week and only getting back to my blag today. So sorry, would have loved to participate.
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And I complained when my neighbors in the Philippines have razor barb wires on top of their fence. Didn’t realize you guys do them too in your country. A reflection of the world we live in.
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I agree, it looks really ugly. But I presume in some cases they might be needed, which is very unfortunate.
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Interesting topic – there are some plants with thorns that might work instead of the ugly barbed wire though I wonder if they’d grow in South Africa –
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I think a fence of plants would look way better…maybe a very thorny rose bush?
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Yes, that would be so pretty!
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Wow, scary! But that one sign made the grammar cop in me giggle. Private trespassers will be prosecuted. So…public trespassers won’t? 😉
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I found one yesterday that said, Trespassers shall be prosecuted, visitors repoted to reception.
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