Cees Bruggemans: Fearful, Fearless

I have a problem. It is called a duality. Thinking South Africa (there is a much bigger other South Africa, worthy of its own psychoanalysis), breaks down into two clear groupings, those fearful (many by now petrified) and those not fearful (many to the point of casualness). There doesn't seem to be a middle way. This is just an anecdotal observation, but a powerful one, for where does this distinction in thinking originate?
It doesn't remind of dog lovers (nearly everyone can be made to love a dog, no matter the mongrel), but certainly of cat lovers (most human populations split in two, either loving cats, or hating them with a passion, but nearly no-one being indifferent to them, something to do with regal cat personalities which calls forth either genuine admiration or deeply felt abhorrence).

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