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McLannahan

posted on 5/12/13 at 09:55 PM Reply With Quote
RIP Mandela....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520






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slingshot2000

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:02 PM Reply With Quote
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RIP !


A giant of a man!

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bi22le

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:11 PM Reply With Quote
Helped the world become what it is today, almost free, almost equal.

A man that will never be forgotten.





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JoelP

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:22 PM Reply With Quote
Rest in peace.






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femster87

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:35 PM Reply With Quote
Rest in peace, great guy
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britishtrident

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:39 PM Reply With Quote
A man of great dignity charisma, wisdom ,determination, high principles and courage.





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wylliezx9r

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:46 PM Reply With Quote
RIP





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myke pocock

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:50 PM Reply With Quote
A legend in the correct sense of the word.
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Scuzzle

posted on 5/12/13 at 10:59 PM Reply With Quote
Undoubtedly a real catalyst for racial equality in his later moderate years but his early radical years are forgotten totally.
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JacksAvon

posted on 5/12/13 at 11:14 PM Reply With Quote
does it really matter, a big fish in the small pond that is South Africa.

Morally corrupt before him and after him.

Still a toilet

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femster87

posted on 5/12/13 at 11:19 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JacksAvon
does it really matter, a big fish in the small pond that is South Africa.

Morally corrupt before him and after him.

Still a toilet


Interesting!!

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craig1410

posted on 5/12/13 at 11:32 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by britishtrident
A man of great dignity charisma, wisdom ,determination, high principles and courage.


Agree on all of the above 100% but what I remember most is his infectious smile and soft voice. I was choking up a bit as the news was being read and I don't mind admitting it. My 17 year daughter was sitting next to me and after hearing the BBC's summary of his achievements, even she was impressed. Anyone with a teenager will know that doesn't happen every day! A truly great man.

However, I was less than impressed with President Obama's speech. There was something very odd in the tone and delivery. Maybe he was overly emotional or something but it seemed very odd indeed and not at all what I expected. Did anyone else pick that up or was it just me?

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NigeEss

posted on 5/12/13 at 11:53 PM Reply With Quote
Much good as he did, and I respect him for all of it, he has his dark side.

RIP nontheless.





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Scuzzle

posted on 6/12/13 at 12:05 AM Reply With Quote
That's how I feel about the man, I respect and admire what he has achieved but there seem to be so many putting him forward as some kind of saint and I just think he cannot hold this status as he has his share of bodies buried and blood on his hands.
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craig1410

posted on 6/12/13 at 12:11 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Scuzzle
That's how I feel about the man, I respect and admire what he has achieved but there seem to be so many putting him forward as some kind of saint and I just think he cannot hold this status as he has his share of bodies buried and blood on his hands.


“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.” : Nelson Mandela

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Ivan

posted on 6/12/13 at 07:46 AM Reply With Quote
He will be sadly missed by all in this country including me - what a pity that many here do not honour his legacy of forgiveness and ubuntu.

A truly great humanist.

RIP Madiba.

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dhutch

posted on 6/12/13 at 08:28 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JacksAvon
does it really matter, a big fish in the small pond that is South Africa.

Morally corrupt before him and after him.

Still a toilet

I think he was driving too fast in an urban area... we dont even know he was the passenger, and...

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ludobenc

posted on 6/12/13 at 10:00 AM Reply With Quote
RIP





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carpmart

posted on 6/12/13 at 11:13 AM Reply With Quote
Its a difficult one this. I fundamentally am opposed to everything that apartheid stood for. Mandela was clearly an inspirational man and really helped SA become what it has today. However, he was in the strictest sense of the meaning a terrorist and implicitly involved in terrorist activities. I find terrorism abhorrent in equal measures to that which I find apartheid. Based on the good he has done, broadly cancelling out the bad, I guess I am personally fairly ambivalent about Mandela overall.





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Slater

posted on 6/12/13 at 11:54 AM Reply With Quote
A sad sad day, he's achieved alot in this country and is an insiration around the world. I just wish he was in power for longer.

We have been given the afternoon off work, so we can pay our respects.





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ken555

posted on 6/12/13 at 08:09 PM Reply With Quote
Am I the only one fed up hearing the platitudes toward Nelson Madela?
Reporters stating how he gave up 27 years of his life for the struggle against apartheid, no he was imprisoned for his part in killing over 100 people. Also, he was offered freedom if he denounced violence and terrorism, which he declined to do.
In my opinion his action are no better than those of McGuinness and Adams.
Yes he was a great statesman, but before that he was a murdering b*****d

[Edited on 6-12-13 by ken555]






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Rod Ends

posted on 6/12/13 at 08:35 PM Reply With Quote
The New South Africa - The Next Zimbabwe


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femster87

posted on 6/12/13 at 09:29 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ken555
Am I the only one fed up hearing the platitudes toward Nelson Madela?
Reporters stating how he gave up 27 years of his life for the struggle against apartheid, no he was imprisoned for his part in killing over 100 people. Also, he was offered freedom if he denounced violence and terrorism, which he declined to do.
In my opinion his action are no better than those of McGuinness and Adams.
Yes he was a great statesman, but before that he was a murdering b*****d

[Edited on 6-12-13 by ken555]


As a young black african man, I do not share your sentiments at all. We have people like him to thank for our developed tolerance of each other. Would I have used his tactics? I do not know, oppression does strange thinks to humans

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ken555

posted on 6/12/13 at 11:29 PM Reply With Quote
He was a terrorist.
Remember, the difference between "freedom fighter" and "terrorists" is purely in the eye of the beholder.
He just happened to be a terrorist who was on the right side of the fight.






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shindha

posted on 7/12/13 at 08:58 AM Reply With Quote
Terrorism isn't that some one person or a group of people trying to impose their will on another group using force and the threat of force. So could that mean the state was trying to treat people unequally and imposing this will by using force.
Does that not make the state a terrorist?
Does that mean the people fighting the Taliban are terrorists?
Mandela fought against a state that was treating its people unfairly, using violent and peaceful means as necessary, and to the native people of South Africa he made a very big positive difference.

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