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The world just lost a very great man.He lived a long life and we need many many more like him. RIP,

A giant of a man has left us.

 

RIP Nelson Mandela.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU

 

His service and sacrifice for South Africa will never be forgotten.  RIP

Wow, I just saw this. The world lost another great one.

Wow.. RIP to a great man..

I had a friend that lived in S Africa, she said after Mandela took over, the services went to hell

Quote:I had a friend that lived in S Africa, she said after Mandela took over, the services went to hell

I'm sure they greatly improved for a certain demographic....

I'm just gonna walk away.

Never mind the ANC targeted civilians in there fight for equality, nah the man's a saint.........

The great thing Mandela did was his policy of reconciliation.   Sure, government services were worse, there was corruption in some places, etc etc etc.   Regardless of all that, instead of trying to get revenge on white people, confiscating their land  and possessions, he pursued a policy of forgiveness and reconciliation, in spite of having to spend 27 years at hard labor and  living in a tiny cell with only a bucket for a toilet.  

 

That's what made him a great man in my opinion.   His policy of forgiveness and reconciliation, and his vision of a rainbow society. 

You're forgetting the "One Bullet, One Settler" Mantra of a ANC

One wonders if slaves in the New World would have been considered terrorists had they targeted the civilians that either actively participated in or supported the policy of keeping them in bondage, as part of an insurrection.

Rest in peace Mandela.

 

 

Quote:One wonders if slaves in the New World would have been considered terrorists had they targeted the civilians that either actively participated in or supported the policy of keeping them in bondage, as part of an insurrection.

Haiti after winning independence from France maybe?

Quote:One wonders if slaves in the New World would have been considered terrorists had they targeted the civilians that either actively participated in or supported the policy of keeping them in bondage, as part of an insurrection.

 

targeting civilians, women, children, day workers, is terrorism no matter who does it or for what reason.

Quote:I'm sure they greatly improved for a certain demographic....

 

Yes. The majority.

Quote:I had a friend that lived in S Africa, she said after Mandela took over, the services went to hell

 

This made me laugh

Quote:One wonders if slaves in the New World would have been considered terrorists had they targeted the civilians that either actively participated in or supported the policy of keeping them in bondage, as part of an insurrection.

 

 

Quote:targeting civilians, women, children, day workers, is terrorism no matter who does it or for what reason.

As embarrassing as it is, the United States kept Mandela on the terrorist watch list up until 2008. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/12/06/...till-2008/

Quote:Never mind the ANC targeted civilians in there fight for equality, nah the man's a saint.........

 

If that has you upset you're not going to like a lot of freedom movements, or war in general.

 

You need to really read up on what Allied forces did during World War II. Especially the terror bombings.

 

Read Slaughterhouse 5.

Quote:If that has you upset you're not going to like a lot of freedom movements, or war in general.


You need to really read up on what Allied forces did during World War II. Especially the terror bombings.


Read Slaughterhouse 5.

Look up necklacing and the party song of the ANC they're no different from the KKK

Quote:Look up necklacing and the party song of the ANC they're no different from the KKK

 

Mandela never endorsed the practice. So what is your point?