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Old 12-05-2013, 5:02pm   #1
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And what a life he led, simply amazing.....



He went to jail for his beliefs for 27 years, yet wasn't bitter about it upon his release. He just carried on the fight....



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Nelson Mandela passed away at his home in Johannesburg after a lengthy illness. He was 95.
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Old 12-05-2013, 5:04pm   #2
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News just came in right now....watching the news on Tv.



...sainthood?....what do you think?
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...sainthood?....what do you think?


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Old 12-05-2013, 5:32pm   #5
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He was a man of peace and conviction. He stood up to a repressive government and stood up for the people. May he rest in peace and be blessed by God.
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He was a man of peace and conviction. He stood up to a repressive government and stood up for the people. May he rest in peace and be blessed by God.

He was also an integral part of The Elders with Branson and Peter Gabriel.

The Elders | Independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights.

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Old 12-05-2013, 6:07pm   #7
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*Looks around* Did I stumble upon a liberal page? Damn...

The man was a terrorist and just as racist as the government he fought, stop sugar coating it.
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He was a weensy bit communist. That's for another day though.
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He was a weensy bit communist. That's for another day though.
The problem is that Mandela, apart from having a likeable personality, has achieved next to nothing in his relatively short political career which saw South Africa rapidly decline to the status of the world's most violent and crime-ridden country, and, to add to the confusion, his greatest friends
were communists and dictators like Fidel Castro, Moammar Qaddafi, Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein.

In his public statements and speeches Mandela was always critical of the democratic countries of the west, but had nothing but praise for the remaining communist dictatorships of the world. He condemned mistakes and controversial policies of the west, but refused to publicly condemn the genocides and brutal repression of current or former communist countries; he was supposedly a "champion of freedom and democracy", the "hero of oppressed people everywhere" but considered dictatorships like Cuba and Libya shining beacons of freedom and justice....

In any event, RIP.
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Old 12-05-2013, 6:31pm   #10
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he was 95
RIP
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Old 12-05-2013, 6:45pm   #11
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He was a weensy bit communist. That's for another day though.


The man was not the saint many make him out to be, but we'll save it for another day.
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He was a weensy bit communist. That's for another day though.
Haven't you heard? Communism is good now, what with the redistributing and social justice, and whatnot.
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*Looks around* Did I stumble upon a liberal page? Damn...

The man was a terrorist and just as racist as the government he fought, stop sugar coating it.
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He was a weensy bit communist. That's for another day though.
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The problem is that Mandela, apart from having a likeable personality, has achieved next to nothing in his relatively short political career which saw South Africa rapidly decline to the status of the world's most violent and crime-ridden country, and, to add to the confusion, his greatest friends
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In any event, RIP.
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The man was not the saint many make him out to be, but we'll save it for another day.
I've been trying very hard not to spread manure all over this death/tribute/whatever-it-is thread.

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I've been trying very hard not to spread manure all over this death/tribute/whatever-it-is thread.

I'll just say it's strange sometimes who America chooses for a hero.
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Ok. How 'bout this:





Today, we let him RIP.

















Tomorrow, though, this thread is a free-for-all.
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[QUOTE=Sea Six;1082224]Ok. How 'bout this:





Today, we let him RIP.





NO, time to stomp the ground in total abject celebration on FINALLY the death of a communist bastard who took a country down to nearly nothing.....he destroyed a 'state' actually it was in the top ten economic powers and barely covers the bottom 50 today.....

so much for his 'leadership'......

should have been killed in jail decades ago, like all the rest of the communist bastards.....

name ONE thing positive he has accomplished......
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Ok. How 'bout this:





Today, we let him RIP.





NO, time to stomp the ground in total abject celebration on FINALLY the death of a communist bastard who took a country down to nearly nothing.....he destroyed a 'state' actually it was in the top ten economic powers and barely covers the bottom 50 today.....

so much for his 'leadership'......

should have been killed in jail decades ago, like all the rest of the communist bastards.....

name ONE thing positive he has accomplished......
He became a role model for Obama?
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Ok. How 'bout this:





Today, we let him RIP.

















Tomorrow, though, this thread is a free-for-all.

May his family find peace in his passing.
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May his COUNTRY find peace in his passing.
There, fixed it 4 U......
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There, fixed it 4 U......
Wait for tomorrow Gene, it's difficult but I'm biting my tongue on this.
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