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hillbilly4rent
boncho
History my friend, is written by the winners. Had Mandela not triumphed it would be just another dead communist/terrorist, -insert label here-.
While his life will be celebrated, one could argue about all the people who had better character that didn't.
that I cant argue with but, that is all hypothetical. He did triumph, he did help defeat apartheid, he did help his fellow countrymen. Not with war but with peace he helped his country. Unlike some of the other warlords on the content of Africa.
Working as a lawyer, he was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and, with the ANC leadership, was prosecuted in the Treason Trial from 1956 to 1961 but was found not guilty. Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the South African Communist Party he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961, leading a bombing campaign against government targets. In 1962 he was arrested, convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.
Aleister
reply to post by OtherSideOfTheCoin
Very sad, not unexpected but I was hoping he'd make it much longer.
A man way ahead of his time who was trapped in his time, and forged it forward. RIP.
His funeral should be a gathering of the world's elite, the world's activists, and the world's humanitarians. South Africa had the option of total civil war and total hate, and then Mandala came out of a confinement which few could endure and did nothing but express love and reconciliation for all his fellow countrymen.
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AngryCymraeg
He made the world a better place.
OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by gortex
I suppose its possible but why would they bother not telling us then lying about it?
727Sky
reply to post by bobs_uruncle
There was a disturbing post by a S. African sometime ago (last year?) that said the ANC or some other group was waiting for his death and then there would be something called the night of the long knives (machetes) against the whites.. I tried to find the thread but it did not pop up in the search feature.... maybe someone else would have better luck. Let us hope that thread proves wrong.
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727Sky
reply to post by bobs_uruncle
There was a disturbing post by a S. African sometime ago (last year?) that said the ANC or some other group was waiting for his death and then there would be something called the night of the long knives (machetes) against the whites.. I tried to find the thread but it did not pop up in the search feature.... maybe someone else would have better luck. Let us hope that thread proves wrong.
Because they're barbarians.
wingsfan
Another commie terrorist being made a saint, what kind of world are we living in?
TSOM87
AngryCymraeg
He made the world a better place.
I have no doubt he was a great man to his people and had high intentions for us all but he didn't make the world a better place. He with the help of others gave the black man of South Africa the vote and he changed South African politics which is a great thing for South Africa.
AngryCymraeg
wingsfan
Another commie terrorist being made a saint, what kind of world are we living in?
Ah. You obviously know nothing about this topic.
wingsfan
AngryCymraeg
wingsfan
Another commie terrorist being made a saint, what kind of world are we living in?
Ah. You obviously know nothing about this topic.
And you obviously like to spit on the graves of 70,000 people.
AngryCymraeg
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727Sky
reply to post by bobs_uruncle
There was a disturbing post by a S. African sometime ago (last year?) that said the ANC or some other group was waiting for his death and then there would be something called the night of the long knives (machetes) against the whites.. I tried to find the thread but it did not pop up in the search feature.... maybe someone else would have better luck. Let us hope that thread proves wrong.
Because they're barbarians.
And who, exactly, would these 'barbarians' be?