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Sad passing of former South African Preisdent and freedom fighter Nelson Mandela

R.I.P. Nelson, you fought a great fight.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013/1 ... dead-at-95

RIP- a remarkable man.

RIP to a truly great warrior and freedom fighter.

The world had lost the most influential, courageous and inspiring person the world has ever see

Don't flame me but he wasn't the saint he was portrayed as in the media. Still did a lot for the people of South Africa however.

I think his profligacies have been well documented. And many saints were no 'saints' either.

However, the world is poorer for his loss.

Squids wrote:Don't flame me but he wasn't the saint he was portrayed as in the media. Still did a lot for the people of South Africa however.

Some say George Washington wasn't a saint also?

"Sometimes you have to pick up the gun to put the gun down"

Squids wrote:Don't flame me but he wasn't the saint he was portrayed as in the media. Still did a lot for the people of South Africa however.

Shit post by the way ...

After visiting Robben Island and seeing the conditions he had to spend the bulk of that 27 years in, for him to have continued the fight for what he believed in all that time was remarkable. He wasn't the only one that sacrificed their life for that cause but he certainly put everything he had into seeing it through.

I shudder to think what the world would be like without people who fought for the rights of others.

I can only admire the mental fortitude of this man. His strength of character must have been so amazing to have gone through what he did, yet still come out so sharp, determined and balanced to lead and unite his country.
R.I.P Nelson Mandela

One of the best tributes I ever heard to Mandela was from a South African stand up comedian (name of which escapes me) who, in the late 90s, walked on stage to a largely white audience, took a long pause and yelled,
“WHAT IF MANDELA HAD COME OUT OF PRISON AN ANGRY MAN?”.