O.T. Mandela - has passed away - the Great Man has died

[Generalzod]

one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, if it wasn't for Mandela the blacks will still be living in bondage, thank god they had a voice called MANDELA....

Long Walk to Freedom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no-dMxOEdis

 

[Crikey!!!!]

'socialism is the biggest murderer of civilians the planet has ever seen' - Not even close I'm afraid.

That (dis)honour would have to go disease introduced to indigenous cultures, followed closely by despotism.. both of which are the result of common greed. A trait more closely aligned to capitalism than socialism, not that the millions of victims would have been so interested in arguing the finer points.

If you're going to group Nelson Mandela as Gerry Adams then axiomatically you'll have to include George Washington, Simon Bolivar and William Wallace. May as well throw the Dalai Lama and Mahatma Gandhi for what it's worth, seeing as we're just making it up as we go.

And speaking of for what it's worth, if my country and people were oppressed by a foreign culture as was the case in South Africa, I only hope that I and others like me would show half the determination, courage and grace of a man like Nelson Mandela.

WELL SAID.
95
30yrs in jail for what???
Inspiration alright.
RIP

 

[blacktip-reefy]

30yrs in jail for what???(

? One count under the South African Suppression of Communism Act No. 44 of 1950, charging that the accused committed acts calculated to further the achievement of the objective of communism;

? One count of contravening the South African Criminal Law Act (1953), which prohibits any person from soliciting or receiving any money or articles for the purpose of achieving organized defiance of laws and country; and

? Two counts of sabotage, committing or aiding or procuring the commission of the following acts:

1) The further recruitment of persons for instruction and training, both within and outside the Republic of South Africa, in:

(a) the preparation, manufacture and use of explosives?for the purpose of committing acts of violence and destruction in the aforesaid Republic, (the preparation and manufacture of explosives, according to evidence submitted, included 210,000 hand grenades, 48,000 anti-personnel mines, 1,500 time devices, 144 tons of ammonium nitrate, 21.6 tons of aluminum powder and a ton of black powder);

(b) the art of warfare, including guerrilla warfare, and military training generally for the purpose in the aforesaid Republic;

(ii) Further acts of violence and destruction, (this includes 193 counts of terrorism committed between 1961 and 1963);

(iii) Acts of guerrilla warfare in the aforesaid Republic;

(iv) Acts of assistance to military units of foreign countries when involving the aforesaid Republic;

(v) Acts of participation in a violent revolution in the aforesaid Republic, whereby the accused, injured, damaged, destroyed, rendered useless or unserviceable, put out of action, obstructed, with or endangered:

(a) the health or safety of the public;
(b) the maintenance of law and order;

(c) the supply and distribution of light, power or fuel;
(d) postal, telephone or telegraph installations;
(e) the free movement of traffic on land; and
(f) the property, movable or immovable, of other persons or of the state.

Source: The State v. Nelson Mandela et al, Supreme Court of South Africa, Transvaal Provincial Division, 1963-1964, Indictment.

 

[Thick Skinned Shark]

? One count under the South African Suppression of Communism Act No. 44 of 1950, charging that the accused committed acts calculated to further the achievement of the objective of communism;

? One count of contravening the South African Criminal Law Act (1953), which prohibits any person from soliciting or receiving any money or articles for the purpose of achieving organized defiance of laws and country; and

? Two counts of sabotage, committing or aiding or procuring the commission of the following acts:

1) The further recruitment of persons for instruction and training, both within and outside the Republic of South Africa, in:

(a) the preparation, manufacture and use of explosives?for the purpose of committing acts of violence and destruction in the aforesaid Republic, (the preparation and manufacture of explosives, according to evidence submitted, included 210,000 hand grenades, 48,000 anti-personnel mines, 1,500 time devices, 144 tons of ammonium nitrate, 21.6 tons of aluminum powder and a ton of black powder);

(b) the art of warfare, including guerrilla warfare, and military training generally for the purpose in the aforesaid Republic;

(ii) Further acts of violence and destruction, (this includes 193 counts of terrorism committed between 1961 and 1963);

(iii) Acts of guerrilla warfare in the aforesaid Republic;

(iv) Acts of assistance to military units of foreign countries when involving the aforesaid Republic;

(v) Acts of participation in a violent revolution in the aforesaid Republic, whereby the accused, injured, damaged, destroyed, rendered useless or unserviceable, put out of action, obstructed, with or endangered:

(a) the health or safety of the public;
(b) the maintenance of law and order;

(c) the supply and distribution of light, power or fuel;
(d) postal, telephone or telegraph installations;
(e) the free movement of traffic on land; and
(f) the property, movable or immovable, of other persons or of the state.

Source: The State v. Nelson Mandela et al, Supreme Court of South Africa, Transvaal Provincial Division, 1963-1964, Indictment.

Thanks for posting that, the truth can sometime cloud a 'good story' !
I thought the Stadium name FNB (pronounced effen'b' ) went a long way in describing quite a few of the "dignitaries" ....
Perpetrators of Death headed by Obama (drone director), Bush ( should not be free to walk this earth ), Kissinger, Mugave ....just to name a a small portion of the crooks that were in attendance

 

[winnerchickendinner]

R.i.p Mandela

 

[sharknows]

FMD another c a r n t trying to rev up Reefy

 

[Madsharkie]

FMD another c a r n t trying to rev up Reefy

lol

 

[spirit of league]

Rabid one-eyed political bias may be amusing but it never made for particularly enlightening argument.

The Nazis had laws which could be quoted to portray Germany's mid 20th Jewish population as 'criminals'... But that would make as much sense as arguing that a mere 300 years defeats a basic principle of morality.. Or claiming that the mass murders of psychotic despots can be attributed to socialism simply because said despots chose the misnomer communism over fascism and wore khaki jumpsuits with a red star badge on their cap