Rest in peace, Nelson Mandela.

[Memnir]

And thank you.

[Livmo]

[voxson5]

Let him, his accomplishments, and his ideology always be remembered.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

Impossible to forget his work, his leadership, and his words...


"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."


"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."


And here are some quotes that give you an idea of the immense wisdom, humor and compassion of this great, great human being:


"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."

"In my country we go to prison first and then become President. "

"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires."

"Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?"

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

"There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease."





May he rest in peace, the great old warrior of freedom.

[Kir1]

The image of Nelson Mandela as a selfless, humble, freedom fighter turned cheerful, kindly old man, is well established in the West. If there is any international leader on whom we can universally heap praise it is surely he. But get past the halo we’ve placed on him without his permission, and Nelson Mandela had more than a few flaws which deserve attention.

He signed off on the deaths of innocent people, lots of them

Nelson Mandela was the head of UmKhonto we Sizwe, (MK), the terrorist wing of the ANC and South African Communist Party. At his trial, he had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilising terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandela’s MK terrorists. Here are some highlights

-Church Street West, Pretoria, on the 20 May 1983

-Amanzimtoti Shopping complex KZN, 23 December 1985

-Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court, 17 March 1988

-Durban Pick ‘n Pay shopping complex, 1 September 1986

-Pretoria Sterland movie complex 16 April 1988 – limpet mine killed ANC terrorist M O Maponya instead

-Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court, 20 May 1987

-Roodepoort Standard Bank 3 June, 1988

Tellingly, not only did Mandela refuse to renounce violence, Amnesty refused to take his case stating “[the] movement recorded that it could not give the name of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ to anyone associated with violence, even though as in ‘conventional warfare’ a degree of restraint may be exercised.”

[D'arc_Tangent]

Requiescat in pace.

[Hendrik]

God bless you Mr. Mandela and may what you stood for be never forgotten.

[schelsullivan]

Rest in Peace +1

[Arnhelm]

As a symbol, one of the greatest in the world. Much like other symbols (Mother Teresa comes to mind), he had feet of clay and an ambiguous legacy in reality.

RIP

[Bekki]

May he rest in peace.

/Salute

/Bows head.

[HongKongKid]

As a South African, I am glad to see that the world cares about Mr Mandela. I personally thought that no one other than those who experienced his release first hand living in other countries would know, ie, I didn't know that the youth of the world were being taught South African history. Not to go off topic here, but any South Africans out here in this game?