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Rank: Member Joined: 5/31/2013 Posts: 109
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Lolest! wrote:@kabz, you are in good company. I am searching for reasons why Mandela has near-saint status. So far I have 2 reasons: he was in confinement for 27 years for fighting apartheid and refused to be compromised by the govt to secure his release. Secondly, on being released, he pursued a line of reconcilation even appointing De Klerk as Deputy President in a coalition govt that was all inclusive. I am sure there were others who were incarcerated maybe even tortured for the same reason. What he did or went through during the struggle I am sure is not unique to him alone. Mandela could have been the poster guy, the individual to personify the struggle. To give a human face to the struggle. He has individualized and appropriated the struggle to himself. He is human after all.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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Ante_Christa wrote:Lolest! wrote:@kabz, you are in good company. I am searching for reasons why Mandela has near-saint status. So far I have 2 reasons: he was in confinement for 27 years for fighting apartheid and refused to be compromised by the govt to secure his release. Secondly, on being released, he pursued a line of reconcilation even appointing De Klerk as Deputy President in a coalition govt that was all inclusive. I am sure there were others who were incarcerated maybe even tortured for the same reason. What he did or went through during the struggle I am sure is not unique to him alone. Mandela could have been the poster guy, the individual to personify the struggle. To give a human face to the struggle. He has individualized and appropriated the struggle to himself. He is human after all. People people people people people! Mnajaribu nini? Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/27/2012 Posts: 169
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You are declared dead when the brain dies not when the heart stops beating. Ariel Sharon died long ago and so has Nelson.The machine can keep the heart beating for years but the person will never recover
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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seppuku wrote:Ante_Christa wrote:Lolest! wrote:@kabz, you are in good company. I am searching for reasons why Mandela has near-saint status. So far I have 2 reasons: he was in confinement for 27 years for fighting apartheid and refused to be compromised by the govt to secure his release. Secondly, on being released, he pursued a line of reconcilation even appointing De Klerk as Deputy President in a coalition govt that was all inclusive. I am sure there were others who were incarcerated maybe even tortured for the same reason. What he did or went through during the struggle I am sure is not unique to him alone. Mandela could have been the poster guy, the individual to personify the struggle. To give a human face to the struggle. He has individualized and appropriated the struggle to himself. He is human after all. People people people people people! Mnajaribu nini? Next time someone is all over the republic vilifying Moi or Mobutu for their governments' atrocities, I want to hear you guys come up and say, "Oh, see, he can't have been that bad you know. There must have been a lot of other people torturing and plundering with him. He was simply the face of the mess.". The leader, through his actions and those of his lieutenants, will always take the ultimate blame or credit. Such is the case with Mandela, and Hitler, and Benazir, and Bokasa, and Jesus Christ, and King Leopold... Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/31/2013 Posts: 109
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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sherrif wrote:safariant wrote:McReggae wrote:The advocate representing the Mandela family had to reveal this in the courts today to be able to win their case which the did win!!!... now because an official decision has made and it has not been made, Zuma and the wife assures everybody that everything is still fine!!!! Boss umekunywa ngapi so far? mchele,cookie and milk.S'mbody call him.  Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/7/2011 Posts: 410
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He cannot talk or see. amalala tu en they just go to see his body. He cannot even know who is who. so let them switch off the machine and God will do his part. Or they want it on until his 95th birhday??
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 1,793
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Ante_Christa wrote:Lolest! wrote:@kabz, you are in good company. I am searching for reasons why Mandela has near-saint status. So far I have 2 reasons: he was in confinement for 27 years for fighting apartheid and refused to be compromised by the govt to secure his release. Secondly, on being released, he pursued a line of reconcilation even appointing De Klerk as Deputy President in a coalition govt that was all inclusive. I am sure there were others who were incarcerated maybe even tortured for the same reason. What he did or went through during the struggle I am sure is not unique to him alone. Mandela could have been the poster guy, the individual to personify the struggle. To give a human face to the struggle. He has individualized and appropriated the struggle to himself. He is human after all. At one time, Mandela was considered a terrorist the west. After his Nobel prize, America and Britain changed tune. ......One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter http://www.telegraph.co....rom-US-terror-list.html
http://www.rawstory.com/...from-terrorist-to-icon/
http://metro.co.uk/2013/...-old-terrorist-3834865/
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/21/2008 Posts: 2,490
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Let God’s will be done.. The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the farmer who grows corn by the roadside have the same problem
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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simonkabz wrote:McReggae wrote:A hero, an inspiration to many....a life well lived, I am among those you inspired, you lived a life full of achievement, hope the next stage will be much better for you!!!
Family advised by the doctors to turn off the life support machine!!!! Bro, I have always been curious. I have grown up hearing of how Mandela IS A HERO yada yada yada.......but my little knowledge is that of a guy who spent 27 years in jail and somewhat automatically became a HERO on being released. When exactly did he become a hero? Kindly direct me to any helpful text or book that may help me appreciate this man more, coz much as I like n respect him, sijawahi elewa kwanini watu wanamuita shujaa........HELP! @kabz: Mandela had this belief to fight for what is right, what he felt his people needed, it didn't matter what he had to go through, he just believed and fought for it, he believed that one day the whole south Africa will sit together eat together drink tofether and live together as one no matter what color your skin is......he is basically the face of ending arpatheid in South Africa and the beginning of racial equality in that country.....and when he became the president, served one term and handed over power....as somebody said, you got to read the 'long walk to freedom'.......don't just take the 27years in jail on the face value!!!!! ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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