Controversy is fine by me. Political incorrectness is fine by me. But insults, conceit, lack of decorum and cowardly attempts at bullying people one disagrees with is not fine by me. And I personally think as an online community we should not tolerate it. Seconders and dissenters are welcome in equal measure.

People from all walks of life will meet at the funeral. The president of United States of Pharisees and sadducees, Mugabe, Kim Jong, Icc suspects, my phone has been tapped,frenemies, development partners, who else?

Mandela is who he is - a man who inspired a country to 'accept and move on'. he could have done otherwise and revenged but his decision but he decided to say to himself that

that is greatness. He had an opportunity to leave prison in 1977 but he said no!! He was a man with a great heart - a heart of humanity. However this does not mean that he is the only hero africa has. Stating this does not mean that while some consider Mugabe a hero they are rubbishing Mandela. I have urged people not to be extreme - life is not black or white.

looks like it's going to be the biggest funeral since Princess Diana's.

On a light note:
"Michelin za Michelle zilimpa Mandela Goodyear"

If Ohunye can only accept to go to the Hagwe and jailed for 50 years I bet he would be TWICE as great as Mandela. Who are his advicers here?
@Amores, @Masuksuk,@Am etal...

Ohunye hatawahi kanhyaga hague. Uliza siringi na amina abdallah. You are dreaming.

Meaning anyone dreming that Uhunye will ever become dreaming is watching Alice in wonderland. Ruto will do it before Uhunye. Tafakari hayo

I completely agree with this, I think Mandela was a great man, in that he championed black people's rights at a time when apartheid was rife. I think Mugabe did the same thing, only that Mugabe took the militant route while Mandela took the forgive and forget route. Its like the MLK vs Malcolm phenomenon, both were for black rights, only difference was their approach.There are some things I don't agree on with Mugabe, but overall I think he is a hero for demanding that black Zimbabweans be treated as human beings, a basic right. I think the western media has done a good job at vilifying any African leader who goes against their ideals and interests, so I'm about to embark on finding out more about Sankara. I admire Kagame too. I agree with Lolest, that we have let the west decide who is worthy of being celebrated and who is not, case in point Gaddafi!

true that. it seems some people here have chosen to believe what they hear from the western media.

70 heads of states attending and people still think mandela was nothimg??