South African president has announced in the last few minutes. Nelson Mandela was 95
South African president has announced in the last few minutes. Nelson Mandela was 95
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
Karen Finney @finneyk 9m
Who among us would have the grace to invite our former jailers to your inauguration as Mandela did?
#lethatego
goldfly (12-06-2013)
goldfly (12-06-2013)
"I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles."
RIP to a great man. He will be missed
Mandela was considered a terrorist by the US Government until 2008.
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"Nelson Mandela did a lot of good work, don't get me wrong. But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
"Not to say Mandela wasn't for real. I have mad respect. I just think we need to keep things in perspective here. Anyone can be replaced. And I think I'm well on my way towards being the next great black leader. I'm already worshiped around the world. And there's more to come."
Guess who said it.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
Little Thethe Nov 19, 2020.
Why does Mandela get such a pass from starting an organization that ended up killing over 100 innocent people? He founded a 'terrorist' organization for gods sake.
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Jay-Z?Originally Posted by cajunrevenge
Elton John?
I was wondering when this was coming. Congrats, I guess.
hahaha
Fighting for self-government in the American colonies in the 18th century? Heroic patriotism.
Forming a militant resistance to a government that disenfranchised, degraded, and dehumanized people based on race during the latter half of the 20th century? Terrorism.
50PoundHead (12-07-2013), AerchAngel (12-08-2013), bravesnumberone (12-08-2013), Dalyn (12-07-2013), zitothebrave (12-07-2013)
i love the label "terrorist"
Heroes come with warts. Some are bigger than others.
AerchAngel (12-08-2013), Julio3000 (12-08-2013)
He's too preachy, but not a bad read. No one is perfect, and no one should be viewed as a god.
Yeah, that was funny. I'm glad he believes all men and women are equal, but in the past, people have used christianity as an argument for slavery.Apartheid flies in the face of the Christian understanding of the equality of every single human being. Our true human equality is not based in a political promise, it is biblically and theologically grounded—unquestionably grounded in the fact that the Bible clearly reveals that every single human being is equally made in God’s image. We are separate and distinct from other creatures precisely because we alone as a species—as human beings, as Homo sapiens—we alone bear God’s image. And we bear God’s image equally, male and female, regardless of any racial or ethnic consideration; and for that matter—as in these days we must argue over and over again—regardless of any other kind of consideration, including age or process of development.
Well he is a preacher (President of a Seminary). What do you expect? :-)
Spot on read. Doesn't gloss over the bad or the questionable. Doesn't resort to hagiography. But, he also doesn't do the typical bash. Underscores the good even the historical necessity.
Sure they have. Doesn't mean they were right.
Last edited by BedellBrave; 12-07-2013 at 11:12 PM.
Uh, I'll take who is the "voice of a generation" for $1000 Alex...
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