Nelson Mandela

This could be a case for Mulder and Scully:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Y1AE_c8KM

#1... John every country through the ages has had to have someone to look up to, this is a form of human nature. During times of strife be it revolution, war fire or pestilence. The UK has had its heroes in the form of Nelson, Churchill and others over the past couple of hundred years, America had George Washington and made up ones like superman and Batman. Other countries in different parts of the world have their own folklore heroes. This seems to be what people crave. However there is nothing such as a perfect person as we all know, unless we consider our own mothers I suppose. This idolatory of someone goes back to the dawn of time I suppose. Cheers John Sabourn

Thinking about Washington and Jefferson , they were all Slave Owners , I wonder how Mandela thought of them

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Originally Posted by cappy

must say the ist time I went to the cape...... other delights

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Cappy I agree with you very much, I always remember watching the darker chaps being thrown on the back of an open truck in one of the cape ports going to the diamond mines. I watched the special addition of Question Time a few weeks ago the audience was of mixed politics, I have to say the cape without Mandela, Cold be a tide about to turn for the worse Regards Terry.

I recall getting on a bus in Cape Town and the bus driver saying things will change.
From now on no colour discrimination, no more black and white you are now al green.
So Light Greens at the front of the bus and Dark greens at the back.

Apropos Mandela & his promises when he came to power. Well recall Bob Hawke in Aus, "There will be no child living in poverty in Aus by XXXX year." What a croc & how the ferk was he going to do it? Also his one about planting X millions of trees another croc, just window dressing of a politician. Take not a jot of interest as it will not come to pass they say what the reckon they have to to get in or stay in.

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Originally Posted by leratty

Apropos Mandela--- or stay in.

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Most politicians will promise you the earth, and thta is what you get a bucket of dirt.

Don’t know if already posted or not ?

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid , but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela.


JS

He promised much to the people, but they are now worse off than before.

Had an aunt in Durban who I visited in ‘56 whilst rounding the Cape during Suez crisis. Heard various similar stories from my aunt who was headmistress of local girls school.She was very uncomfortable about the situation.
Jim Domleo
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