Nelson Mandela won't be down for breakfast

[Budnicks]

RIP Nelson he supposedly died peacefully @ age 95... just saw it on the news

 

[69a100]

I was just going to post this, very sad indeed. He hasn't been in the greatest health as of late. RIP! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-nelson-mandela-dead-20131205,0,6266118.story

 

[Photon440]

R.I.P. At least he was able to see his movie biography 'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' which came out just last month.

 

[Richard Cranium]

This is enlightning....


http://peterwright.biz/a-contrarian-view/mandela-mass-murderer/

 

[Runner 68]

This is enlightning....


http://peterwright.biz/a-contrarian-view/mandela-mass-murderer/

I hear you RC. Not too terribly torn up about this one.

 

[HT413]

Funny how truth has a habit of surfacing a bit too late sometimes.

 

[ZR9B]

not loosing any sleep.....

 

[1971 plymouth roadrunner]

When I first herd he died, the first thing I said was. Looks like Nelson Mandela won't be down for breakfast

 

[clemul]

He was a communist and murderer, plain and simple... nothing to cry about....

 

[themechanic]

The truth about Mandela

[video=youtube;9PDX3-Qkx6Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9PDX3-Qkx6Y[/video]

 

[ga66mopar]

I hear you RC. Not too terribly torn up about this one.

I second that

 

[Cranky]

See ya.....not.

 

[Dennis H]

Communist.

 

[Jonnyuma]

I'm glad someone had the balls to publish that. You can try to tell people that Mandela and his old lady were murdurous lunatic thugs, but it has the same effect as trying to enlighten some dipshit wearing a Che Guevera t-shirt as to the truth about Che. The terrorism, murders, bombings, confiscation of legally owned property and persecution of peaceful citizens based on thier skin color has all been buried by the press. This "man of peace" was anything but.

 

[satman72]

Funny how truth has a habit of surfacing a bit too late sometimes.

No, the truth was always out there. It was just ignored by the majority of people because it felt good.

 

[paladin06]

This was one of Barry's hero's.

 

[ga66mopar]

No, the truth was always out there. It was just ignored by the majority of people because it felt good.

Dam that is right on the money.

 

[Durandal25]

.....I think the issue with Mandela is one of evolution. The man, like many in his position, started with political idea to change things from the black African perspective, and used violence, as all revolutions do, to accomplish the very thing he was fighting against. While in prison for 27 years, he had the time to see the damage he had done and the fantasy that was the ANC. His wife Whinny, was the real monster. She killed thousands in his name, and that alone caused the tensions throughout the region. On his release, he quickly distanced himself from her, and began a process to reconcile his roots and try to make a better country. It's tough to judge a dude like Mandela, given all the crap that folks to to each other over there.......

 

[satman72]

That's a good point. I respect what Mandela accomplished after he was released, but there was always nagging doubt because of what he did before. Nonetheless, it is what it is. We all have our own opinions of the man.

RIP Nelson.

 

[Cranky]

You make a good point Norman.....but I still feel that the NYSE didn't need to do a 'moment of silence' for the man. I guess he paid for his crimes but does anyone really end up doing that? I didn't keep up with him that much and really can't and shouldn't condemn any man.