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Originally Posted by alferret
Considering I started the negativity in the RIP thread guess I may as well post here too. Wouldn't want to upset the party line again by posting in the other thread!
My opinion.....
Nelson Mandela was the head of a terrorist organization before he was incarcerated, he may have never actually pulled the trigger but he ordered someone else to do the deed.
I neither like or dislike the man, I don't know him nor would I want to. But to honour someone who did what he did would and is in my opinion hypocritical.
As kymmy has said in the other post things are worse now for the poor, De Klerk started it the change, Mandela gets the praise.
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It's ok just saying he was the head of a terrorist group but black people where not allowed to protest even by peaceful means ,so violent measures where inevitable ,much the same as places like Syria .The big difference is that Mandela managed to keep the more violent protesters in check avoiding an all out civil war