I think there will never be another......

pipes · Senior Member

I think there will never be another......

Joda · Senior Member

Me (thank God says my Wife)

Eaglemax · Guru

Nelson Mandela, Prem Rawat Maharaji,

rgren2 · Guru

Hope there is never another Nelson Mandela

Whenarewethere · Guru

Hubert Wilkins

The Belmont Bear · Guru

Totally agree with you Eaglemax we lived in South Africa in 1995/96 just after Mandiba became the president. Without his push for forgiveness and reconciliation between the races I reckon that the country would have torn itself apart. I was also fortunate enough to have seen him in person when he attended an official opening ceremony for the aluminium smelter that we had been commissioning in Richards Bay. My wife and I visited Cape Town before we came home and like most tourists we took the ferry ride out to Robin Island to see where Mandella had been imprisoned for so many years - not a very pleasant place.

Cheers

BB

bgt · Guru

Santa

Eaglemax · Guru

The Belmont Bear wrote:
Totally agree with you Eaglemax we lived in South Africa in 1995/96 just after Mandiba became the president. Without his push for forgiveness and reconciliation between the races I reckon that the country would have torn itself apart. I was also fortunate enough to have seen him in person when he attended an official opening ceremony for the aluminium smelter that we had been commissioning in Richards Bay. My wife and I visited Cape Town before we came home and like most tourists we took the ferry ride out to Robin Island to see where Mandella had been imprisoned for so many years - not a very pleasant place.
Cheers
BB

Interesting BB. I liked his humility and forgiveness.

Tony

Izabarack · Guru

Mentioning Nelson Mandela is great counter to those who automatically put someone down on the grounds that "A leopard does not change its spots". I once had a long conversation with a guy who had been the head of Mandela's personal security detail for several years. My contact says Mandela was the most genuine person he had ever met.

Iza

Santa · Guru

rgren2 wrote:
Hope there is never another Nelson Mandela

Why would you say that? I have nothing but admiration for the man. confuse

"Mandela was a controversial figure for much of his life. Although critics on the right denounced him as a communist terrorist and those on the far-left deemed him too eager to negotiate and reconcile with apartheid's supporters, he gained international acclaim for his activism. Widely regarded as an icon of democracy and social justice, he received more than 250 honoursincluding the Nobel Peace Prizeand became the subject of a cult of personality. He is held in deep respect within South Africa, where he is often referred to by his Xhosa clan name, Madiba, and described as the "Father of the Nation"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

Santa · Guru

bgt wrote:
Santa

Here I am. biggrin

rgren2 · Guru

ANC and their method of discouraging opposition. Necklacing was a favourite.

Eaglemax · Guru

I havent responded as everyone is entitled to their opinion. Mandela- I loved his attitude

Plain Truth · Guru

Eaglemax wrote:
I havent responded as everyone is entitled to their opinion. Mandela- I loved his attitude

You just responded

MapleHunter25 · Veteran Member

rgren2 wrote:
ANC and their method of discouraging opposition. Necklacing was a favourite.

What has that got to do with Mandela who was in prison during that period?

'Necklacing was used by the black community to punish its members who were perceived as collaborators with the apartheid government. Necklacing was primarily used on police informants; the practice was often carried out in the name of the struggle, although the executive body of the African National Congress (ANC), the most broadly supported South African opposition movement, condemned it. In 1986, Winnie Mandela, then-wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, stated, "With our boxes of matches, and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country", which was widely seen as an explicit endorsement of necklacing, which at the time caused the ANC to distance itself from her.'