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Postby Disserbia » Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:44 pm

Nelson Mandelandia?

Oh...I don't think he'll last the year.
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Postby OMGeverynameistaken » Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:55 pm

But if he dies, who will save us from the zombie apocalypse?
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Postby Horsefish » Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:56 pm

Ravenflight wrote:I would like to point out that people care more about Alex Jones than Nelson Mandela.


Is Alex Jones the mental American guy?

If so, I find that incredibly hard to believe.
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Postby Geilinor » Sun Jun 23, 2013 3:10 pm

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TaQud wrote:source?

Me. I made a page on Alex Jones and I made this. Alex jones has more views.

That guy is a ridiculous conspiracy theorist and is as bad as Glenn Beck.
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Postby Charlotte Ryberg » Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:20 pm

In a nutshell, the latest situation sends a very worrying signal to the country, who is hopeful to the very last moment that Nelson Mandela would get well.

I will be honest but I have to come to terms with the eventuality of Nelson Mandela's death.

Mandela’s death is going to be an near global event, with many world leaders expected to attend his funeral and make amends regardless of their stance on the Apartheid.

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Postby Charlotte Ryberg » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:18 am

Updates:
  • South Africa's Star newspaper has reported on Mandela's funeral plans as reality continues to sink in for South Africans. According to the BBC, his grandson and his traditional heir, Mandla, wants him buried in the nearby village of Mvezo where he was born, but other family members want the burial to take place in Qunu, with three of Mr Mandela's children exhumed and moved back there.
  • Archbishop Thabo Makgoba visited Mr Mandela today: he has "prayed for ex-President Nelson Mandela's "peaceful end".
  • Some readers may be aware of Obama's Africa tour: he is available to visit Mandela, depending on the wishes of the Mandela family.

Mandela's condition remains critical but I can see that there is still a lot of tributes flowing in because he is truly an international hero.

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Postby Keronians » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:21 am

I'm not too surprised, the man is very old, but it's a shame regardless. Here's to hoping that he beats the odds and recovers.
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Postby Royal Witch Realm » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:25 am

I love Nelson Mandela, and our prayer shall stay with him eternally, Amen. Thank you for letting me share.
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Postby Souseiseki » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:45 am

Charlotte Ryberg wrote:
Vitaphone Racing wrote:Well, he's gotta go sometime doesn't he? It's not like he's had a good innings and I doubt there's anything more he could do for SA at this point in this health.

I've been reluctant to come out here and admit that I have been preparing for the day when Mandela finally passes away for the fear of causing offence, but now you said it...

Personally it would be nice to see him live forever, but alas we don't have the technology for that.

i kinda wanna compare the reaction to thatchers death to the reaction to mandelas inevitable death but i know for a fact that somewhere out there hordes of tories are getting very very angry at the horrible terrorist man

Britannic Realms wrote:While I recognise the fact that he contributed to the fall of Apartheid, I don't particularly like Nelson Mandela as a person due to the fact that he essentially founded the military wing of the ANC.


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>dislikes nelson mandela because he "essentially founded the military wing of the ANC" :-(
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Postby Vistulange » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:45 am

The world will get a less interesting when we lose him. It'll be a sad day for most of us, but no one lives forever. We just have to remember his deeds and his memory.
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Postby Heavenly Peace » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:49 am

It is always a shame when a person loses their life and I find it incredibly repulsive to celebrate anyone's death, but I must admit I certainly won't be shedding any tears when Mandela has gone.
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Postby Ostroeuropa » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:01 am

Cameron was head of a student committee that printed
"Hang nelson mandela" posters.
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Postby Heavenly Peace » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:02 am

Ostroeuropa wrote:Cameron was head of a student committee that printed
"Hang nelson mandela" posters.


Source?
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Postby Ostroeuropa » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:03 am

Heavenly Peace wrote:
Ostroeuropa wrote:Cameron was head of a student committee that printed
"Hang nelson mandela" posters.


Source?


One moment, my internet is slow.
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Postby Souseiseki » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:03 am

Ostroeuropa wrote:
Heavenly Peace wrote:
Source?


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The poster:

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Postby Ostroeuropa » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:04 am

Souseiseki wrote:
Ostroeuropa wrote:
One moment, my internet is slow.
The poster:

Image

boinggggggggggggg


Yeh that's the one.
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Postby Heavenly Peace » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:05 am

Souseiseki wrote:
Ostroeuropa wrote:
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The poster:

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boinggggggggggggg


I meant that I wanted a source which proved whether David Cameron was a member of this student organization at the same time as these posters were produced.
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Postby Ostroeuropa » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:06 am

Heavenly Peace wrote:
Souseiseki wrote:Image

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I meant that I wanted a source which proved whether David Cameron was a member of this student organization at the same time as these posters were produced.


Above.
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Postby Of the Free Socialist Territories » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:06 am

Heavenly Peace wrote:It is always a shame when a person loses their life and I find it incredibly repulsive to celebrate anyone's death, but I must admit I certainly won't be shedding any tears when Mandela has gone.


Why?

Just curious.
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Postby Heavenly Peace » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:08 am

Ostroeuropa wrote:
Heavenly Peace wrote:
I meant that I wanted a source which proved whether David Cameron was a member of this student organization at the same time as these posters were produced.


Above.
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Your sources do not say that Cameron was even a member, let alone the leader, of an organization which advocated the hanging of Mandela.
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Postby Heavenly Peace » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:09 am

Of the Free Socialist Territories wrote:
Heavenly Peace wrote:It is always a shame when a person loses their life and I find it incredibly repulsive to celebrate anyone's death, but I must admit I certainly won't be shedding any tears when Mandela has gone.


Why?

Just curious.


I don't shed tears for Marxists. :P
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Postby Saruhan » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:14 am

Of the Free Socialist Territories wrote:
Heavenly Peace wrote:It is always a shame when a person loses their life and I find it incredibly repulsive to celebrate anyone's death, but I must admit I certainly won't be shedding any tears when Mandela has gone.


Why?

Just curious.

Because he founded a terrorist group?
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Postby Souseiseki » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:16 am

Heavenly Peace wrote:
Of the Free Socialist Territories wrote:
Why?

Just curious.


I don't shed tears for Marxists. :P

if only they had kept the "arch-marxist" in jail then we could have just avoided this thread in the first place
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Postby Heavenly Peace » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:18 am

Souseiseki wrote:
Heavenly Peace wrote:
I don't shed tears for Marxists. :P

if only they had kept the "arch-marxist" in jail then we could have just avoided this thread in the first place


Are you suggesting that the man who almost single-handedly brought down the brutal Apartheid regime should have been kept in gaol? For shame.
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Postby Souseiseki » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:19 am

Heavenly Peace wrote:
Souseiseki wrote:if only they had kept the "arch-marxist" in jail then we could have just avoided this thread in the first place


Are you suggesting that the man who almost single-handedly brought down the brutal Apartheid regime should have been kept in gaol? For shame.

nah

i'm just saying that if you hate marxists so much, well
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