[Brazelton] Nelson Mandela

[mikerc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520

Well we all knew it was coming but still... Damn.

 

[Siska]

Damn, this sucks. My mom pushed me around in a stroller in so many anti-apartheid demonstrations when I was little. He was one of the first, possibly the very first, political figure I became aware of. Certainly the first foreign one.

 

[Tress]

Quite a loss for the world. He's definitely earned some rest, though.

 

[Just Me]

What he did for his people, his country and our world cannot be measured or expressed in mere words or numbers.

Rest in Peace, Madiba.

 

[PatrThom]

The Onion: Nelson Mandela Becomes First Politician To Be Missed.

"...people have felt a sense of sorrow at the deaths of politicians in the past, but Nelson Mandela’s death is the only one on record that people everywhere unanimously agree has left the world notably worse off. I miss him, we all miss him—and that’s entirely unprecedented in the world of politics.” Delaney added that he could not predict who might be the second politician to be missed by humanity, but confirmed there were no viable candidates anywhere out there right now.

--Patrick

 

[Bubble181]

The Onion: Nelson Mandela Becomes First Politician To Be Missed.


--Patrick

On the one hgand, yes indeed; on the other hand...Ghandi.

Anyway, Mandela will be missed, and I'll be curious to see what happens to SA now. A lot of political tension waiting to boil over and none of the current leaders have anywhere near his charisma or positive influence on people.