Nelson Mandela

[sniff]

Of course he is. What do you think the White South Africans are? They are all Africans. Try some research.

dutch

What on earth are you talking about? You appear to think that because they're white they are not South African. The Boer people are descended from Dutch, Flemish, German folk, other white people from English, Scots, Irish, blah blah, fucking blah. Some brown South Africans have Asian heritage, they can't be African either?
In short, the white people in his country are just as entitled as him to Statehood, they are no more 'immigrants' than he is.

The berbers where indiginous to northern africa and they are of eurasian decent.. therefore by modern standards they would be white. Zidane is a decendent of the berbers and could be hardly called white, they are one of the oldest african civilizations... also the carthagen empire was quite well established around 4000 bc.. they would all be classes as white as well.

The Boer's are very recent and in essence invaded the are they live in.... but once you get to the fourth or fith generation they are as african as the dude who crawled out of the ooze. What do you tell them, go home ? Where would that be..

 

[mcmanus]

I dont know much about the history of SA to be honest, its not something thats ever really caught my attention. But im suprised at some of the vitriol shown towards Mandela. He is an iconic figure in the world yet some on here are making him out like some of Mugabe clone.

I honestly don't get the hatred of Mandela. If someone has the bollocks to stand up against people who judge others by the colour of their skin I applaud that man. Fuck racists twats.

I hope those that mark him out to be a terrorist never have to face what he did because he wasn't white.

30 years in prison against fucking keyboard warriors.

 

[tiggsywiggsywoo]

Number one on the list of blokes I would like to meet. God knows what I would say to him

 

[tidyman]

I will keep my thoughts on Mandela to myself

That he was a terrorist and secretly hates white people?

He obviously isn't very good at keeping secrets.

 

[Sam.]

If he snuffs it, his shirts are mine.

What a great selection.

 

[blueinsa]

Some right fucking garbage spouted here from people whose only insight to life in South Africa is the one presented to them by the BBC!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Some right fucking garbage spouted here from people whose only insight to life in South Africa is the one presented to them by the BBC!

You'll have noted I'm not one of them ;-)

 

[blueinsa]

Well worth a watch for those that have not got a clue what they are talking about.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R7vu9SuxaQ&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

 

[mad4city]

Mandela is a terrorist?
Wow.
No pun intended but the world really is black & white for some of BM's resident f**kwits, isn't it?
Let me tell y'all a story...
The man who invented passive resistance as a political tool was reared in Haslingden, Greater Manchester. He was previously an active member of the IRB and, as such, convicted as a terrorist. He was also a poet, a husband and father, a noted inspiration to the suffragette movement, passionate defender if religious freedom, oh and he was physically disabled from the age of 13.
So, just to re-cap for the resident f**kwits:
Michael Davitt was a terrorist and nothing more.

 

[gazhinio]

Mandela is a terrorist?
Wow.
No pun intended but the world really is black & white for some of BM's resident f**kwits, isn't it?
Let me tell y'all a story...
The man who invented passive resistance as a political tool was reared in Haslingden, Greater Manchester. He was previously an active member of the IRB and, as such, convicted as a terrorist. He was also a poet, a husband and father, a noted inspiration to the suffragette movement, passionate defender if religious freedom, oh and he was physically disabled from the age of 13.
So, just to re-cap for the resident f**kwits:
Michael Davitt was a terrorist and nothing more.

He was a terrorist, deal with it you f*ckwit!