Nelson Mandela dead

[Number1]

Wow, quite possibly the greatest man to ever live.

 

[Racan]

95 years old, he lived a long fulfilling life, RIP.

 

[KlokWyze]

He's a great dude, yadda, yadda, yadda, but it's going to be same regurgitated bullshit sound bytes, endlessly, for months. CANT WAIT.


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[Capt Caveman]

RIP

 

[KeithP]

I would certainly hope so. Or hacked. No one can be that dumb.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/12/05/paris-hilton-fake-tweet/3886187/

Honestly, I am not sure how anyone could have read that and thought it was real. Or posted it an a forum.

R.I.P. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

-KeithP

 

[disappoint]

Requiescat En Pace, great man of the human race.

 

[dawp]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/12/05/paris-hilton-fake-tweet/3886187/

Honestly, I am not sure how anyone could have read that and thought it was real. Or posted it an a forum.

R.I.P. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

-KeithP

It's because people want to believe the worst even when it's an obvious fake.

rip.

 

[QueBert]

RIP Mr. Mandela

I work at a store, and a 20 something Asian guy came in and saw I had CNN on and asked why they were making a big deal over him dying. I said do you even know who Mandela is? He said

"Not really, but yeah I've heard of him"
"He was one of the greatest men ever" <- me
"I don't see the big deal here, it's not like he was Paul Walker"

And he proceeded to get into a 2 minute conversation with another customer about TFAF movies. Part of me wanted to punch him in the face and part of me wanted to cry because this is how a lot of the younger generation thinks.

 

[chucks1]

How soon before Obama compares himself to Mandela?



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[Braznor]

Look I don't want to be seen as a troll or as a thread crapper here.

Many people compare Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King to Gandhi everywhere. But I will say that such a comparison is very unfair to Mandela or King.

Gandhi was not the first proponent of non violence (ahimsa) and he won't be the last, especially in terms of Human tradition.

In fact, Mr Mandela or Mr King are gems by their own right. Please do not compare these two princes to Mr. Gandhi, you will be doing a disservice to them both.

Though Mr. Gandhi is my fellow Indian, I must admit he is still lesser than Mr Mandela or Mr King. Since my record of realization surpasses the scope of this thread, I will not voice my reasons why Mr. Gandhi doesn't deserve the title of the apostle of non violence. Let it be an another story for another time.

RIP Mr Mandela, you are and will be a great leader by your own right as well as Mr. King.

RIP Mr. Mandela, you are a true son of this Mother Earth Gaia and by your deeds you are immortal forever.

 

[SandEagle]

RIP Mr. Mandela

I work at a store, and a 20 something Asian guy came in and saw I had CNN on and asked why they were making a big deal over him dying. I said do you even know who Mandela is? He said

"Not really, but yeah I've heard of him"
"He was one of the greatest men ever" <- me
"I don't see the big deal here, it's not like he was Paul Walker"

And he proceeded to get into a 2 minute conversation with another customer about TFAF movies. Part of me wanted to punch him in the face and part of me wanted to cry because this is how a lot of the younger generation thinks.

so you wanted to punch him in the face for voicing his own opinion? clearly Mandela's teachings had no effect on you.

 

[JManInPhoenix]

R.I.P.

 

[rudeguy]

so you wanted to punch him in the face for voicing his own opinion? clearly Mandela's teachings had no effect on you.

no...just another made up Quebert post. Ignore it like all others.

 

[AViking]

Not a perfect man, not the best man who ever lived, but definitely a guy to be remembered. RIP.

 

[SandEagle]

for some reason this song played in my head as i was reading about Mandela. it seems fitting. RIP, Madiba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TAwbGo1E4

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Not a perfect man, not the best man who ever lived, but definitely a guy to be remembered. RIP.

Summed it up perfectly.

 

[feralkid]

How soon before Obama compares himself to Mandela?

<-----------P&N is that way, ass.

 

[Jeffg010]

Not a perfect man, not the best man who ever lived, but definitely a guy to be remembered. RIP.

This.

Now since he was leader in 94 things have not improved in South Africa and that country is going backwards. South Africa ranks 132nd out of 144 countries for its primary education and 143rd in science and maths. The gap between the rich and poor is one of the biggest for a country. Corruption is ramped in that government.

Nelson Mandelais was a great humanitarian but as leader of South Africa he was a failure.

RIP

 

[AdamK47]

<-----------P&N is that way, ass.

And your tribute to Mandela continues. Please create a list so that we know who on this forum is conforming to these unwritten social standards for when someone important passes.


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[feralkid]

This.
Nelson Mandelais was a great humanitarian but as leader of South Africa he was a failure.

Ask the people of South Africa if they think he was a failure.

Then take it to P&N.

 

[ultimatebob]

Queue the onslaught of pre-recorded news videos and pre-developed web pages.

Of course... we all knew he was sick for awhile, so they have had plenty of time to prepare their bio videos.

 

[feralkid]

And your tribute to Mandela continues. Please create a list so that we know who on this forum is conforming to these unwritten social standards for when someone important passes.

Please Read the Moderator Comments on post #1


Also see Moderator comments on Posts #41, 53 & 60 if there is still confusion.






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[AdamK47]

Please Read the Moderator Comments on post #1


Also see Moderator comments on Posts #41, 53 & 60 if there is still confusion.

I'm just glad you're here to help keep everyone in line. Thank You.

RIP Mr. Mandela.

 

[SandEagle]

so you wanted to punch him in the face for voicing his own opinion? clearly Mandela's teachings had no effect on you.

so i got a warning for thread crapping on this, EagleKeeper??!

whoa ho ho ho.....hold up there buddy. that wasnt thread crapping. i merely stated a point that this person isnt following what mandela stood for. did you give him a warning for posting that irrelevant nonsense? i know we dont see eye to eye, and i dont know how they made u an admin and not me.....but with great powers comes great responsibilitities. try to be fair.


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You know where to go to file a complaint.

You also are ignoring that it was only a warning.
And what you posted was nothing to do with a condolence.

so you wanted to punch him in the face for voicing his own opinion?

Should another Moderator review this and decide that you deliberately did a call out; you can expect another vacation.

EK
Admin


This is a mod callout. You've done this multiple times before and it's clearly your time away didn't help you in this area
of continuing moderator callouts.


esquared
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[WaTaGuMp]

Hey, I didn't actually post a condolence. :biggrin: