Mandela's contribution

Townhall.com ^ | 04 Feb. 2003 | William F. Buckley, Jr.

[B Knotts]

Mandela is not only a communist; he is also a racist.

[Post Toasties]

There's another possibility. Mandela's senile.

[txradioguy]

I'm glad to see that The Mirror has more respect for a man who was an ANC bomb thrower in the 60's and who's wife killed opponents by hanging a flaming car tire around their neck than their own PM and our President. Go figure.

[txradioguy]

I just keep hearing Donahue's words the other night that he thinks Mandela is "A shining beacon of truth and light in the world today." He said that friday night to Neal Boortz. What was left of Boortz' hair fell out in shock.

[raybbr]

...He is "for countless millions a symbol...

This statement tells a lot about the perspective of this article. Mandela is a symbol, which the communists and socialists thrive on. They never have anything concrete to offer to the world. Just more symbolism.

[wideawake]

Mandela, like his comrades-in-arms Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier, was a murderous, racist, Communist, terrorist thug when he was imprisoned and he is a murderous, racist, Communist, terrorist thug today.

He is one evil, evil son of b!tch.

[Republic of Texas]

Why anyone ever wasted one minute on that idiot is beyond me.

[rellimpank]

--and should have been hanged upon conviction thirty-some years ago--

[LetsRok]

Didn't Mandela and his wife Winney perfect the art of "necklacing" where they put a burning tire around the neck of their political adversaries to roast their head? And wasn't Mandela the "human rights hero" caught red handed in a room full of bomb making material when he was arrested? If those are human rights to be celebrated then the peacniks can have them.

[blackdog]

Mandella is to the blacks, what Mao is to the Chinese. They are celebrated symbols.

In reality Mao was a sick, horrible man who's behaviors ran contrary to decency. Mao was an opiate addict, sexual deviate, and elitist of the most dangerous kind. He suffered from venerial disease for all his adult life. He never ever bathed. He would request young girls for him to clean his genitals by having sex with him. He had a staff who gave him daily enema's, masterbated him twice daily, and awoke him in late afternoon each day. He cleaned his teeth with tea. He enjoyed seeing his parents executed in front of him, and those parents were very kind and generous toward Mao as a child by his own admission.

The above information is sourced to readings from Mao's own diaries.

It would seem to me that Mandella is well on the same journey as Mao, Stalin, Musselini, and other psychotic Marxists or Socialists.

I would say the leading threat to this world is the vulnerability of the world's masses to image builders. Why do people have this desire to follow anything illustrated and not experienced? The same public today would believe a lecture from Bono that safe sex means wearing a condom, and that advice from their church advising marriage and faithful relationships is ancient hooey? Go figure.

Mandella's status as a hero is due to the fact that the continent of Africa has none to be sold at present. Heroes as the public wants is what the public gets. That goes for blacks and whites.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Mandella ranks right up there with Jimmy Carter in the Book of World Fools...

[txradioguy]

They also have a lot of company on that list.

[NC28203]

Mandela is no saint, but given the fact that Black majority was denied the right to vote, freedom of association and freedom of movement within the nation's borders, it is not surprising that one would resort to violent means to affect societal change.

[txradioguy]

Huh???

[NC28203]

1931-34
South Africa gains independence from Great Britain after the passage of the Statute of Westminster by the British Parliament in December 1931 and its acceptance by South Africa in June 1934. From the formation of the independent country, the white minority controls the government and moves to limit the powers of nonwhites and create special designated areas, or homelands, for them to live.

May 26, 1948
The conservative Afrikaner-dominated National Party wins parliamentary elections and gains control of the South African government. The party, under new Premier Dr. Daniel F. Malan, begins taking steps toward implementing apartheid (apartness), the national policy of racial separation. [See Facts On File print edition 1948, p. 171C2]

June 13, 1950
Group Areas Act is enacted. It segregates communities and relegates the black population to a minor percentage of the nation's land. [See Facts On File print edition 1950, p. 189M]

1952
Enactment of pass laws. The laws require blacks to carry passbooks so that the government can regulate their travel through the country.

1953
Separate Amenities Act is enacted, establishing separate public facilities for whites and nonwhites.

June 26, 1955
The African National Congress and other opposition groups adopt the Freedom Charter, calling for equal political rights for all races.

Sept. 4, 1991
De Klerk outlines his government's proposals for a new constitution that will provide suffrage to the black majority for the first time.

[blackdog]

We are hard on Jimmy around here. James is a classy guy who I respect as a person. I blame a stupid bunch of people called voters and the Democrat party for bringing such a fine man to the Peter Principle at Mach 18.

I consider the world a better place with James around. A person with his optimism definately has a place in our society. As to where exactly that place is, I have no idea, but he is an honest man. Somewhat of a rare commodity lately. Insulting Carter is like shooting fish in a barrel. What's so damn funny is that the democrat party has become so pathetic, that the only thing they can do to bring honor to their pathetic causes is to drag o'l James out every now and then, hoping that some of his integrity will transfer to them today. What a sad bunch. James should start using that caller ID and screen his calls for his own good.

[txradioguy]

I know the historical timeline stuff. I just don't understand your ligic in defending Mandela's bomb throwing days in the ANC. If you follow that logic, we should be celebrating the Montana Freemen and the Republic of Texas kooks we had in my home state. After all, weren't they trying to change what they thought was an opressive gov't. in this country?

[blackdog]

If you think Mandela cares about voters you are sadly mistaken. The regimes that spawn from the African continent left to their own cultural practices result in the people being treated to a life of horror. The rest of the world was sold on the idea that Mandela would deliver the peoples of Africa to some new standard of living. He has delivered starvation, torture, murder, death squads, and a new more powerful band of unchecked warlords. The only problem is that we are too squeemish to do a post regime change analysis. That would be racist.

[B. Rabbit]

Mandela is no saint, but given the fact that Black majority was denied the right to vote, freedom of association and freedom of movement within the nation's borders, it is not surprising that one would resort to violent means to affect societal change.

Depends on the targets. If civilians were targets, and not police and military forces, than it is an act of terror and cannot be defended.

I don't know enough about the history of Mandela to make a judgement. But this fine line can separate a hero from a demon.