Thursday, November 11, 2004
Way, way back when I first started the blog (you'll have to scroll way down to the bottom - Jan. 30 - I had no permalinks then), I put up an entry about Nelson Mandela and said, "To think I once admired this guy. I want my outrage back!" Well, it ain't getting any better. When I remember almost weeping when Mandela made a triumphal swing through Boston following his release from prison, and hundreds of thousands of people packed the Esplanade to cheer him...thinking back on that now...I feel like...red sauce is gonna come out of my mouth (That's suddenly become my four-year-old's expression for vomiting - go figure.)
Haaretz - Mandela: Arafat was 'outstanding freedom fighter':
South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela on Thursday hailed Arafat as "an icon in the proper sense of the word" and urged new commitment to a Middle East settlement.
"Yasser Arafat was one of the outstanding freedom fighters of this generation, one who gave his entire life to the cause of the Palestinian people," said Mandela, who met Arafat numerous times over the years.
"We honor his memory today. We express our sincerest condolences to his wife, family and the Palestinian people. It is with great sadness that one notes that his and his people's dream of a Palestinian state had not yet been realized."...
I have often said that the expression, "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter," begs the question: OK, so what kind of man are you?
Well now we know what kind of man Nelson Mandela is.
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Nelson Mandela actually has a splotchy record. His wife was accused by many for murdering a 'rival' freedom advocate.
http://www.ips.org/critical/watch/saf2.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/southafrica/story/0,13262,943866,00.html
Yeah, she's a shady character.
Well, at least he divorced her.
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