Guest realnicehat Report post Posted December 5, 2013 Sad news: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/nelson-mandela-hero-of-south-africa-dies-at-95-1.1576465 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) While not unexpected the passing of Nelson Mandela is still a significant loss for the world. This man not only transformed his country but also set an example for the world of how the determination and action if even a single man can change the world we live in. He showed us that leadership requires that the leader operate with integrity and principles. Thank you Mr. Mandela for the changes you brought to the world. Edited December 7, 2013 by Ice4fun 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MightyPen 67414 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 That's too bad. I'm not shocked since he was 95 and there was a close call just a month or two ago. But it's still sad to see his era come to an end. At least we can say... few people have lived a fuller life with more and better impact on so many people. He wasn't just a great and effective civil leader; he helped defuse the powderkeg surrounding the end of Apartheid. South Africa is still in deep social trouble, but it could have been incalculably worse without Mandela's efforts at a peaceful transition. A great man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Fantasy 144625 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 We lsot a great man... RIP Nelson Mandela Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest *Ste***cque** Report post Posted December 5, 2013 He sacrificed a lot for his path. A role model to the end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Miss Jane TG Report post Posted December 5, 2013 On the scale of evolution, this man was one of the few on the top of mankind! On the scale of intelligent design, this man was one of the best ever designed ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canuckhooker 19202 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 Perhaps his greatest contribution was the belief that there can be no peace without forgiveness. His capacity to forgive and strive for the greater good of all of his countrymen was truly admirable. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cato 160314 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 There are still great inspiring figures, and Mandela was among them. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest c**io**m7 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 RIP. A good man has passed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luscious.Tianna 12254 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 Wow Rest in Peace Nelson Mandela Always loved, Never Forgotten Your words have and always will be the inspiration to many of us Love and happy prayers to all of your loved ones 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salinaflower 5512 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 so sad...I never like that kinda news. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcguy42 38594 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 The world is a better place because Mr Mandela was in it. The world is a lesser place because he has left it. His personal struggle has ended. He is at rest. Our struggle to continue his legacy continues. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salinaflower 5512 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 saw this too :) ...-> http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1576636 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royalfun 55448 Report post Posted December 5, 2013 This man stood up for the freedom of all, black and white, and in many ways for the freedom of all humankind. Thank you, Mandela! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted December 6, 2013 I saw the following poem that I think sums up Nelson Mandela... Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. William Ernest Henley 1875 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athos 108589 Report post Posted December 6, 2013 There are some people that it is very difficult to imagine a world without them in it. Nelson Mandela was one of those types of figures. His name had been prominent in my consciousness for most of my life. It is extremely difficult to think of him as gone. The number of tributes pouring in from all over the world speak to how profoundly this one man changed our world. Porthos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Studio 110 by Sophia 150333 Report post Posted December 6, 2013 The world is a better place because of this man! Never will he be forgotten! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EmilyRushton 253346 Report post Posted December 6, 2013 Such sad news.... May he rest in Peace.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300291 Report post Posted December 6, 2013 Such a great man Despite his age, his passing is a loss for all RIP Nelson Mandela, the world is better for you having been here RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cinelli 22184 Report post Posted December 6, 2013 I just want to repeat what canuckhooker said. He was a man who endured hardship far beyond what any of us can imagine. He had every right to be bitter and vindictive but chose forgiveness and peace. He remade South Africa, not as a land for the blacks, rather as a land for all people. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78396 Report post Posted December 12, 2013 Choir tribute to Nelson Mandela http://za.news.yahoo.com/watch--the-most-touching-mandela-tribute-came-from-the-least-expected-place-070947330.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VedaSloan 119179 Report post Posted December 13, 2013 This is a really excellent oral history of Nelson Mandela narrated by Desmond Tutu. http://www.mandelahistory.org/stories.php 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
