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Shameel6-Dec-13 21:15

Shameel

6-Dec-13 21:15

Apartheid existed everywhere and still exists in many parts of the world, I did not deny that. The question here is if it acceptable to launch armed resistance against a government that systematically institutionalized and legalized apartheid.

jschell7-Dec-13 10:32

jschell

7-Dec-13 10:32

Shameel wrote:
Apartheid existed everywhere and still...

Which does nothing to address the specific statement that you made and to which I responded.

AGAIN which specific part of apartheid, some specific practice that occurred, which you know about and which you believe did NOT have a specific counter part in the early Americas?

Shameel8-Dec-13 0:29

Shameel

8-Dec-13 0:29

jschell wrote:
AGAIN which specific part of apartheid, some specific practice that occurred, which you know about and which you believe did NOT have a specific counter part in the early Americas?

Did I ever deny that it did not exist in the Americas? I'm not sure why you're asking me this question.

jschell6-Dec-13 12:27

jschell

6-Dec-13 12:27

Chris Quinn wrote:
were terrorists who should have been hanged for treason.

Err...you do know that that was in fact a real possibility?

Chris Quinn8-Dec-13 20:25

Chris Quinn

8-Dec-13 20:25

Of course I do - and it should have happened! Mad | :mad:

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Eddy Vluggen6-Dec-13 0:19

Eddy Vluggen

6-Dec-13 0:19

Erudite_Eric wrote:
So yeah, Martin Luther King he isnt, Bin Laden he is.

So lets keep things in perspective eh?

One man's terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.

For the record, I voted your post as abuse - de mortuis nil nisi bonum, at least today.

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Simon_Whale6-Dec-13 0:21

Simon_Whale

6-Dec-13 0:21

Had to google that bit of Latin, Well said Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Erudite_Eric6-Dec-13 0:23

6-Dec-13 0:23

I am not speaking ill of the dead, merely pointing out the cras hypocrisy of the worlds leaders today. And anyone here who hero worships him.

And if you think thats abusive then you are a fool.

Eddy Vluggen6-Dec-13 0:31

Eddy Vluggen

6-Dec-13 0:31

Erudite_Eric wrote:
And if you think thats abusive then you are a fool.

Thank you, I'll wear that title with pride. It's abusive because you're merely making an issue out of it due to the emotional point that you don't like to ignore the fact that hero's and saint's do not exist by definition.

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Erudite_Eric6-Dec-13 1:18

6-Dec-13 1:18

What on earthis that supposed to mean?

I am abusive because I am emotionally NOT ignoring the fact saints dont exist?

How the hell does that work?

Eddy Vluggen6-Dec-13 6:21

Eddy Vluggen

6-Dec-13 6:21

Erudite_Eric wrote:
What on earthis that supposed to mean?

It's supposed to be an explanation on why I gave a harsh vote, for what looks like a rational remark in the lounge. I'm not good at explaining stuff.

Your only reason to make an issue out of it, is because you find it unfair that he is being treated as a hero. On his dying day.

Your reason is based on emotion; something "feels" unfair.

Rationally, there are no saints, no hero's. We're all (mostly) human.

Further, news has the tendency to be dramatized; it does not merely snow, it storms. The Dow does not go down half a point, it crashes to it's "weekly low". PC sales do not simply slump without anyone asking if it's the end of the desktop (or Microsoft) era.

I had the choice between marking it as spam or abuse; it's certainly not spam, but it shouldn't be in the lounge either - not today. Had you made your point any other day, I'd simply ignore it - but not on his dying day. So 'abuse', since it would be offensive for some readers.

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CBadger6-Dec-13 1:19

6-Dec-13 1:19

Well done

[like I said on his post]

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ZurdoDev6-Dec-13 1:55

ZurdoDev

6-Dec-13 1:55

Quote:
And if you think thats abusive then you are a fool.

It doesn't belong in the Lounge.

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User 5838526-Dec-13 0:35

User 583852

6-Dec-13 0:35

Classic FatBoy

Shameel6-Dec-13 1:06

Shameel

6-Dec-13 1:06

_Josh_ wrote:
FatBoy

Is that a combination of LittleBoy and FatMan?

Erudite_Eric6-Dec-13 1:24

6-Dec-13 1:24

Freak306-Dec-13 2:08

Freak30

6-Dec-13 2:08

Shameel wrote:

_Josh_ wrote:
FatBoy

Is that a combination
of LittleBoy and FatMan?

Well, the was a "song", if you can call it that, some years ago with the title
Fatboy slim is elefanting in heaven
or something like that. Maybe the name was a reference to that "song".

The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.

Septimus Hedgehog6-Dec-13 1:06

Septimus Hedgehog

6-Dec-13 1:06

Don't forget his ex-wife, Winnie. She apparently did her best to eradicate male virginity in SA while he was incarcerated doing porridge. When she did have intimate relations with him they were alluded to an iconic statue in Trafalgar Square like thus:

Q. What slides up and down Nelson's Column?
A. Winnie.

If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

Simon_Whale6-Dec-13 1:11

Simon_Whale

6-Dec-13 1:11

Oh dear I may feel my lunch returning Laugh | :laugh:

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CBadger6-Dec-13 1:09

6-Dec-13 1:09

:wondering: *from all these madiba post (including this one), rants etc, who is actually born, raised and still living in RSA. D'Oh! | :doh:

Having opinion of who actually lived through all this? And would you dare admit you might be wrong? Luckily freedom of speech allows for own opinions Laugh | :laugh:

I am getting my popcorn, this is going to be a good one $Shucks | :-\$

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Erudite_Eric6-Dec-13 1:33

6-Dec-13 1:33

Whats that got to do with it? OK, my dads from cape town, my brother lives there now.

Does that make any difference?

He was a terrorist, the world forgetting that fact shows how utterly two faced it is.

CBadger6-Dec-13 1:45

6-Dec-13 1:45

first read my post

CBadger wrote:
I am getting my popcorn, this is going to be a good one $Shucks | :-\$

secondly, you are quite a interesting trollie.

How is it that the biggest empty cans make the most noise? Suspicious | :suss:

I just read all your replies and statements and truly there is one definite answer to be found.
(Not that I can really say it here for I do not want my post to be deleted and marked as 'Message has been automatically removed') Unsure | :~

hold that thought let me just get more popcorn... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Erudite_Eric6-Dec-13 1:52

6-Dec-13 1:52

CBadger wrote:
first read my post

I did. If you dont like my reply, try making your post more comprehensible.

CBadger wrote:
secondly, you are quite a interesting trollie.

Oh really. Well I didnt post it to troll, merely to point out some facts.

CBadger wrote:
How is it that the biggest empty cans make the most noise?

because they are big and empty?

CBadger wrote:
Not that I can really say it here

So take it to the soapbox and I will gladly reply.

CBadger6-Dec-13 2:52

6-Dec-13 2:52

Erudite_Eric wrote:
So take it to the soapbox and I will gladly reply.

I have to be invested to do that when truly I do not care what you think of Mandela or what you do not think, beside there is a point to be had that you replied to every post made and also take it way too seriously but like you said

Erudite_Eric wrote:

CBadger wrote:
How is it that the biggest empty cans make the most noise?
because they are big and empty

Indeed they are D'Oh! | :doh:

you should've chosen the name Benighted_Eric Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Erudite_Eric6-Dec-13 3:02