The real “St” - Mandela

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The following article was published on SAmizdat:

“Many newspapers are carrying front-page articles about St. Mandela’s 91st birthday (18 July). Instead of the fawning hagiographies, let’s rather consider the real “achievements” of St. Mandela.

1. Mandela was so “oppressed” that he went to university became a lawyer. He was allowed to practice law with his partner, Oliver Tambo. This strangely happened in apartheid South Africa in 1953, in which it is routinely alleged blacks were denied proper education.

2. During the Rivonia trial Mandela was convicted of plotting to overthrow the previous government by means of military action. Had the plan succeeded, thousands of “freedom fighters” would have sown terror and mayhem in South Africa. Mandela was therefore far from an innocent pacifist and his jail sentence was nothing if not fully justified. It remains a mystery why Percy Yutar, the prosecutor, did not call for the death sentence, which would also have been justified given Mandela’s treasonous intentions.

3. In 1961 he was one of the founders of Mkhonto we Sizwe - the “pricks (sorry “spears”) of the nation”, a murderous bunch of cowardly terrorist thugs, known mainly for their prowess at mowing down innocent civilians. As a military force, Mkhonto was however a complete joke, in spite of the so-called “Freedom Park’s” memorial to them. Mkhonto failed to “liberate” one square centimeter of South African territory. Instead, nests of this infestation were routinely exterminated by the former SA Defence Force.

4. Mandela admits in his book The Long Walk To Freedom that he personally approved the Church Street bombing, in which 11 people died and more than 200 were injured. Most of them were innocent civilians.

5. He remained in jail because he refused to renounce violence. The previous government did offer to release him provided he renounced violence. Hardly Mother Theresa stuff.

6. After he came to power, his regime wasted no time in befriending rogue states like Libya and Cuba and imposing the state racism aimed at whites known as affirmative action and black economic empowerment.

Like Mohammad Atta and Carlos the Jackal, this person is no hero, no saint and definitely not worthy of our admiration.

Mandela was found guilty on the following charges:

• One count under the South African Suppression of Communism Act No. 44 of 1950, charging that the accused committed acts calculated to further the achievement of the objective of communism;
• One count of contravening the South African Criminal Law Act (1953), which prohibits any person from soliciting or receiving any money or articles for the purpose of achieving organized defiance of laws and
country; and
• Two counts of sabotage, committing or aiding or procuring the commission of the following acts:

1) The further recruitment of persons for instruction and training, both within and outside the Republic of South Africa, in:
(a) the preparation, manufacture and use of explosives—for the purpose of committing acts of violence and destruction in the aforesaid Republic, (the preparation and manufacture of explo- sives, according to evidence submitted, included 210,000 hand grenades, 48,000 anti-personnel mines, 1,500 time devices, 144 tons of ammonium nitrate, 21.6 tons of aluminum powder and a ton of black powder);
(b) the art of warfare, including guerrilla warfare, and military training generally for the purpose in the aforesaid Republic;
(ii) Further acts of violence and destruction, (this includes 193 counts of terrorism committed between 1961 and 1963);
(iii) Acts of guerrilla warfare in the aforesaid Republic;
(iv) Acts of assistance to military units of foreign countries when involving the aforesaid Republic;
(v) Acts of participation in a violent revolution in the aforesaid Republic, whereby the accused, injured, damaged, destroyed, rendered useless or unserviceable, put out of action, obstructed, with or endangered:
• (a) the health or safety of the public;
• (b) the maintenance of law and order;
• (c) the supply and distribution of light, power or fuel;
• (d) postal, telephone or telegraph installations;
• (e) the free movement of traffic on land; and
• (f) the property, movable or immovable, of other persons or of the state.”

Now that is what the world like to call a true HERO!

Source: SAmizdat

[Penn]

Fascinating, is there any chance of linking the article?

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http://afrikaansegeskrifte.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with everything that is said on the link referred to. I am NOT some right wing lunatic. I do NOT have a personal issue with any person in particular. I am however all for hearing more than one side of a story, not only the side as portrayed by the main stream media, and then MAKING UP MY OWN MIND. We have a lovely expression in Afrikaans: "Moenie vir my kom vertel aapdrolle is vye nie." (Caution: 'aapdrolle' can be seen as rude language, eg 'ape shit'.) Loosely translated: "Don't come and tell me ape faecies are figs."

[Penn]

The blog, although extremely bias, is refreshing in its refusal to adhere to the political correctness required in journalism, or is it public relations that you are all engaging in?

[Richard]

1. Mandela was so “oppressed” that he went to university became a lawyer. He was allowed to practice law with his partner, Oliver Tambo. This strangely happened in apartheid South Africa in 1953, in which it is routinely alleged blacks were denied proper education.

You are aware that the apartheid policies of South Africa did not come into practice until after the 1948 elections placed the Afrikaner-dominated National Party into power - which was six years after Mandela earned his degree in Law - apparently the article's author is not (or is and wilfully chose to ignore the facts which counter his inferred argument) and I would be careful of using this piece for reference.

Richard's $.02

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Originally Posted by Richard

You are aware that the apartheid policies of South Africa did not come into practice until after the 1948 elections placed the Afrikaner-dominated National Party into power - which was six years after Mandela earned his degree in Law - apparently the article's author is not (or is and wilfully chose to ignore the facts which counter his inferred argument) and I would be careful of using this piece for reference.

Richard's $.02

Thank you for pointing that out, sir.

I was allowed to vote for the first time in 1992, so all of that is history to me. I am however very familiar with "regstellende aksie" and "black economic empowerment", but let's rather leave that whole beehive for another day.

My idea was not to comment on the political correctness of any government or any one person. My idea was to point out that one should be carefull of adopting the viewpoint of main stream media without question as there always is another perspective to any story. Come walk a mile in my shoes and your eyes will open up to how the media is misleading people. I have no vendetta against Mr Mandela, but I also do not for one second believe he is a Saint.

[Richard]

I have no vendetta against Mr Mandela, but I also do not for one second believe he is a Saint.

Neither do I - the point is that such skewing of facts to make an argument tarnishes the intended thesis of the writing and thus places the author into the same bias mold as those he is railing against.

Richard's $.02

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Originally Posted by Richard

Neither do I - the point is that such skewing of facts to make an argument tarnishes the intended thesis of the writing and thus places the author into the same bias mold as those he is railing against.

Richard's $.02

Point taken.

Still made me think, though.