Can we talk about Mandelas life and history?

[aeropb]

He suffered a tremendously difficult life marked by 27 years of hard time while vying for civil rights. He got rid of aparteid. He's like MLK.

 

[BadgeBunny]

He suffered a tremendously difficult life marked by 27 years of hard time while vying for civil rights. He got rid of aparteid. He's like MLK.

Hardly ...

 

[tntrex]

 

[Spata]

He suffered a tremendously difficult life marked by 27 years of hard time while vying for civil rights. He got rid of aparteid. He's like MLK.

Both were communists?

 

[uncle money bags]

How many other "leaders" can claim they are recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Soviet Order of Lenin ?

 

[KOPBET]

He suffered a tremendously difficult life marked by 27 years of hard time while vying for civil rights. He got rid of aparteid. He's like MLK.

What history book have you been reading?

 

[uncle money bags]

What history book have you been reading?

the approved version.

 

[71buickfreak]

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

 

[uncle money bags]

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

true, and as long as the statement is not perceived as a judgement of right and wrong, it applies in this situation. It is often possible for the "freedom fighter" and "terrorist" to both be wrong and or evil.

 

[TedKennedy]

He suffered a tremendously difficult life marked by 27 years of hard time while vying for civil rights. He got rid of aparteid. He's like MLK.

Yes, I believe he was.