RIP Nelson Mandela

[Sea Bass]

RIP, if it's true this time.

I don't follow?

He's been reported as dead or near dead multiple times in the last few months.

And reported dead on this site more than a year ago by a poster who was quite adamant that his source was unimpeachable.

Here's that thread. It was started Jan. 27, 2011.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/81831/

A classic. I wonder whatever happened to Ilmago, he said ominously.

He was elected United States Senator from Kentucky.

Well done.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

RIP.

I can no longer look at photos of him and not think Morgan Freeman, though.

Mandela was very busy living. Now he'll be busy dying.

RIP

 

[Mark2010]

He had been in poor health for a while, so a lot of people were sort of expecting it.

 

[Riptide]

RIP, if it's true this time.

I don't follow?

He's been reported as dead or near dead multiple times in the last few months.

And reported dead on this site more than a year ago by a poster who was quite adamant that his source was unimpeachable.

Here's that thread. It was started Jan. 27, 2011.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/81831/

Just read the first two pages. Let's just say that was comical.

Buckwheat has been shot.

 

[Drip]

RIP Mr. Mandela.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Head shot fail ...

 

[LongTimeListener]

Two equally courageous and persecuted people, though.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Head shot fail ...

Rest in peace, N-Man.

 

[Steak Snabler]

In Dallas:

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Head shot fail ...

At least Nelson never slapped the soccer ball out of F.W. de Klerk's hands.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Douche on the local news yesterday...

"After making such a big deal out of the death of an action star, I just hope the death of a true hero gets the coverage it deserves."

Right, because someone dying unexpectedly at age 40 in an accident should be compared to someone who is 95 and has been dying for more than a year.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Mandela's death got plenty more coverage, unless all you watch is E!

 

[Bob Cook]

Mandela is a testament to the power of forgiveness. South Africa has its problems, to be sure, but unlike Zimbabwe, it didn't fall apart in pointless vengeance. Forgiveness and compassion for your enemies -- which can be had even while sticking to your principles -- are often seen as weakness, but they can result in much greater strength, for the forgiven as well as the forgiver.

One notable sports-related act by Mandela -- embracing the Springboks, the rugby team often seen as the athletic embodiment of apartheid. (I guess that's been obliquely mentioned with the Morgan Freeman references.)

http://www.sarugbymag.co.za/blog/details/how-mandela-saved-the-springbok

 

[Boom_70]

Shep Smith yesterday on on Mandela passing:

"SMITH: There is a race to define and own the narrative, the political narrative that is that of this nation. It has changed hands repeatedly over the past few months, and the quest for ownership of the narrative is now going to take a short break and the world and the nation are better for it. Leave your narrative at the doorstep and let's celebrate a great man of the world."

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Sadly, not everyone thinks Mandela was the great man most decent human beings think he was. And they're not above making **** up to prove their point.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/wnds-farah-nelson-mandela-was-racist-terrorist

 

[deskslave]

Yes, I for one enjoyed the irony of David Cameron singing Mandela's praises, he being the current standard-bearer for a party whose own Reagan figure outwardly called Mandela a terrorist.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Mandela's death got plenty more coverage, unless all you watch is E!

That's because Obama made Mandela die to distract from the failure that is Obamacare.

 

[Boom_70]

Death Squads

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Mandela's death got plenty more coverage, unless all you watch is E!

Yeah, somehow I doubt Obama had a press conference immediately after Walker's death was announced.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Death Squads

What are you talking about?