God bless Nelson Mandella RIP :-(

[Fly]

He'd been a spokesperson for the people of South Africa.
He's been jailed for his opinions.
Gutted isn't the word   
RIP Nelson

[Scimitar]

I'll agree totally.
R.I.P. Nelson Mandella

[Slacker]

The greatest leader in modern times. Even after all those years in prison he didn't was revenge on his captors just unity of the country

[Big Dave]

A sad day for the world.

R.I.P. Nelson Mandela.

[Old Cruser]

RIp Nelson Mandella - with your family at the end

[Pete]

"Nelson Mandela was a man who took direct action against apartheid and was described widely in the West as a terrorist because he used force.

Then he won and then world leaders flocked to praise him and gave the impression as if they had supported him all along.

I felt he was the Godfather of the Human Race."

Tony Benn

[therealjr]

Without wishing to decry from the quote above it really gets annoying when all the news outlets have what they term 'live updates' on their websites. There aren't going to be any updates,Mr Mandela is dead. What they mean is that they are going to let every politician and minor celebrity jump on the bandwagon and come out with a quote saying how wonderful he was. Do I care what David Cameron or David #%*^%>~ Beckham think? The news outlets have enough archive material of the great things Mandela did without these chancers making themselves look good.

[Pete]

>> Without wishing to decry from the quote above

Dont worry about that Jon - TBH I just wanted to post something but I was never very interested in Mandella so I grabbed that from Facebook. 

[Slacker]

There are some ignorant comments on the DT Facebook page, some from BNP (or similar) supporters.

Ironic really when South Africa when Mandela was jailed was a. country where only the descendants of immigrants had any rights

[Fly]

Came across this article. Didn't Nelson only ever chase for equality. Never personal gain, or on religious grounds ?
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/17-inspiring-facts-about-nelson-mandela.html