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R.I.P Nelson Mandela :(

c0nd1t10nr3dc0nd1t10nr3d Member Posts: 638 Arc User
edited December 2013 in Ten Forward
Nelson Mandela has sadly passed away aged 95. He was such a strong and inspirational man that will be sadly missed by past and future generations that will surely learn about his life, what he endured and suffered through for his people.

He was and always shall be an inspiration to all of humanity.

R.I.P. Nelson. :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    The world has lost a great man.

    "We will not forget. We will not fail you."
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  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    The news of his passing had an unexpected affect on me...almost like losing a hero that you respected but not revered.

    May he rest in peace
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Today is a very sad day. :(
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    This is not good. Nelson Mandela was an inspiring, global force for good. He will be missed.
  • sander233sander233 Member Posts: 3,992 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    It's a little odd that he passed away at 95 years old and I'm sitting here thinking He left too soon.

    I can only hope the world will never forget his legacy.
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,557 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Can't feel sad about a guy that died at 95. He had an amazing life and it was just his time to move on to the next life.
  • abaddon653abaddon653 Member Posts: 1,144 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Was in the winter event earlier and a few of us where talking about Mr. Mandela passing and some idiot comes in and goes off about how it's a "good thing another f****** terrorist is dead" and freaks out on everyone for supporting terrorism.

    I just stopped dead and stared at my screen for a minute or so, it was a level of stupidity I have never encountered before.

    Guy finally admitted he didn't know who Nelson Mandela was and just said that because the name sounded "terroristy".

    Some people need to be chained to a desk and forced to learn when in school.

    It's terrible that a great man dies and this is how some people react.
  • c0nd1t10nr3dc0nd1t10nr3d Member Posts: 638 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    abaddon653 wrote: »
    Was in the winter event earlier and a few of us where talking about Mr. Mandela passing and some idiot comes in and goes off about how it's a "good thing another f****** terrorist is dead" and freaks out on everyone for supporting terrorism.

    I just stopped dead and stared at my screen for a minute or so, it was a level of stupidity I have never encountered before.

    Guy finally admitted he didn't know who Nelson Mandela was and just said that because the name sounded "terroristy".

    Some people need to be chained to a desk and forced to learn when in school.

    It's terrible that a great man dies and this is how some people react.

    I just unfriended a few folks on facebook for ranting on and on calling Nelson a terrorist while not knowing a thing about him or what they were talking about.

    Some people can be so disrespectful sometimes and not realise that "Freedom" might not be what it is today without the acts, sacrifice and suffering of such a great man like Mr. Mandela.

    Some people need to wake up, re-educate themselves and be thankful that such an inspirational man lived and walked on this earth and help make the changes that were made to many many lives!
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    abaddon653 wrote: »
    Was in the winter event earlier and a few of us where talking about Mr. Mandela passing and some idiot comes in and goes off about how it's a "good thing another f****** terrorist is dead" and freaks out on everyone for supporting terrorism.

    I just stopped dead and stared at my screen for a minute or so, it was a level of stupidity I have never encountered before.

    Guy finally admitted he didn't know who Nelson Mandela was and just said that because the name sounded "terroristy".

    Some people need to be chained to a desk and forced to learn when in school.

    It's terrible that a great man dies and this is how some people react.

    *blink*
    *blink*
    *blink*

    HOLY. MOTHERFRACKING. S***.

    What account was that? We should report that guy to the devs and get him kicked off the game. That level of racist idiocy is appalling.

    I concur with you on the chain-to-desks thing. This is some grade-A, rarefied, ultra-pure idiocy.
  • roxbadroxbad Member Posts: 695
    edited December 2013
    starkaos wrote: »
    Can't feel sad about a guy that died at 95.
    I know it is inevitable. I know that the infirmity of age had already taken the person that was, but I still mourn the loss and can only hope that individuals of equal caliber are replenishing our numbers.

    The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela.
  • fraghul2000fraghul2000 Member Posts: 1,590 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Of course by now his accomplishments outweigh his past and most people would probably agree that the means he decided to take are justified the results we see today.

    But if you look at his biography during the 50's and 60', his actions with the ANC, him being a co-founder of the MK, supporting and promomting their violent actions, you can't deny that he had at least terrorist tendencies. For that part of his life, he wasn't any better or worse than other people of his time, weather it's the IRA, german RAF or the communist revolutionary movement in Cuba.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    abaddon653 wrote: »
    Was in the winter event earlier and a few of us where talking about Mr. Mandela passing and some idiot comes in and goes off about how it's a "good thing another f****** terrorist is dead" and freaks out on everyone for supporting terrorism.

    I just stopped dead and stared at my screen for a minute or so, it was a level of stupidity I have never encountered before.

    Guy finally admitted he didn't know who Nelson Mandela was and just said that because the name sounded "terroristy".

    Some people need to be chained to a desk and forced to learn when in school.

    It's terrible that a great man dies and this is how some people react.

    I just had to wrestle away the .45 my faith in humanity was going to shoot itself with. Some people should not be allowed keyboards.
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  • carasucia83carasucia83 Member Posts: 568 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Farewell to a great man and shame on any government leader citing him as a shining example of the struggle for liberty and freedom while they themselves limit, by action or by law, the freedom the of expression of their own citizens.

    May he rest in piece.
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  • theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 6,052 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    One of the great South African civil rights leaders of all time and a brilliant statesman, he left a legacy for all to live by.

    I may rename my Sovereign to USS Mandela
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    • janetza#4790 janetza
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      edited December 2013
      -1. Wondering why its such a big deal that even my chrome browser had put an add to my homepage which I had to block...
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    • roxbadroxbad Member Posts: 695
      edited December 2013
      taut0u wrote: »
      -1. Wondering why its such a big deal that even my chrome browser had put an add to my homepage which I had to block...

      At least you are asking the question.
    • roxbadroxbad Member Posts: 695
      edited December 2013
      fraghul2000 wrote: »
      Of course by now his accomplishments outweigh his past and most people would probably agree that the means he decided to take are justified the results we see today.

      But if you look at his biography during the 50's and 60', his actions with the ANC, him being a co-founder of the MK, supporting and promomting their violent actions, you can't deny that he had at least terrorist tendencies. For that part of his life, he wasn't any better or worse than other people of his time, weather it's the IRA, german RAF or the communist revolutionary movement in Cuba.

      I can agree with part of that sentiment and quibble with some of it. Let's take the comparison of the experience of Irish Catholics to that of South African Blacks in the 1950's and 1960's. I'll quibble with that.

      On the other hand, yes we are all equal. None objectively any better or worse than another. Yet... we are not objective creatures by nature. We will make subjective judgements. And those judgements say more about us than they do the things we are judging.
    • macroniusmacronius Member Posts: 2,526
      edited December 2013
      IDIC.

      Rest in peace!
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    • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
      edited December 2013
      c0nd1t10nr3d wrote: »
      Nelson Mandela has sadly passed away aged 95. He was such a strong and inspirational man that will be sadly missed by past and future generations that will surely learn about his life, what he endured and suffered through for his people.

      He was and always shall be an inspiration to all of humanity.

      R.I.P. Nelson. :(

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520

      I'm South African and he is my lifetime Hero. He is with God.
    • brewtolomusbrewtolomus Member Posts: 277
      edited December 2013
      reyan01 wrote: »
      The universal sadness at his passing, and the frequent references in the national AND international media, to his life, accomplishments and achievements are evidence enough that comments such as those you refer to on Facebook are those of trolls and idiots.

      He was an incredible man, and likely achieved more in two SECONDS that those Facebook troll idiots will achieve in their lifetimes. The sad fact is that people who post such garbage, regardless of why they posted it, are beyond education.

      ^100% This!
    • ufpterrellufpterrell Member Posts: 736 Arc User
      edited December 2013
      This is something that's been expected for some time I think but it doesn't make his passing any easier. This will be a hard time for South Africa as their greatest inspiration has departed. That being said though, I was happy to see that instead of grieving many were in the streets dancing and celebrating his achievements.

      My only regret is that we won't see another like him for a long, long time. I doubt there are many other men in this world who after 27 years of incarceration can come out of it with no misgivings or hatred to those who denied them of so many liberties for so long.

      RIP Nelson Mandela.
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    • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,516 Arc User
      edited December 2013
      And what still amazes me is the way he died, which for most of his life probably seemed near-impossible to him - peacefully, in his own bed, of old age, surrounded by friends, family, and well-wishers. I'm sure that during the 27 years he spent imprisoned for daring to speak out against apartheid, it was a distant dream...
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    • wildthyme467989wildthyme467989 Member Posts: 1,286 Arc User
      edited December 2013
      abaddon653 wrote: »
      Was in the winter event earlier and a few of us where talking about Mr. Mandela passing and some idiot comes in and goes off about how it's a "good thing another f****** terrorist is dead" and freaks out on everyone for supporting terrorism.

      I just stopped dead and stared at my screen for a minute or so, it was a level of stupidity I have never encountered before.

      Guy finally admitted he didn't know who Nelson Mandela was and just said that because the name sounded "terroristy".

      Some people need to be chained to a desk and forced to learn when in school.

      It's terrible that a great man dies and this is how some people react.

      There's a minority of people on Twitter exactly like that, I saw one who was TRIBBLE off that the BBC interrupted it's programming to bring the news, someone was able to fake a tweet from Paris Hilton confusing Mandela with Martin Luther King, and another one who said "It's sad, but there's people dying in the UK too, what about them." I'm also disgusted at the disrespect some people give at times like these.

      He was a great man who changed the world for the better, that should never be forgotten, and never will be.
    • anasaziscoutanasaziscout Member Posts: 30 Arc User
      edited December 2013
      Nelson Mandella was a great leader, and his example can still be followed. Mourning is important but raising up against injustice, as he did, is more important.
    • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
      edited December 2013
      jonsills wrote: »
      And what still amazes me is the way he died, which for most of his life probably seemed near-impossible to him - peacefully, in his own bed, of old age, surrounded by friends, family, and well-wishers. I'm sure that during the 27 years he spent imprisoned for daring to speak out against apartheid, it was a distant dream...

      I'm sure it was the way he would want anyone to go. :'(
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