Like I said I
personally have nothing against Mandela (don't know enough about SA politics unlike everybody else here), but I'm a little puzzled that some of the unpleasant aspects of his past are simply ignored by some.
So in the interests of balance:
Bombings and civilian deaths.
and
This documentary clip.
It all seems a lot more complicated than the "he was unbelievably loved by all and possibly the worlds greatest human" stuff, but what do I know?
Anyway, does this thread really need to be in the "General" forum? "Off topic" seems a better fit.
But that is what I explained. No man is perfect.
On tv here they keep showing this little clip where Mandela wonders what good it would do to protest peacefully against the powers that with ever increasing violence attack peaceful demonstrators. At some point peaceful resistance just isn't going to help.
It was then he decided to have a armed branch of the ANC apparently.
But did you know that Mother Teresa, considered a saint by hundreds of millions of people, had an organization that has hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank. This is money from donations, inheritances that were donated to her organization and all sort of gifts.
And that this organization pays no taxes. And that despite all this money, she went around in Calcutta pleading for the poor but spending little. And that she told dying or very sick people that 'pain was a blessing from the Lord'', in other words, instead of using a few busy bugs for pain medication she let poor people die in agony.
And so my point is, all hero's have a dark side, that perhaps they are blind to themselves but that others can see. Of course, no one dared go against Mother Teresa.... I mean if you wanted to have all your credibility down the drain you kept you mouth shut.
No person is perfect. But with all her religious stupidity and nonsense, I guess overall she did make a good case to helping the most poor.
And I am sure that for every 'hero' we can list, there is a dark side to be discerned.
