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To: epicure who wrote (239461)	12/6/2013 12:38:06 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542214

Nelson Mandella was a great soul, nevertheless. Who of us on taking power after having been imprisoned for 20 years would have led his people to accept and forgive the very people who had imprisoned him? Not me, but I greatly admire that lesson. I have no idea if he was a Christian, but that was a Christ-like action. Also a very practical action, as he needed all of South Africa's white people, who had been running the show, to make his new government work for South Africans of all colors. He kept the place from becoming another Rhodesia. en.wikipedia.org A truly great man, without question. A man to make me think humanity might be worth preserving, a man to give hope for our species. Not all of us are hopeless, totally sold out pursuers of money and power. Some of us do have a higher purpose. Like the new pope.

To: epicure who wrote (239461)	12/6/2013 1:07:26 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 542214

Tough times in New Zealand theonion.com

To: epicure who wrote (239461)	12/6/2013 3:08:45 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 542214

These days, you are right about hyperbole over the recently deceased. That was not the case 40 years ago. It's almost satire these days. Dead people are all heroic, amazingly kind, would do anything for everyone. < If you recall just about any death, or any tragedy, it's always ridiculously hyped. Your choices are as silly as Koan's.> It's as though the commentators, by being superlatively splendiferous are trying to nab a bit of the amazing one's amazingness for themselves by saying how amazing they are themselves. "See, I say they were amazing so that makes me amazing too". A surging mob trying to get a piece of the action. Stompie and necklacing should be remembered in the process of "grieving". Or do we say, "Well, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs"? We should judge by results, as with any leader. So, how are things going for those who now have the vote and one of the highest murder and crime rates in the world? Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Ivory Coast, Zambi, Uganda, Malawi are worse. Look at Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew was perhaps the world champion 20th century man. en.wikipedia.org Mqurice