tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post7973501175533885589..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: Freed at lastRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-64014450924502711682010-02-15T16:42:53.880-07:002010-02-15T16:42:53.880-07:00@Angelika - Sun City (not the one outside Phoenix)...@Angelika - Sun City (not the one outside Phoenix) is a resort-gambling haven run by magnate Sol Kerzner. (Sol = Sun, get it?) It is considerable tamer now, but still magnificent. Yeah, something about apartheid. Did he look it up? I hope?<br /><br />Incidentally, if Evan can't find it, Mandela was imprisoned for treason. Something about wanting to overthrow the white government. One man's ceiling is another man's floor.<br /><br />@Soubriquet - All true about Winnie, and more. And greatness is a relative term in any event. The end result is what counts.<br /><br />@Descartes - A good movie. I love Morgan Freeman in anything.<br /><br />@Patchwork - I remember all.<br /><br />Your current president is not a modest man. Bigger crowd, probably. Since you are the only commentor so far who has met Mandela, as far as I know, I won't argue with you. On this, anyway. Thank you for your comment.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-71205351153370807162010-02-14T07:51:49.463-07:002010-02-14T07:51:49.463-07:00:) glad you remembered. Our current president deci...:) glad you remembered. Our current president decided to do his State of the Nation Address on this day as well. What a downer! :)Patchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355061240907499889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-60351578442766650562010-02-13T18:13:45.181-07:002010-02-13T18:13:45.181-07:00About all I know about Nelson Mandela is that he&#...About all I know about Nelson Mandela is that he's the guy Morgan Freeman played in Invictus. I also remember the song Sun City, though I always thought they meant the one in Arizona.Descarteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066336477465694768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-2252646535848383412010-02-13T12:28:13.003-07:002010-02-13T12:28:13.003-07:00And beside Nelson in that pic, do we not see his l...And beside Nelson in that pic, do we not see his loving ex-wife Winnie? She whose rad to peace and equality was a little less non-violent? she who ordered the abduction, torture, and death of Stompie Moeketsie?<br />She who called for murders, whose supporters were urged to kill by placing burning tyres over the necks of suspected "informers", she who was found guilty of fraud and embezzling?<br /><br />Whilst Nelson himself is a great man, we should not forget that many of his associates were not so clean of thought, word, and deed.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-40347550772412406882010-02-11T17:58:47.617-07:002010-02-11T17:58:47.617-07:00Don't tell anyone this, or I'll lose my Bl...Don't tell anyone this, or I'll lose my Black People Card.<br /><br />Evan asked me why Nelson Mandela had been imprisoned and I said "I don't remember. I just know it was unfair. Google it."<br /><br />Forgot all about apartheid. But I did remember the song "I ain't gonna play Sun City" buy that dude who was in the E Street Band.<br /><br />:-OAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00157990727797664266noreply@blogger.com