Nelson Mandela Lives - Never Trust Your Father

[patchamalbion]

oh dear

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Attention seeking?

It worked!

 

[bluenitsuj]

Welcome back Mandela. Resurrected.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

It worked!

regards
DR

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

I'm listening to my archaic father. He has been suitably scolded. His reasoning was a long tribute to Mandela on BBC radio which was talking about him in the past tense.

He needs to be suitably scalded!

 

[Eric Potts]

So ..... He died , and he's risen again ?

 

[Billy the Fish]

Mabye if we delete this thread and start again we could start an internet rumour. At the very least it'll be on the back page of the argus as andy naylor's lead story.

 

[Coach_Carter_92]

?

 

[topbanana36]

Out of respect, maybe better just to delete this thread?

We wont mention necklacing, Umkhonto we Sizwe and Colonel Gaddafi just yet then.

 

[daveinprague]

Or the AWB, the military death squads, the murder of Steve Biko, or Chris Hani, or smiling white policemen shooting children during the school boycott, the ****ing ridiculousness of being an African, in Africa, being a second class citizen to a European...talk about Spear of the Nation as much as you want, every liberation movement has a name.......

Lets talk about a man, whose humility, and forgiveness saved a country turning into a bloodbath.

 

[algie]

Or the AWB, the military death squads, the murder of Steve Biko, or Chris Hani, or smiling white policemen shooting children during the school boycott, the ****ing ridiculousness of being an African, in Africa, being a second class citizen to a European...talk about Spear of the Nation as much as you want, every liberation movement has a name.......

Lets talk about a man, whose humility, and forgiveness saved a country turning into a bloodbath.

Ah Biko. Cracking song from one of my all time favorite albums -Street Fighting years.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

And so it came to pass that Nelson Mandela rose on the third day, nay hour, nay minute...

 

[topbanana36]

Lets talk about a man, whose humility, and forgiveness saved a country turning into a bloodbath.[/QUOTE]

 

[daveinprague]

blah blah what?

 

[Guinness Boy]

So a binfest is now possible on NSC due to nothing at all happening.

 

[Dick Head]

So a binfest is now possible on NSC due to nothing at all happening.

Don't see why not.

 

[the wanderbus]

According to my sister who lives in S.A. Mandela's daughter has said that he is in a "vegetative state" being kept alive by machines and drugs. The authorities are trying to keep him alive until after the election in fear of losing a large percentage voters that don't actually vote ANC but misguidedly still believe they are voting for the party of Mandela rather than that of Jacob Zuma. I expect one of the resident nsc'ers over there will either confirm or refute this, as it probably reflects which paper my sister reads.

 

[daveinprague]

So a binfest is now possible on NSC due to nothing at all happening.

No match till monday, got to do something!

 

[daveinprague]

According to my sister who lives in S.A. Mandela's daughter has said that he is in a "vegetative state" being kept alive by machines and drugs. The authorities are trying to keep him alive until after the election in fear of losing a large percentage voters that don't actually vote ANC but misguidedly still believe they are voting for the party of Mandela rather than that of Jacob Zuma. I expect one of the resident nsc'ers over there will either confirm or refute this, as it probably reflects which paper my sister reads.

Think it has more to do with the internal family rift and court case than any conspiracy theory..isnt his eldest daughter in some sort of family legal dispute?

 

[KZNSeagull]

According to my sister who lives in S.A. Mandela's daughter has said that he is in a "vegetative state" being kept alive by machines and drugs. The authorities are trying to keep him alive until after the election in fear of losing a large percentage voters that don't actually vote ANC but misguidedly still believe they are voting for the party of Mandela rather than that of Jacob Zuma. I expect one of the resident nsc'ers over there will either confirm or refute this, as it probably reflects which paper my sister reads.

Doctor's said back in July he was in a permanent vegetative state, then the government denied it. I also heard reports that he was already dead and they were waiting for his birthday to announce it (that was back in July).
The truth is no-one really knows. I have seen the reports about the complete balls-up when he was first taken ill (ie, government insisted they use a military ambulance to take him to hospital, which then broke down and they then had to wait 40 minutes for a proper ambulance to carry on the journey). I have also heard that there was major planning going on in the days after he was admitted, as if they were expecting him to die, or he was already dead.
If the ANC, or his family for that matter, is keeping him alive for political reasons, there will be ramifications. The whole thing is rather unsavoury if you ask me (the infighting within the Mandela family in particular) and I would rather they let the poor old chap pass on in peace.
As for the elections, if the ANC are relying on people voting for Mandela to keep them in power, then they are stuffed anyway! They will get back in whether he is alive or dead, but I would expect their share of the vote to drop quite a lot.