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  • C CBadger

    Erudite_Eric wrote:

    So take it to the soapbox and I will gladly reply.

    I have to be invested to do that when truly I do not care what you think of Mandela or what you do not think, beside there is a point to be had that you replied to every post made and also take it way too seriously but like you said

    Erudite_Eric wrote:

    CBadger wrote:

    How is it that the biggest empty cans make the most noise?

    because they are big and empty

    Indeed they are :doh: you should've chosen the name Benighted_Eric :rolleyes:

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    Erudite_Eric
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    if you stop making the noise of a farting mouse I might be able to understand you long enough top give you a reply. Otherwise you are just being an annoying little squirt.

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    • Z ZurdoDev

      You tell me. But you didn't answer my question. I can't believe anyone would think that the US and SA are the same.

      There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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      Simon_Whale
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      They aren't but the thing is Eric likes to argue but doesn't like to have a grown up argument and listen to both sides of the story

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      • E Erudite_Eric

        once again, no, they arent the same, regardless of whether you believe in their cause or not.

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        Lost User
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        Hate him and call him a terrorist all your life, the facts is that he will remain a hero and a warrior who played a major role in abolishing apartheid in SA and will be remembered and cherished for centuries to come.

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          Godwin's Law[^]

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          Lost User
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          Given that Hitler has been dead for too long and people tend to mention Bin Laden a lot these days, is there a similar law related to Bin Laden? :-)

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          • E Erudite_Eric

            In the midst of the global heart rending at hsi death, lets not forget just what he was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umkhonto_we_Sizwe[^] Umkhonto we Sizwe was set up by Mandella and has been responsible for many deaths and injuries. So yeah, Martin Luther King he isnt, Bin Laden he is. So lets keep things in perspective eh?

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            Gregory Gadow
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            When the ANC was formed, it was ILLEGAL in South Africa for people with dark skin to organize, much less to fight for their basic human rights. They were engaged in a war, and wars are never clean. That the apartheid government called them terrorists is little different than the British government of the late 1700s calling US revolutionaries terrorists.

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            • E Erudite_Eric

              Whats that got to do with it? OK, my dads from cape town, my brother lives there now. Does that make any difference? He was a terrorist, the world forgetting that fact shows how utterly two faced it is.

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              Lost User
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              Erudite_Eric wrote:

              my dads from cape town, my brother lives there now.

              It's starting to make sense now.

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              • E Erudite_Eric

                Thats right, lable anyone whose opinions you disagree with a troll. Its so easy isnt it. Saves you from having to be tollerant.

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                OriginalGriff
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                Correct: I am lacktoes inTrollerant.

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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                • L Lost User

                  Hate him and call him a terrorist all your life, the facts is that he will remain a hero and a warrior who played a major role in abolishing apartheid in SA and will be remembered and cherished for centuries to come.

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                  Erudite_Eric
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                  See, thats where you are wromng. He was no 'warrior'. While being anti racist is admirable, you cannot justify the murder of civilians in bringing about its end.

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                  • L Lost User

                    Erudite_Eric wrote:

                    my dads from cape town, my brother lives there now.

                    It's starting to make sense now.

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                    Erudite_Eric
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                    You really are pathetic. You are now saying I am a racist just because my dad was born in capetown. Why not do something about prejudice in thw world by not being so yourself?

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                    • G Gregory Gadow

                      When the ANC was formed, it was ILLEGAL in South Africa for people with dark skin to organize, much less to fight for their basic human rights. They were engaged in a war, and wars are never clean. That the apartheid government called them terrorists is little different than the British government of the late 1700s calling US revolutionaries terrorists.

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                      Erudite_Eric
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                      Oh no, not another one who doesnt know the difference between military and civilan targets.

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                      • S Simon_Whale

                        They aren't but the thing is Eric likes to argue but doesn't like to have a grown up argument and listen to both sides of the story

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                        Erudite_Eric
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                        Did you just trot this lame and blanket statement out having read it on the internet somewhere? Go on, now jujstify it, tell me how I have ignored the side of the black in SA? Waiting.... (in vain I expect)

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                        • E Erudite_Eric

                          The English rebels, for they were English at the time, carried out bombing attacks killing civilians did they?

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                          Gregory Gadow
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                          Erudite_Eric wrote:

                          The English rebels, for they were English at the time, carried out bombing attacks killing civilians did they?

                          Yes, actually. There are numerous accounts in American history where revolutionary soldiers, acting on orders from their commanders, blew up depots where the British had been storing gunpowder resulting in much personal and property "collateral damage." While the "tea party" in Boston Harbor is famous, it was only one of a great many such acts. People seen as being sympathetic to the British were assaulted and beaten by mobs, and it was not unusual for such people to have their homes ransacked, farms burned to the ground and places of business utterly destroyed. There are numerous recorded instances of political lynching. Former patriots like Benedict Arnold did not abandon the revolution and return to the British out of any sense of loyalty to the Crown; they abandoned the revolution in disgust at what the revolutionaries were willing to do for their independence.

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                          • E Erudite_Eric

                            Did you just trot this lame and blanket statement out having read it on the internet somewhere? Go on, now jujstify it, tell me how I have ignored the side of the black in SA? Waiting.... (in vain I expect)

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                            Simon_Whale
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                            No I wont Eric as I have had discussions with you before and if it is information that you don't want to hear then you normally do one of the following 1. dodge the question / information posed to you. 2. return with some derogatory comment. 3. ramble with your original statement until we give in and say you win.

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                            • E Erudite_Eric

                              Oh no, not another one who doesnt know the difference between military and civilan targets.

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                              Gregory Gadow
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                              Erudite_Eric wrote:

                              Oh no, not another one who doesnt know the difference between military and civilan targets.

                              The American Revolution was no different: civilians perceived as supporting the British were frequently targeted, their homes ransacked by mobs and their businesses burned to the ground. Politically motivated murders were not uncommon: I will look for references, but I know at least one Massachusetts Assemblyman was found hanged the day after voting against the colony's support of the American revolution. As I said, it was war. In war, no one has clean hands. What matters is what one does after winning , and Nelson Mandela has worked very, very hard to clean up the aftermath of that war.

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                              • E Erudite_Eric

                                So one wrong deserves another does it?

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                                Marc Clifton
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                                Erudite_Eric wrote:

                                So one wrong deserves another does it?

                                No, a wrong deserves to be righted. The whole reason for the right to bear arms is so that the people have a means of defending themselves from a corrupt government. Marc

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                                • G Gregory Gadow

                                  Erudite_Eric wrote:

                                  The English rebels, for they were English at the time, carried out bombing attacks killing civilians did they?

                                  Yes, actually. There are numerous accounts in American history where revolutionary soldiers, acting on orders from their commanders, blew up depots where the British had been storing gunpowder resulting in much personal and property "collateral damage." While the "tea party" in Boston Harbor is famous, it was only one of a great many such acts. People seen as being sympathetic to the British were assaulted and beaten by mobs, and it was not unusual for such people to have their homes ransacked, farms burned to the ground and places of business utterly destroyed. There are numerous recorded instances of political lynching. Former patriots like Benedict Arnold did not abandon the revolution and return to the British out of any sense of loyalty to the Crown; they abandoned the revolution in disgust at what the revolutionaries were willing to do for their independence.

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                                  Erudite_Eric
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                                  Then by deffinition they were terrorists too. Of course that doesnt mean Mamndella was any more justified.

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                                  • S Simon_Whale

                                    No I wont Eric as I have had discussions with you before and if it is information that you don't want to hear then you normally do one of the following 1. dodge the question / information posed to you. 2. return with some derogatory comment. 3. ramble with your original statement until we give in and say you win.

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                                    Erudite_Eric
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                                    So thats a no, you cant thrn. Just as a I thought, it was an empty and ill considered statement you made.

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                                    • E Erudite_Eric

                                      In the midst of the global heart rending at hsi death, lets not forget just what he was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umkhonto_we_Sizwe[^] Umkhonto we Sizwe was set up by Mandella and has been responsible for many deaths and injuries. So yeah, Martin Luther King he isnt, Bin Laden he is. So lets keep things in perspective eh?

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                                      dan sh
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                                      Really! The government who decorated Mandela with such title was the one who created apartheid system in the country. You do know about unnecessary police raids in black communities, which BTW were at sub-human living standards, that were carried out during this reign. They were the one who did Sharpeville massacre[^] which preceded the formation of military wings in ANC. So, you are saying he is terrorist because he fought against racist, discriminatory and brutal regime. Great. Here[^] is something you may want to know.

                                      "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                                      • M Marc Clifton

                                        Erudite_Eric wrote:

                                        So one wrong deserves another does it?

                                        No, a wrong deserves to be righted. The whole reason for the right to bear arms is so that the people have a means of defending themselves from a corrupt government. Marc

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                                        Erudite_Eric
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                                        And a corrupt govt does not include innocent civilans. Look, I think Tony Blair is a terrorist and war criminal and should be locked up for life you know. I am not biassed against Mandella, it is all people who inflict pain and suffering on others in pursuit of their political goals that I detest.

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                                        • D dan sh

                                          Really! The government who decorated Mandela with such title was the one who created apartheid system in the country. You do know about unnecessary police raids in black communities, which BTW were at sub-human living standards, that were carried out during this reign. They were the one who did Sharpeville massacre[^] which preceded the formation of military wings in ANC. So, you are saying he is terrorist because he fought against racist, discriminatory and brutal regime. Great. Here[^] is something you may want to know.

                                          "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                                          Erudite_Eric
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                                          d@nish wrote:

                                          So, you are saying he is terrorist because he fought against racist, discriminatory and brutal regime

                                          Where did I say that? Oh yes, thats right, I didnt did I, You just imagined I did because you have a simplstic dualistic thought process that says if SA is bad, Mandella is good. They are both bad. get it?

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