Quote Originally Posted by Martin Mod View Post
Mandela is an interesting one.

The reason he stayed in prison so long is because he would not renounce violence, and the ANC were a terrorist organisation. This has been forgotten and history now says Mandela was a Ghandi like peaceful figure.

Still, when he came out he wanted peace and equality. Most in the ANC (including the murderer Winnie Mandela) wanted a Mugabe style destruction of the whites in South Africa. He would not allow this.

May his final moments be peaceful. Sleep well
True enough Martin he proved himself a statesman for all South Africans he was the voice of reason in the madness that sorounded the anc's rise to power.