Nelson Mandela is a much better human being than I am (but I suspect you knew that already). He is capable of praising PW Botha now that he has died. I am not.
As far as I am concerned he was a terrorist. The fact that he died comfortably at home in the arms of his family does not make him materially different than other members of the larger terrorist community.
I would like to take the opportunity to use his death to remind us that governments CAN and DO commit acts of terrorism and that heads of state and heads of government CAN BE and ARE terrorists. Nationhood does not and cannot excuse terrorism and when governments commit or excuse acts of terror they do so in our names. It is our duty to ourselves and to humanity as a whole not to allow that to happen and to see to it that there are consequences if it does!
As far as I am concerned he was a terrorist. The fact that he died comfortably at home in the arms of his family does not make him materially different than other members of the larger terrorist community.
I would like to take the opportunity to use his death to remind us that governments CAN and DO commit acts of terrorism and that heads of state and heads of government CAN BE and ARE terrorists. Nationhood does not and cannot excuse terrorism and when governments commit or excuse acts of terror they do so in our names. It is our duty to ourselves and to humanity as a whole not to allow that to happen and to see to it that there are consequences if it does!
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