Banstead Stig |
06-12-2013 10:38 PM |
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Originally Posted by C. J.
(Post 176938)
Yes in his later years yes a good man but what about all the poeple he had killed in his earlier days . I side poeple forget .
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Can you expand on what you mean?
Do you mean people killed because of the ANC movement and associated activity or acts he undertook to have people killed?
I do not profess to be expert on his history, but I haven't seen evidence of the latter from the little I do know, so would be very interested.
Even notwithstanding that though, the scale of change he achieved will never be seen again I don't think.
The way he approached forgiveness of previously warring factions and parties who had committed horrific acts against one another was completely unprecedented.
Even if there are skeletons in his closet, so to speak, his aims remained true from an early age, so it is wrong to say he was only a 'good man' in later life in my opinion.
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