Nelson Mandela is dead. - Polidicks

RIP, it was just his time. I actually have a pic of Mandela and my uncle as his bodyguard, I should dig it out of my attic and display it.

Sadly, it was bound to happen eventually if not sooner than that. I'm glad he made it this long. R.I.P.

Obama is going to speak condolences soon.

It used to make me sad knowing Nelson Mandela would die in my lifetime. RIP.

[QUOTE=Gwoodman;43082285]I wonder how many young people are going to say on Facebook and Twitter "but I thought Nelson Mandela was a character from Invictus??"[/QUOTE]im thinking that anyone stupid enough to think that wouldn't have remembered his name anyway

[QUOTE=Primigenes;43082454]Watching MSNBC and Ed from the Ed show just called Mandela 65. I don't know how he can make this mistake and have no one correct him. Al Sharpton is right there and I really expect him to be the guy ho out of all the people there to know Mandela's age the best.[/QUOTE] I believe NBC momentarily had 65 up too, but it was quickly fixed.

And with him goes out a century of major breakthrough regarding social injustice and civil rights. Let's make the next century a good one. For him.

RIP Nelson Mandela, the other other guy in the car with Paul Walker

i liked him in shawshank redemption

[QUOTE=Mr Anonymous;43082266]One question, how the fuck does Wikipedia update it's pages so quickly when someone dies. I reckon there is someone they employ that checks like top 10 news websites every 10 minutes waiting for someone to die to update a page. RIP Nelson Mandela. Never forget.[/QUOTE] Wikipedia editors have way too much time on their hands. We all knew this day would come but goddamn...

Whoops, the second source is supposed to be MSNBC. Those are all the main major news sources I can think of. I figured for such an event it would be good to include them all.

God rest you, Mandela. You paved the way for a people's freedom, and enjoy now everlasting paradise.

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;43082301]No fucking way. Legitimately in shock right now.[/QUOTE] He was 95 and in poor health, why are you at all surprised?

95 is a good age to die blows my mind people are actually going "Whoa this can't be happening" when he is 95 :v:

A buddy of mine says he was secretly murdered by apartheid-era government loyalists. This buddy is kind of crazy though, so take it with bag of salt.

This song means so much more now. One of the last great tributes to this man, and he got to hear it before he died. [video=youtube;XC3ahd6Di3M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC3ahd6Di3M[/video]

no words can describe what south africa has lost.

[QUOTE=SexualShark;43082597]no words can describe what south africa has lost.[/QUOTE] nelson mandela [editline]5th December 2013[/editline] I believe that aptly describes exactly what they lost

Shit I just came out of hospital from car crash...and i come back to this shit! shit R.I.P dude

God Rest This Great Man's Soul

[img]http://www.volkstaat.net/images/focus/mandela/winnie-mandela-slovo_flag.jpg[/img] real stand-up guy

95 year olds. Damn, he had a good run.

[QUOTE=Limed00d;43082133]Rest in peace, Manny You died having accomplished much.[/QUOTE] did he write that

[QUOTE=JazZ5109AI;43082141]trying to watch a stream surrounding a heroes death, and of course i have to watch a viagra commercial[/QUOTE] heroic terrorist

[QUOTE=Pelican;43082787]heroic terrorist[/QUOTE] Woah now buddy, don't you go around accusing people of terrorism who were convicted murderers and terrorists! That makes you a [i]racist![/i]

Guy is responsible for mass-bombing of civilians who weren't even in relation to the apartheid government. In his rule, South Africa has become a slaughterhouse and feel-good rape house and disease central in Afirca, massive unemployment and starvation through out the country, and yeah. Sucks the guy died, but realistically speaking his accomplishments with removing the Apartheid Government have only caused a lot more civil strife and bad shit going on in South Africa. Not even to mention he still was responsible for signing off on the bombings of Churches and Schools across South Africa in the Early 80's.

Fuck, why couldn't this be a spam thread like last time.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;43082799]Guy is responsible for mass-bombing of civilians who weren't even in relation to the apartheid government. In his rule, South Africa has become a slaughterhouse and feel-good rape house and disease central in Afirca, massive unemployment and starvation through out the country, and yeah. Sucks the guy died, but realistically speaking his accomplishments with removing the Apartheid Government have only caused a lot more civil strife and bad shit going on in South Africa. Not even to mention he still was responsible for signing off on the bombings of Churches and Schools across South Africa in the Early 80's.[/QUOTE] I feel like I'm reading reddit.

wow there are a lot of political hipsters coming out of the woodworks saying "I always hated him" tonight

[QUOTE=Judas;43082836]wow there are a lot of political hipsters coming out of the woodworks saying "I always hated him" tonight[/QUOTE] What's an edgier time to express the hatred for a person than on his death date? :v: