tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post6828384770236315250..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A GREAT MAN HAS DIEDRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-26934877925597421632013-12-06T13:27:37.925-05:002013-12-06T13:27:37.925-05:00By the way, the BBC's Louis Theroux did an int...By the way, the BBC's Louis Theroux did an interview with Terreblanche shortly before he was murdered. It didn't go well...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPbExwBJiwYBjornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02698906609662554600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-74364478787008177042013-12-06T11:43:21.817-05:002013-12-06T11:43:21.817-05:00I can't say what qualifies an individual to ra...I can't say what qualifies an individual to rank greatness in world leaders.<br />The criteria for judging that quality may simply be how much they independently shaped events and how much independence in their struggle they displayed.<br />Reagan and Kennedy might be dismissed as historical accidents; but Churchill; didn't the man for all his flaws, stare down Hitler?<br />Mandela must have been a terrifically great man- this debate is like in a way comparing different levels of infinity, isn't it?Howiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474061778220524205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-83106793428478596392013-12-06T10:39:43.513-05:002013-12-06T10:39:43.513-05:00The racist bile, hatred and vitriol of the America...The racist bile, hatred and vitriol of the American Right assembled on this page is absolutely stunning. There are many crazy people out there.<br /><br />http://publicshaming.tumblr.com/post/69146509766/republicans-remember-terrorist-commie-nelson-mandelaBjornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02698906609662554600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-44456878700045359452013-12-06T05:38:47.392-05:002013-12-06T05:38:47.392-05:00I think we need to speak ex ante, not ex post, abo...I think we need to speak ex ante, not ex post, about such things. Eugene Terreblanche may be seen now as the leader of a "small and politically marginalised group" but at the time, he constituted a serious threat to the transition to democracy. It was not foolish, at the time, to fear that he would succeed in fomenting a violent civil war in South Africa.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-66197641147218859262013-12-05T19:30:42.614-05:002013-12-05T19:30:42.614-05:00It should be said that the Afrikaners threatening ...It should be said that the Afrikaners threatening to form commandos and ravage the new multiracial republic were a small and politically marginalised group (as these things always are), and officially marginalised even under the apartheid regime. During the referendum among whites (of whom Afrikaners are and were a clear majority) in 1992 on whether to accept the terms of the negotiated end of apartheid, the National Party government campaigning for a 'yes' vote partly by making a 'no' vote out to be a vote in support of those militias. The 'yes' vote passed with almost 69% of the vote (over two-thirds) and in every electorate bar one.Marinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492009758043047531noreply@blogger.com