Tory attack on Mandela
Tory stalwart Donal Blaney has taken the opportunity of the unveiling of a statue of Nelson Mandela to attack South Africa’s first black President.
Blaney goes into a description of Mandela’s support for armed struggle against apartheid. He writes;
“In recognising what Mandela has sought to achieve since his release from prison, one must not forget that he raised funds for the ANC’s armed wing, arranged paramilitary training and led an armed struggle against apartheid. He was no Gandhi.”
He continues;
“And maybe when visiting Mandela’s statue, you might want to reflect on those killed by the ANC - including by the barbaric method of the “necklace” - whereby a rubber tire, filled with petrol, was forced around a victim’s chest and arms, and then set on fire. Instead of laying a garland at the feet of Mr Mandela’s statue or about his neck, maybe someone should be placing a rubber tire there instead?”
Well Donal, we can’t all be Ghandi.
Nelson Mandela became a global figure of inspiration and international attention on the evil South African regime helped civil rights campaigners all over the world to achieve successes in their own countries.
If Donal had lived in South Africa in that period, maybe he too would have suported armed struggle against the racist ruling class. But then again, Donal’s no Mandela.
For a more articulate article click here - but only if you’re on Facebook.
Not about his article, but was unable to comment in your other section.
” … when pensioners died of cold in the winter and when there were three million unemployed.”
I am sure you are not really interested but in case you are, figures for 2004/2005 show that 31,250 people over 65 died from cold-related illnesses in England and Wales.
The UK also has a higher number of winter deaths than Finland, Denmark and Austria.
Also, although the term is now “inactive”, there are well over 5 million now.
Comment by Michael Thomas — September 4, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
Mmmm! Thats asuming this typical tory would translate to a “Blek” citizen of the “homelands” - Otherwise I suspect he would have joined the AWB chorus, and changed his name to “Van de Meuw”
Comment by Gareth Williams — September 5, 2007 @ 7:31 am
Thanks for having a go at Donal and for linking to my article.
Comment by Laurence Boyce — September 6, 2007 @ 11:01 am