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Nelson Mandela dies.
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Nelson Mandela dies.
December 5, 2013 at 6:29 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05...99777.html
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Re: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 5, 2013 at 6:37 pm
I was just watching it on the news. The world has lost a truly great man.


I had to get off twitter because people were tweeting "Who's Nelson Mandela?" And I can't find them all to kill them.
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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 5, 2013 at 6:42 pm
The man changed the world. RIP.
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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 5, 2013 at 6:53 pm
A few months ago a friend of my nephew's was fired from the TV station they work at for erroneously running the story that Nelson Mandela died without first checking the source or to see if it were valid. But unfortunately it appears that now it's real.
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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 5, 2013 at 7:06 pm
RIP. The world is a better place because of him.
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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 5, 2013 at 7:37 pm
A great man, of the sort that are few and far between. We could use more like him.

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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 6, 2013 at 6:15 am
You mean more people that take up arms against their own governments? Or could you be more specific?
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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 6, 2013 at 6:17 am
A great and humble man who loved God and loved his neighbor.
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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 6, 2013 at 6:29 am
He did for South Africa what Mugabe should have done in Zimbabwe... it's easy to speak in hindsight, isn't it?

I remember watching the news of him being released from prison... a long time ago...

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RE: Nelson Mandela dies.
December 6, 2013 at 6:41 am
He did great things, but I don't think there needs to be much mourning. He was 95 its not like it was a surprise.
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