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Nelson Mandela

13/12/2013

The Ten O’Clock News: Another Tribute

I really don’t know where to start with this post. I garbled a bit about Mandela in June when everyone was all “he’s going to die soon! We had better write something really intense beforehand so that we don’t look like we’re following the crowd when he has died!” And now he has and I Continue reading

December 2013, DISCUSS., The Ten O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

Apartheid in South Africa, Indifferent Ignorance, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, The Ten O’Clock News
09/06/2013

A Sleepy Attempt to Promote Deep, Spiritual Reflection

I’ve spent the last half-hour reading up on Nelson Mandela, and for a bloke who liked Colnol Gadaffi, he’s done some pretty spectacular stuff. I urge you all to take a moment to appreciate apartheid, long term imprisonment, and seventeen grandchildren. Seventeen. Seriously, though, it’s important to learn about these old dudes who did something Continue reading

DISCUSS., June 2013, THE WORLD *head in hands*

Indifferent Ignorance, Nelson Mandela, seventeen grandchildren, Tweeting from the wrong account.