Nelson Mandela Dead.

"Mandela is kill"

"no"

Alternate insensitive joke about how it was chunky all along.

(RIP)

Chunky: 1918 - 2013


Good night, sweet prince.

FREEDOM!!!!!!

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so wait, chunky died?

Rest in VIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04rSfSAZR8

  On 12/6/2013 at 7:19 AM, baph said:

"Mandela is kill" "no" Alternate insensitive joke about how it was chunky all along. (RIP)

i dunt understod this joak

  On 12/6/2013 at 5:16 PM, dr lopez said:

 

  On 12/6/2013 at 7:19 AM, baph said:

"Mandela is kill" "no" Alternate insensitive joke about how it was chunky all along. (RIP)

i dunt understod this joak

 

it might have helped if tapatalk hadn't posted it as one line of text for some reason

no the chunky part

  On 12/6/2013 at 5:18 PM, dr lopez said:

no the chunky part

oh, oh, ok

JOKE EXPLAINED: chunky made a thread a few days ago that was like "last post i are dying tomorro i enjoyed trolling u all," and I thought that it would be funny as a total non sequitur to pretend that someone with chunky's persona's, errr, "conservative" viewpoints could actually be someone like Nelson Mandela trolling a forum.

:hits canned laughter button on computer:

edit: see from previous Mandela is Dying thread:

I mean no disrespect to NM, of course.

The man was quite old.

Most sensible answer.

He was particularly old. Not quite. IMO. I'd almost agree though.

It's weird everybody was waiting for him to die to express how cool and awesome he is. You could've told him when he could have cared... how inconsiderate

  On 12/6/2013 at 7:07 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

It's weird everybody was waiting for him to die to express how cool and awesome he is. You could've told him when he could have cared... how inconsiderate

Nelson knew he was cool.

He also killed some innocent white people, but people are pretty keen to forget that.

The human mind is mysterious.

Humanity's mind is a total fucking basket case.

People on NPR keep hammering home the point that Reagan declared him a terrorist, and that David Cameron campaigned to have him executed in the 80s, totally neglecting to notice that when two asshats of THAT magnitude calling you a terrorists and you're doing something right...

  On 12/6/2013 at 9:08 PM, disparaissant said:

People on NPR keep hammering home the point that Reagan declared him a terrorist, and that David Cameron campaigned to have him executed in the 80s, totally neglecting to notice that when two asshats of THAT magnitude calling you a terrorists and you're doing something right...

One person's "terrorists" is another person's "freedom fighters" - the differences are usually an arbitrary ones. Things are never that simple. In the 80s it was still completely about the Cold War. In the case of South Africa (which is extremely complicated overall), the US and UK wanted to keep a major non-USSR aligned government in power. If I recall correctly the SA war on Angola is primarily why Reagan vetoed sanctions when most other countries were already boycotting the county. Best way to convince voters is take the most militant and violent portion of a broad anti-oppression movement and label them terrorists.

Most Americans don't know anything about Apartheid's rise and fall, but a few nonetheless follow the right-wing rhetoric of the 80s. You'll probably find this interesting:

http://austinist.com/2013/12/06/ted_cruz_said_something_nice_about.php

...in this particular case, I'm shocked he wrote anything at all, he's a self-described paleoconservative. He wouldn't be expected to sympathize with post-colonial stuggles in Africa, let alone comment on them. Hell his staffer probably wrote it. It's basically a way of working Mandela's death into yet another zinger about "liberty."

I honestly find any domestic political "discussion" about foreign policy nothing but maddening. You can't translate an overseas conflict into a domestic 2-party system debate, but they do anyway. Libya and Syria especially...everything said about comes down to finger-pointing and bullshit talking-points. That goes for both Dems and the GOP. Those actually in power, even ones who engage in the debates in public, their all on the same page behind closed doors: McCain and Kerry have worked together for years. Obama kept more than half of Bush's intel and defense advisors. There's very little "division" in reality...most of the public buys into it anyway.

Great post, Joshua.

  On 12/6/2013 at 7:07 PM, goDel said:

He was particularly old. Not quite. IMO. I'd almost agree though.

he was 95. you have got to be kidding.

Dead serious. He was particularly old. Noticeably even. Not quite old.

You dig?

He was quite old not not quite old

He was old.

OK. That sounds quite right.

He could have been older, though.