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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6287 Registered: 05-2005 |
Seeing him address an enormous crowd in Boston in the summer of 1990 was a very powerful and moving experience, which made a great impression on my young mind. It's an overused cliche when used about most people, but in Nelson Mandela's case, truly we will not see his like again. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6288 Registered: 05-2005 |
There is a very nice piece on the Boston visit here http://www.wbur.org/2013/12/06/nelson-ma ndela-boston-visit Massachusetts was the first US sate to withdraw its pension funds from companies that were doing business in South Africa. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6289 Registered: 05-2005 |
Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Browne, Bobby McFerrin and many others performed that day in Boston. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3315 Registered: 03-2005 |
That must have really been something Padraig. When I saw the news of his death yesterday it occurred to me that he is beyond argument the greatest man to live during my life time. He's probably also the greatest man to live in a long period preceding my life time. Gandhi would seem to be the only serious alternative. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3318 Registered: 03-2005 |
I love taking these sorts of walks through the recent but already forgotten past. Here's a nice reality check on all the platitudes being pumped out right now: http://thequietus.com/articles/14064-nel son-mandela-obituary | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6298 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's a fine article Randy. David Stubbs is a great writer. |