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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA sportsman shows real class.
Ernie Els, on winning the British Open, spoke about how fortunate all the people of South Africa (he's a SA native) were to have Nelson Mandela as an example and leader. My respect for Els just went through the stratosphere and I am not a big golf fan.
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A sportsman shows real class. (Original Post)
hifiguy
Jul 2012
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Octafish
(55,745 posts)1. Mandela took the high road and kept South Africa united.
No revenge. No civil war. No national self-destruction.
How? Respect for ALL human life.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev
were the greatest humans of the second half of the twentieth century. Saint Reagan wasn't a pimple on either of their rear ends.
Booster
(10,021 posts)3. I agree. I cringe when they give Reagan credit for ending the cold war when it was really
Gorbachev who deserves the credit. Two very great men in my book.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)4. Red Ink Ronnie ruined America
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)5. Bonzo out-acted him. nt
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)6. Self-serving kick