Is The The "beatification" Of St Nelson A Little Premature?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24010839
It seems that he's not a saint after all!

[sp1814]

"someone has decided to show the warts!"

So...is this like when AOG posted a thread about not everyone being in favour of same sex marriage when a couple were attacked at their ceremony abroad?

A thread where you're making a point that people already know...?

[Zeuhl]

^
And whether you propose violence against the civilian population;which Mandela never did

Still doesn't make him a 'saint'

the premise people ever did is just an attempt to invent something that can then be knocked down

[ichkeria]

"Nelson Mandela real human being shock"

The things you learn :-)

[Quizmonster]

Isn't it amazing? The same pair of mantra-chanters try to make a political point against the left and just about every left-leaning AnswerBanker appears to refute that point. The former seem to have not the slightest notion that they become more and more absurd as the days pass.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

Apparently Martin Luther King wasn't a 'saint' also.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2407403/Sex-tapes-FBI-smears-double-life-human-saint-The-Martin-Luther-King-story.html