Nelson Mandela memorial service...

[cunning fergus]

The biggest shame is the complate lack of any perspective in the role of FW De Klerk, who released Mandela and held the referendum that set the whole rainbow nation enterprise in train.

He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela as I recall................it was not a one man show.

 

[glasfryn]

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always thought Shameron was a knob
wonder if he would do that at a memorial for someone close to him or his family

 

[dougdeep]

If the prime minister of Denmark asked him to be in a photo with her, do you think he should have said piss off?

 

[symyjym]

'Fake' signer at Nelson Mandela memorial

This has given me my first larf of the day.

 

[KZNSeagull]

It gets better:

news.sky.com/story/1180724/mandela-memorial-deaf-signer-was-fake

 

[glasfryn]

If the prime minister of Denmark asked him to be in a photo with her, do you think he should have said piss off?

yes and asked her to have a little respect

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Double post about fake sign language

 

[Pavilionaire]

"No sign" of him yet?

 

[The Wizard]

Am I the only one that thinks this whole 'selfie' thing is a complete over-reaction? It wasn't a funeral it was a memorial of his life and plenty of photos were taken of members of the crowd dancing and partying to remember him in a happy way, everyone was smiling and remembering him in the right way, the happy way. Such a storm in a teacup.

 

[Dusty_Fryer]

Am I the only one that thinks this whole 'selfie' thing is a complete over-reaction? It wasn't a funeral it was a memorial of his life and plenty of photos were taken of members of the crowd dancing and partying to remember him in a happy way, everyone was smiling and remembering him in the right way, the happy way. Such a storm in a teacup.

Exactly. Some people are so selfie-righteous.

 

[Chicken Run]

always thought Shameron was a knob
wonder if he would do that at a memorial for someone close to him or his family

I assume you hold Barack Obama and Neil Kinnock's sons wife in the same regard? You sound a like knob imho....

 

[Titanic]

If the prime minister of Denmark asked him to be in a photo with her, do you think he should have said piss off?

What, be rude to Mrs Kinnock? Surely not.

 

[Soulman]

Sign language faker at the Mandela ceremony:. ...

Officially the worst signing since Moyes paid £28M for Fellaini!

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

The fake sign language bloke was just class. Apparently he was signing "prawn" and "wheelchair". You couldn't make it up. I'll bet Mandela is pissing himself up on his cloud.

Deaf people all over the world must have thought Obama had gone mental.

 

[The Wizard]

The fake sign language bloke was just class. Apparently he was signing "prawn" and "wheelchair". You couldn't make it up. I'll bet Mandela is pissing himself up on his cloud.

Deaf people all over the world must have thought Obama had gone mental.

Very funny but a farce that this happened during such a major global event.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Am I the only one that thinks this whole 'selfie' thing is a complete over-reaction? It wasn't a funeral it was a memorial of his life and plenty of photos were taken of members of the crowd dancing and partying to remember him in a happy way, everyone was smiling and remembering him in the right way, the happy way. Such a storm in a teacup.

http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Selfie

The photographer adds some context here to the 'selfie' story. Makes for quite an interesting read - just a shame it probably won't have the same reach as the original angle that was portrayed.

 

[The Rattler]

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...er, first attempt at this...