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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Rev Simon Rumble [<A HREF="mailto:simon@rumble.net">mailto:simon@rumble.net</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 14 April 2003 11:56</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: gllug@linux.co.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [Gllug] [OT] Hero vote</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Mon 14 Apr, Adrian McMenamin bloviated thus:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> No, I am not saying Nelson Mandela supported this war. He did not. But he</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> isn't a pacificist either.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Couldn't agree more. He was also well aware of the need to avoid</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>violence at all costs and, hence, Umkonto we Sizwe targetted</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>infrastructure _only_ when it was absolutely certain that no humans</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>would be hurt. They were willing to escalate to violence, but only</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>when all other means had been exhausted.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That's what MK did in 1961. But MK also killed collaborators (eg police, 'councillors') etc.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Anyway, enough already.</FONT>
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