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Desmond Tutu leaves the room.
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and concur with fellow TPersEven with him being interviewed on many very serious matters he never seemed to lose his Joie de vie and that infectious laugh.......to disarm(?) others.
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He was indeed , a truly great man
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A very thought provoking image....
The guy on the right looks like he could be possesed...
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For me, what encapsulated his wonderful and unique compassion for and empathy with the oppressed and underprivileged was when he broke down listening to the account of one black victim describing the police/prison brutality he suffered when he, the victim, gave evidence in the Truth and Reconcilluation Commision of which Archbishop Tutu was Chair. It's been shown on news bulletins reporting his death. He was known to weep at the funerals of those murdered by the Apartheid regime. He was a modest and humble man,too . He sometimes wore a T-shirt on which was written..'Just call me Arch' . He also spoke out and was criticised for doing so by black township people, who were involved in the practice called 'necklacing' whereby a black person deemed to have collaborated with or gave information to the regime, had a tyre placed around their neck which was then set on fire.It was,by the way,publically-endorsed by Winnie Mandela as part of 'the struggle'.
I also thought how disheartening it must have been for him,after years of apartheid struggle during which he was arrested several times, to see how even the newly- elected government of Mandela 'stopped the gravy train only long enough to get on it" as he said. Then the corrupt President Jacob Zuma..(ANC) ran the country for 9 years 2009-2018 after which President Cyril Ramaphosa then took power and is the current president and a decent man albeit weak.
As Mex says at the top of the thread..'The light has gone out for a great man' . I'd add that it's gone out, too, for all those who fight opression and corruption worldwide.
I also thought how disheartening it must have been for him,after years of apartheid struggle during which he was arrested several times, to see how even the newly- elected government of Mandela 'stopped the gravy train only long enough to get on it" as he said. Then the corrupt President Jacob Zuma..(ANC) ran the country for 9 years 2009-2018 after which President Cyril Ramaphosa then took power and is the current president and a decent man albeit weak.
As Mex says at the top of the thread..'The light has gone out for a great man' . I'd add that it's gone out, too, for all those who fight opression and corruption worldwide.
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