[Peace-discuss] The truth about the whole of the Mandela memorial ceremony

[Carl G. Estabrook]

"All the crocodile tears of the dignitaries were a self-congratulatory exercise, and Jangtjie [the 'schizophrenic' sign-language translator] translated them into what they effectively were: nonsense. 

"What the world leaders were celebrating was the successful postponement of the true crisis which will explode when poor, black South Africans effectively become a collective political agent. They were the Absent One to whom Jantjie was signalling, and his message was: the dignitaries really don't care about you. Through his fake translation, Jantjie rendered palpable the fake of the entire ceremony."

[Slavoj Zizek]