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

[Brussel, Morton K]

There was a very good interview on DemocracyNow! last week with the impressive Lonnie Kasrils, putting into some perspective what Mandela represented and how at the end he disappointed. 

--mkb


On Dec 16, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:

> "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."
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> [Slavoj Zizek]
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