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Only in S. Carolina. Sheriff refuses to fly flag at half-staff in memory

Posted: Dec 8, 2013

Sheriff cites that Mandela was not an American. Half-staff is also designated as a respect to the memory of someone who made a profound mark and impact on this world.

It's obvioius the sheriff didn't agree with Mandela's ideals or think they were a good thing because being an American is not a requirement for deserving half-staff respect.

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Embarrassing. - nm

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It is. Even more embarrassing is the endorsement of the sheriff's ideals even from those - on this board

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The dislikes.

Mandela quotes MSM probably won't tell you about. - see link

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He opposed the war in Iraq. Good for him! So did I. It was illegal/unethical - The other quotes

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I'd have to see the timeline to qualify significance, if any, of the other quotes.

But how do any of the subjects he addressed in those quotes take away from his efforts to end Apartheid in South Africa? Are those quotes a reason to believe this sheriff was correct is disrespecting Mandela by not flying the flag half-staff? I doubt any of those quotes were the basis for his decision not to do so.

It might be because he was a communist. - No flame me, but it's the truth. nm

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Did you know Mandela was offered to be released many times - if he renounced terrorism, but

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he refused.

read up - sm

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It was a facile offer on the part of the government. It would be like offering a man freedom if he stopped beating his wife. If he wasn't beating his wife, how does he respond to such an "offer?"

I forgot the post the link - here it is

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I only wish our problems were that small - who cares whether or not

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someone flies a flag at half mast for a communist that lives in another country.

If this was the only problem the country was having.....

There is also nothing embarrassing about it.

I agree, Maggie Thatcher didn't get this much attention - and no one cared.

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Margaret Thatcher was a very different type - of person. nm

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It' because she was conservative, - simply put. nm

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Thatcher's death - sm

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received just as much negative press from the left as Mandela has received from the right.

Did she do anything great like get rid of apartheid? - nm - wondering

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Yes, she did do great things - nm

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Like what? - Care to expound? NM

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No one would have to "expound" is you were - educated in history -Just sayig

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personal insult - nm

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Whiner. - Whiner, whiner, whiner.

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Watch out, your post will get deleted. Some - here have very, very thin skin. nm

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the moderator deletes - not the posters - nm

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So now you have to end apartheid to get - foreign dignitaries...

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to pay attention to you? Wow, guess it means nothing that England has been our ally for decades and she was instrumental in reuniting Germany (among her many accomplishments).

I'm with the poster who said it was because she was a conservative - seems a lot more likely.

Obama sent the bust of Churchill back to England - when he was first elected,

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he hates what he calls "colonialism"

Meanwhile he says nothing about the Christians getting slaughtered in Central Africa.

What a sad comment. RIP Lady Thatcher and - Nelson Mandela. nm

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What does Thatcher have to do with this discussion? - just wondering NM

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I care, but I apologize for the personal attack - sm

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My post was determined to be a personal attack by the moderator, I respect the call, so I apologize to you and her.

I'm also sorry if I wasted anyone's time who responded to something I posted that they found unimportant.

Again, I truly did not mean my post as a personal attack. I emotionally took issue with someone saying "who cares" about something I cared enough about to post. I took it personally and that was wrong.

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