Dr. Peter Hammond (2 of 2) My meeting with Nelson Mandela

http://www.frontline.org.za/articles/Film%20Review%20Invictus.htm

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman as President Nelson Mandela, Invictus makes a major contribution towards the building up of the mythology of Nelson Mandela as a modern day idol. This stirring film on South Africas 1995 Rugby World Cup victory includes serious distortions of history.

Time and again the film focuses on Mandelas imprisonment on Robben Island, often with dream-like imaginative flashbacks of Nelson Mandela breaking rocks on Robben Island. The film even includes a pilgrimage to Mandelas cell in the prison on Robben Island, but there is never any mention of why he was imprisoned.

Nelson Mandela was the head of UmKhonto we Sizwe, (MK), the terrorist wing of the ANC and South African Communist Party. He had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilizing terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandelas MK terrorists.

Invictus never mentions Nelson Mandelas open support for brutal communist regimes such as Fidel Castros Cuba, Robert Mugabes Zimbabwe, Red China, Gadhaffis Libya, Saddam Hussein, Yasar Arafat and other dictators. During the very time covered by Invictus Mandela received Fidel Castro, the longest reigning dictator in the world, and gave him the highest award that South Africa could give and then had both Houses of Parliament gather to hear an address from the Cuban tyrant.

The Ugly Reality

During the very time covered by the movie many hundreds of white farmers, and their wives and children, were being brutally murdered, actually tortured to death, often by UmKhonto we Sizwe guerillas, many of whom were now part of the South African National Defence Force.

Double Standards

Although Invictus gives all glory for the Springbok Rugby World Cup win to Nelson Mandela, it does not attach any blame to him for the rising crime and plummeting economy. During one short visual in the film Mandela looks at a newspaper headline which speaks of the rising crime and plummeting rand. This reality deserved a little bit more attention. During 46 years of National Party apartheid rule over 18,000 people had been killed by rioters, terrorists, by the police and the army, on all sides, including terrorists, civilian victims, military casualties and police. A total of 18,000 dead during 46 years of conflict. However, in peacetime, under Nelson Mandela, an average of 20,000 to 25,000 people were murdered every year.

Fueling the Crime Wave

Yet to celebrate his birthdays, Mandela would regularly open the prison doors and set many criminals, including armed robbers, murderers and rapists, free. Some of whom were murdering and raping within 24 hours of being released.

Economic Deterioration

In the 1970s, even while facing terrorism, riots and engaged in a border war with the Cubans in Angola, the South African Rand was stronger than the US Dollar. However, after years of US sanctions, the South African Rand had fallen to R2 to the Dollar. Under Nelson Mandela even with no war, no sanctions, no riots, no conscription, and with massive international aid and investment, the Rand plummeted to R8 to the Dollar, and even R10 to the Dollar, then R12 and even to R14 to the Dollar for a time. But according to Invictus, no blame can be attached to Nelson Mandela for the economic deterioration and the sky-rocketing crime rate under his presidency. However, he should be given all the credit for what the Springbok rugby team achieved on the field!

Legalising Abortion and Pornography

Viewers of Invictus also need to be aware that the kind and thoughtful gentleman portrayed in Invictus was the prime mover of the legalisation of abortion, pornography, gambling and homosexuality in South Africa and of the introduction of sex education in public schools. Since Nelson Mandela forced through the legalisation of abortion, not even allowing ANC MPs a conscience vote, and signed it into Law, 1 February 1997, over 900,000 South African babies have been killed through abortion, officially, legally and with tax-payers money.

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[nickleus1977]

while i completely disagree with hammond's moral views, he gives an interesting insight into nelson mandela, who i was taught as a child, was a victim and peaceful person. wow =)

[jcr4runner]

@nickleus1977 Do you agree or disagree with Hammond's moral view that civil rulers ought to use the policy of non-violence toward all persons?

[mrspogadaeus]

Google "necklacing" and click on the link for the wiki

Winnie Mandela is on record as supporting the use of this type of execution - a brutal, inhumane method of terror type killing. Too many people don't realize Nelson Mandela was a terrorist and is a socialist.

[animegalc4]

@mrspogadaeus What's wrong with being a socialist?

[Tezcatlepocatl]

@animegalc4

Socialism doesn't work and it bankrupts countries, sort of like preemptive war. Both of those policies aim to be good for their country and are based on good intentions, but fail miserably.

[jdblunden]

You have my respect Dr Hammond and may the Lord Jesus bless you.

[islandshark4]

@Kpublik1 - You sound like a mud hut dweller.

[islandshark4]

@animegalc4 - Nothing, when you're a good-for-nothing benefits thief.

[EcoleLibre]

@nickleus1977 ????

A peaceful person ? You mean bombing around SA and planning the killing of people ?

[EcoleLibre]

@Kpublik1 Sounds like a very racist statement (you are basically saying : whites shut up!)

[Sunclief]

@Kpublik1 NO YOU WILL DESTROY YOUSELVES IN THE END.

[Kpublik1]

@OuKrokodil u forgot to mention the bombs he drops on innocent people , the earth he is destroying daily , the trillions he steals through ponzi schemes. U see something narrow minded racist , your daughter would end up having a mix race baby before your pink murderous race gets the population down to a billion through eugenics and puts a micro chip in the masses . Devil worshipping inbred infedil!

[Kpublik1]

@OuKrokodil listen , if u white and south african , which i think u are!! u dont QUALIFY for opinions and comments for at least the next 50 yrs!!black mans turn