LISTEN TO OBAMA'S EULOGY OF MANDELA DURING HIS FUNERAL. COMMENT ON WHAT IT SUGGESTS TO YOU AND ON ANY ASPECTS OF THE FIGURE OF MANDELA YOU CONSIDER RELEVANT.
Faithful to my critical point of view: interesting words from a Nobel Prize who has recognized to have ordered to kill a man out of his country borders without a fair trial, and who hasn't still been able to close Guantanamo prisoner camp, and not even reduce it. 3'37": "[...] around the world men and women are still in prison for their political beliefs [...]" -> OMG!!!.
I miss the signs translator. As far as I know, the guy used his own signs languaje, which nobody else was able to understand, amazing!!.
Anyway, not only to stablish democracy and freedom, but also to reduce poverty and inequality, Southafrica needs a Mandela Jr. Besides, in order not to lose the BRICS train, to bring more foreing invest and improve Southafrican people life quality; may be needed more invest in education, health care and shelter.
In a country with huge natural resources, who can be more interested in slowing down his economic development than its competitors?.
Corruption at all stages, may be the best way against progress; Spaniards do know what is it about.
DEP Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, and many others.
PD.- I wish the exam listenings were pronounced in a politician speed and repetitive talking way.
Anyone: please, feel free to correct whatever. Thanks.
I can write a few words talking about Nelson Mandela, but I will feel like if I hadn´t been able to express properly what he inspires to me. From my point of view he´s a contemporary hero. He's shown all over the world what "action" and "struggle" really mean. He's suffered in his own shoulders the punishment of being a good man, a man who is ready to give his life in order to improve others' lives, but he's carried this with the most dignity we could have never imagined. For me it's very difficult to express my feelings towards Mandela in Spanish, so imagine how hard it's in English, but I would like to finish saying that he's the biggest example for generosity, humility and kindness (words that sometimes I think have disappeared...). So his figure gives me energy to think that if we want, changing a bit this world may be possible.
Elaborate, rousing and well directed speech. Complete summary on Mandela’s life and career. A far cry from our President’s speeches. As far as Mandela is concerned, please, let me quote Bertolt Bretcht: “There are men who struggle for a day, and they are good. There are others who struggle for a year, and they are better. There are some who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives, and these are the indispensible ones.”
Although Obama's speeches are really emotional, and this is an outstanding example, it sounds as a predictable message full of empty words which is delivered to people who do not believe in the speaker at all. I find it remarkable the fact that he takes advantage of the broadcasting to throw a public rebuke to American enemies who have attended to the funeral in order to take advantage of Madiva's image. So my personal opinion is that the funeral was just an excuse to advertise themselves.
can you imagine any of these presidents going to jail for roughly 30 years just for defending his social ideas? I really can't. Mandela did that and this fact represents Mandela's soul
The President Obama’s speech in the passing of Nelson Mandela was the kind of message that ought to be expected from the current world leader. Obama painted Mandela as a testament to how people can reach for change by fighting for their ideals and employing reason and argument to match personal sacrifice. “It is hard to eulogize any man … how much harder to do so for a giant of history, who moved a nation towards justice,” Obama said. “He was not a bust made of marble, he was a man of flesh and blood,” Obama said of the man whose example inspired his own entry into politics. “Nothing he achieved was inevitable. In the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness, persistence and faith”. But Gandhi, and M.L. King, and Malcom X, are all at the same level of struggle and fight and suffering as Mr. Mandela. Now is the time of follow them. Mr. Obama prepared a previous speech with a mix of remorse and self-confidence in the success of Mandela ideas , but his political consultants shortened it. The job is very hard. Let’s try to work every day for the peace.
Obama´s speech is a clear tribute to a person who changed the world fighting against inequality and injustice. To me, Mandela was an example of struggle for the Human Rights and for freedom and a person who tried to build a better world to live in. In my humble opinion, it is difficult to highlight a single part of his biography because Mandela was, Mandela is and Mandela will be an example and a symbol for equality, peace and respect.
Faithful to my critical point of view: interesting words from a Nobel Prize who has recognized to have ordered to kill a man out of his country borders without a fair trial, and who hasn't still been able to close Guantanamo prisoner camp, and not even reduce it. 3'37": "[...] around the world men and women are still in prison for their political beliefs [...]" -> OMG!!!.
ReplyDeleteI miss the signs translator. As far as I know, the guy used his own signs languaje, which nobody else was able to understand, amazing!!.
Anyway, not only to stablish democracy and freedom, but also to reduce poverty and inequality, Southafrica needs a Mandela Jr. Besides, in order not to lose the BRICS train, to bring more foreing invest and improve Southafrican people life quality; may be needed more invest in education, health care and shelter.
In a country with huge natural resources, who can be more interested in slowing down his economic development than its competitors?.
Corruption at all stages, may be the best way against progress; Spaniards do know what is it about.
DEP Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, and many others.
PD.- I wish the exam listenings were pronounced in a politician speed and repetitive talking way.
Anyone: please, feel free to correct whatever. Thanks.
I can write a few words talking about Nelson Mandela, but I will feel like if I hadn´t been able to express properly what he inspires to me.
ReplyDeleteFrom my point of view he´s a contemporary hero. He's shown all over the world what "action" and "struggle" really mean. He's suffered in his own shoulders the punishment of being a good man, a man who is ready to give his life in order to improve others' lives, but he's carried this with the most dignity we could have never imagined.
For me it's very difficult to express my feelings towards Mandela in Spanish, so imagine how hard it's in English, but I would like to finish saying that he's the biggest example for generosity, humility and kindness (words that sometimes I think have disappeared...). So his figure gives me energy to think that if we want, changing a bit this world may be possible.
Elaborate, rousing and well directed speech. Complete summary on Mandela’s life and career.
ReplyDeleteA far cry from our President’s speeches.
As far as Mandela is concerned, please, let me quote Bertolt Bretcht:
“There are men who struggle for a day, and they are good. There are others who struggle for a year, and they are better. There are some who struggle many years, and they are better still.
But there are those who struggle all their lives, and these are the indispensible ones.”
Although Obama's speeches are really emotional, and this is an outstanding example, it sounds as a predictable message full of empty words which is delivered to people who do not believe in the speaker at all. I find it remarkable the fact that he takes advantage of the broadcasting to throw a public rebuke to American enemies who have attended to the funeral in order to take advantage of Madiva's image. So my personal opinion is that the funeral was just an excuse to advertise themselves.
ReplyDeletecan you imagine any of these presidents going to jail for roughly 30 years just for defending his social ideas? I really can't. Mandela did that and this fact represents Mandela's soul
DeleteThe President Obama’s speech in the passing of Nelson Mandela was the kind of message that ought to be expected from the current world leader.
ReplyDeleteObama painted Mandela as a testament to how people can reach for change by fighting for their ideals and employing reason and argument to match personal sacrifice.
“It is hard to eulogize any man … how much harder to do so for a giant of history, who moved a nation towards justice,” Obama said. “He was not a bust made of marble, he was a man of flesh and blood,” Obama said of the man whose example inspired his own entry into politics.
“Nothing he achieved was inevitable. In the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness, persistence and faith”.
But Gandhi, and M.L. King, and Malcom X, are all at the same level of struggle and fight and suffering as Mr. Mandela. Now is the time of follow them. Mr. Obama prepared a previous speech with a mix of remorse and self-confidence in the success of Mandela ideas , but his political consultants shortened it. The job is very hard. Let’s try to work every day for the peace.
Obama´s speech is a clear tribute to a person who changed the world fighting against inequality and injustice.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Mandela was an example of struggle for the Human Rights and for freedom and a person who tried to build a better world to live in.
In my humble opinion, it is difficult to highlight a single part of his biography because Mandela was, Mandela is and Mandela will be an example and a symbol for equality, peace and respect.