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I dunno about the rest of the world, but here in SA we do 67 minutes of community work to celebrate Nelson Mandela's birthday.
Anyone planning on helping out for a change?
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I dunno about the rest of the world, but here in SA we do 67 minutes of community work to celebrate Nelson Mandela's birthday.
Anyone planning on helping out for a change?
I bet that almost nobody heard about Nelson Mandela here, in default country. Although he did a very good job and I really would like to celebrate this day with you.
DannyDeth has writtenHey all!
I dunno about the rest of the world, but here in SA we do 67 minutes of community work to celebrate Nelson Mandela's birthday.
Anyone planning on helping out for a change?
I dunno about the rest of the world, but here in SA we do 67 minutes of community work to celebrate Nelson Mandela's birthday.
Anyone planning on helping out for a change?
I assume you mean "Mandela Day"?
Also, there is no voluntary work near me anyway. And I don't reckon that I'll be able to make much of a difference doing nothing.
Doberman has writtenAlso, there is no voluntary work near me anyway.
Here it's the same, but would you like to help? I would, probably.
Dreamcatcher has writtenI bet that almost nobody heard about Nelson Mandela here
That is just plain ironic.
DannyDeth has writtenNo, they do not teach history classes about someone who is still alive.
Oh so that's why no one sees me as a God yet. Damn.
Anyway, happy madiba or mandela day.
DannyDeth has writtenNo, they do not teach history classes about someone who is still alive.
That is just plain ironic.
That is just plain ironic.
I have classes about much people who are still alive...
That's culture.
Mechanolith has writtenWait, what the f**k the schools on the rest of the world teach? History Classes must be about Mandela as well.
They generally teach things that are in our culture or that are related to it.
Like so, we don't do much in History that revolves around the Cold War, Vietnamese War or the Cuban Missile Crisis. It's mainly about the Nazis, World War I and II and possibly the War on Terror (if it ever comes to an end).
Another problem is that we have a policy of not "offending" anybody. Example of this is, we can't celebrate christmas in public unless we want to offend a million Asians, sad, but true.
Mechanolith has writtenYeah, but there is some exceptions, important facts such as Mandela Fight against racism, the fall of Berlim's Wall and World Wars should be remembered no matter where you live.
There are loads of important events, but how many people are going to remember? (or even care?)
Point is, not a lot of people will know or get taught about it. Most people don't know about the berlin wall, the Yom Kippur War, the 1982 Lebanon War, the Cold War or many other events that have taken place.
And even then, some of these events have never really involved the United Kingdom anyway.
Personally, I do not know very much about the Berlin Wall myself either, apart from knowing that it seperated Germany and you could be killed for entering one side.
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