"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"
- Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
Patria joins much of the macronational world in expressing its deepest condolences on the passing of Nelson "Madiba" Mandela at age 95. Patria honors Mandela as a great soul and freedom fighter who left his anger and bitterness at the prison door upon his release and whose achievements transcend his native South Africa. Of course, Patria's right wing and Diet Coke Party (Patria's Tea Party) contingent were quick to condemn Mandela as a terrorist and unrepentant communist, who - unlike Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. - was not sent to prison for non-violent acts of civil disobedience.
Patria Post will issue a Nelson Mandela commemorative stamp in early 2014. Mandela will become only the third macronational leader to be portrayed on a Patrienish stamp, after Pierre E. Trudeau and Ronald Reagan.
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