why did nelsen Mandela go to prison?
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You see? Being a terrorist is a very vague term. Someone's terrorist is most likely someone else's freedom fighter.\n\n In the time when Mandela went to prison, as you may know already from your lessons, there was something very nasty going on openly in the country of South Africa. It was called then, Apartheid, which were the same racist attitudes that now some people have, but supported and covered by the country's law.\n\n Meaning, laws in South Africa said for example that a person which is black has no right to vote as all the rest, merely because of being black. Or that black people were prohibited to move and live in the nicest places of the country, which were exclusive for the white people. Laws also said that a black person doesn't need to earn the same money for the same amount of work a white person does. Also, laws said that only white people have a right to education, health, and to form trade unions. And many, many more.\n\n Some people found these kind of laws a little bit unfair and annoying as they happened to be black as 4 out of 5 persons in South Africa, and thus started something they call the African National Congress to ask the laws and authorities for a better, fair treatment for everyone. \n For decades they were ignored by the ruling authority (that you guess right if yu are guessing they were white), and so, the African National Congress started a number of actions to demand on a more convincing way to respet black people and stop the humiliation and explotation. These actions were such as boikot, civil defiance, etc... meaning that the ANC thought that if black people dont demand their rights with energy, if they dont show their direct opposition to that, things wouldn't change.\n\n Mandela was one of the leaders of the ANC, and he was trialed for promoting civil desobedience (people would go out to the streeets and decide not to work, open their shops, or let the country work normally).\n\n Probably, for those elite white people who didn't want to care about black people's rights, Mandela was himself very annoying, and definitely he was promoting chaos into THEIR order, terror into their peaceful privileged lives. So it may very well be that they decided to say that he was a terrorist.\n\n Nevertheless, there is not a single source where you can check if someone is a terrorist or not. You need to know what happened, to try to understand it, and then, decide wheter the term terrorist is appropiate or not.\n\n Sorry for my English -I do what I can!\n\n :D
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he was in prison a year or so ago for "selling paraphernalia" Aka the Chong Bongs at his stand up shows. As far as I know he is out cuz he was on tour not too long ago
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The Indians did not have prisons, but they did punish within their tribes. The punishments were different things. The offender would have to pay the person he/she offended, If it was a lie, that was taken more seriously and the person who lied was exiled for a week or two with no provisions. This was to teach them to tell the truth. If it was murder, they were exiled, sometimes for life and sometimes for a certain period of time.\n\nI am Native American. Trust me, if this Country were still run by the Native Americans it would be a MUCH better situation for all peoples!
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In other words after the person has served their time and gotten out of prison paying their debt to society, why can't he or she get a fair break when it comes to finding a decent paying job or affordable housing. Most of the time people are prejudiced in their decisions in these matters because of the stigma associated with ex-prisoners and the person who can't get the decent job to support his or her family or can't afford decent housing is forced back into some form of criminal activity in order to survive. It is a destructive cycle that is hard to break.
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Don't forget Nelson Mandela.  It shows that the person takes the law seriously and respects authority, and at the same time wants to demonstrate an injustice in our society.  It forces people to question whether they think their laws are fair since innocent people are suffering.  There is an underlying assumption that people are basically good and your cause is fundamentally just.
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Walk the other way unless you want to go back to prison. If you were wrongly accused in the first place why lower yourself to the level you just climbed up from?
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couldn't of said it better myself....most people go to prison for far less!  Is our president above the law?
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Money!  Thats it.  Plain and simple.  The federal government aquires and distributes insane amounts of money for and from this so called "war on drugs"   What i mean is, the vast majority of prison inmates are booked due to drug related offences.  For each inmate booked the prison is alotted a certain amount of revenue.  Prisons are run by the state, therefore the state ultimatly ends up with this money.  Polititians find numerous ways to skim off the top as well as the high end execs.  Prisons are only one major source of benifiting from this mass amount of revenue.  In short a crime filled, chaotic country makes more cash than one such as amsterdam.
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Because he had already spent the money that was supposed to go for her rehabilitation.  Instead he stuck her in a facility until he couldn't deal with it anymore because he had a new girlfriend he wanted to marry.  The fact that he refused to let her parents get involved in where Terry was to be buried says a whole lot about the arrogance of that man.
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well not me....but my ex did 6 years in state prison!!! he said it wasn't so bad. said he got to play in the yard every day, became close with a couple of guards and he was their "gumpy" and recieved extra privileges! he even got a new "grill" in there for free!they must have cook outs too!!!!he got a free education in there to. he learned every law and learned how to get out of trouble for the next time he needs it.....PRICELESS!he even had a sexual life in there. he kept asking me to mail him kool aid packets. i thought he liked kool aid....who knew they were for his celly to use as make-up!!! just relax and enjoy....think of it as a vacation, three hots and a cot!!!!
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It was apparently found to be an accident.\n\nHe's most likely going to punish himself daily more than any jail could.  He probably knew and was buddies with the deceased....
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None of us really know who Nelson Mandela is. He is one of the most complex people alive. \nHe is a former lawyer, freedom fighter and prisoner, he was the first truly democratically elected President (note: not Prime Minister!) of South Africa and he was one of the co-founders of the ANC's armed wing. At the same time he is a very tolerant man and managed to emerge from the struggle without hatred for his former oppressors. He is also a loving father, grandfather and husband. \nAnd, most importantly in my eyes, he is a man who can give hope to those who have none as long as they are willing to shed all hatred and anger.
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They're holding her for deportation and will send her out of the US.  \n\nEven though she had a visa before, she has commited a crime that resulted in a prison sentence.  This is probably enough to get her visa revoked and she will get sent to her homeland.  She will probably also be banned from returning to the US.  \n\nIf she is married, her husband should plan to move to her country if he wants to continue the marriage.  \n\nHow long will she be in the detention center?  Until they get all the paperwork processed to deport her.
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We are talking about countries with oppressive regimes who imprison their political opponents.\n\nVaclav Havel was jailed as a dissident in the Czrch Republic and emerged from jail to become his country's president. As did Nelson Mandela in South Africa. They both became cause celebres and rallying points for the opposition in that country.\n\nMandela spoke out about Apartheid, Havel about Stalinism, the governments did not want them to be free to organise opposition to the government, and imprisoned them instead.\n\nFind out about Amnesty Internatioinal and its work in support of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.\n\nPerhaps the most important case in the world at the moment is Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the woman opposition leader in Myanmar (Burma) who has been under house arrest for some years. The eyes of the world are on her, as they were on Nelson Mandela when he was in jail.\n\nShe has led pro-democracy opposition forces since 1988 in opposition to the military regime in Myanmar.
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Nelson Mandela was branded a terrorist by the aparheid government in South Africa and was found guilty by the courts of a sovereign state. He was sentenced and served his sentence for crimes against the state. 27 years later he was released and is now  is the greatest contemporary icon. \n\nNelson Mandela fought not only against the oppression of apartheid in South Africa, but against the oppression of Europe over Africa. \n\nFreedom fighters and terrorists are those memebrs of society who realise the only way to stop the master kicking the slave is to put him to rest. The master will not give up his oppression unless he is forced to do so. \n\nThose in power call those who struggle for freedom terrorists, those who struggle for freedom call them freedom fighters. But ultimately, it is the writer of history that decides.
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The Nation of Islam spread through prisons because missionary work is allowed in prisons.  In the 1970's and 1980's, many Christian missionaries did not offer much to convicts, particuarly urban african americans.  The nation of Islam however offered an alternative.  It also preached black power, a popular message among many in prison who turned to crime because they thought they had no alternatives.  It preached a much different philosphy than they had grown up with, and focused on self respect.  Eventually, a network developed, where some inmates were converted and began preaching to others.  With not a lot else to do in prison, learning the Koran became something to do.  This led to the network that still partially exist today.
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I reported a man who kids use to come to my place of work and tell me mommy and daddy make us do all kinds of sexual things,it was all done in secrect,but,they took the kids away and the grandparents have custody and he got 7 months in prison,she was ordered to stay away from the kids!sometimes,speak up to help these poor children,I do,it breaks my heart!The police interviewed the children and both parents where taken in,I still don't understand why she didn't get any time coz she also has aids and probably gave it to her 2 kids!so sad!I pray for them every night!Young children don't know how to make these things up and that was enough to get him arrested and have the children taken away!