Mandelaisatotem-stylefigure,andMartinLutherKing,withextraordinarypersonalcharm,withafirmpoliticalideals.Asapolitician,thereisnoidealnot,buttheidealisnotenoughlight.Heisagoodleader,butnotagoodleader.
MandelaasSouthAfrica's"father"and"saint",andnoteagertothepresidency,hemustbeapresident,thisisasign,butalsoveryfunnotre-elected.Since1999,SouthAfricahasenteredthe"post-Mandelaera",manycountriesaroundtheworld,havealsoexperiencedasimilarperiod.Countrieshaveexperiencedtheirowntransitionperiod,andmayevenleadtocivilwar,thesearethestronghistoricalassetsofthenegativeprocessofliquidation.AswithMandela,"reversediscrimination"isoneofthem.Nooneisperfect,wehavenoreasontoaskMandelaisaperfectperson.
Thereisstillalongwaytogotoachievetrueracialreconciliation.Mandela'scontributionistoportraytherightoutlookforSouthAfrica'sfuture,pointoutacleardirection,andgainbroadpoliticalacceptance.Inthisway,despitethevariousproblemsnowfacingSouthAfricanpolitics,itcanstillbeexpectedthatthe"bufferperiod"afterthecurrentsituationinSouthAfricawillbeimproved.
Ininternationalpolitics,althoughtherealityisalwaysruthless,westillhavenoreasontoabandontheyearningforthegoodthingsofequality,freedomandpeace.Itistooearlyforanewcountry,unstableandonlytwentyyearsold,tocometoaconclusion.Thegeneralsocialproblemsofblackadministration,includingtheprevailingconditionsinAfrica,war,AIDS,
Economicbackwardness,thefuturewillnotbeimproved,whetheroutofthisviciouscircle,Idonotknow.ButIbelievethatthisisbecausetheeconomy,thereasonsbehindeducation,butnotbecauseofrace.
Desirecivilizedhappiness,youhavetosufferthepainofcivilization,thisisforthefuturehappiness.Infact,sometime,Iwillfeelracismisanunsolvableproblem,butoftenseetherearealotofpeopleinthiseffort,putawaytheidea.Mandelahasleftmanybeautifulthingsforhumansociety.Theslogan"Letthelandbehighorlow,regardlessofyouandme"istheresultofhisstruggleformorepeopletoacceptit.Vestedintereststoaccept.Issuchaperson,sothattherulesoftheworldcold,shiningfromthegloryofhumannature.
Thereasonwhypeopleare,isthepursuit,longingforgoodthings,evenattheexpenseoftheirowninterests.Mandela'slifemerits,lefttofuturegenerationscomment.ButaskyourselfwhatMandelahasdoneinhislife,afirmpursuitofideals,andaskwhocandoit?Mandela'sgreatnessisthatheisadeterminedfighter,andalwaysconfidenttochangethefuture.Inhisbody,thepowerofhumannaturethananyother.Hispursuit,alsowontheuniversalrecognitionofhumansociety,whetherblackorwhite.
Itissuchaperson'sexistence,theworldisworthyofournostalgia.Thosehistory,itisworthtomoveus.ThecontroversyoverMandelawillnotend,hewrongplace,toreflecton,therightplacetocommemorate.Hehasavarietyofproblems,wearenowcommemoratingMandela,istocommemoratehisspirit.