Death of Vaclav Havel

[oldborn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16236393

This is the man we should admire, true gentleman and writer, *** edited by mod ***
I had remember my trip in Czechoslovakia while he runs for president.
Brilliant man!

 

[Kvinto]

indeed, a brilliant man passed away
RIP

 

[Amsterhammer]

Absolutely, a man to be respected and admired. A great patriot, and one of the earliest thorns in the side of the Kremlin, when they still controlled Eastern Europe.

RIP Vaclav.

 

[Tank Engine]

A man who I admired both for his fight against communism and as the head of a free state.

 

[The Hitch]

RIP

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[Michielveedeebee]

may he rest in peace

 

[Fus087]

The second great Czech to pass away over the course of three weeks (Zdeněk Miler died on the 30th of November - and yes, I know that Havel is in another league).

Rest in peace, pán Havel. Thanks for everything.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

A courageous man.

 

[greenedge]

R.I.P. He set a great example to the world and led his country out of turmoil.

 

[BroDeal]

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R.I.P.

 

[Cobblestones]

My condolences. A truly great human being has passed. A wonderful example for bravery in the fight for human rights. It puts him in the same league as Dr. Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela etc.

And he shared my taste in music: Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa


Btw. what on earth could be so controversial about Havel that it is edited by mods in several posts?

 

[Amsterhammer]

My condolences. A truly great human being has passed. A wonderful example for bravery in the fight for human rights. It puts him in the same league as Dr. Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela etc.

And he shared my taste in music: Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa


Btw. what on earth could be so controversial about Havel that it is edited by mods in several posts?

Not quite on the Mandela level for me, but a great human being without any doubt. I remember how my already high opinion of him shot up even further when I heard about his musical tastes!

I was in Vienna when the Russian tanks rolled into Prague, we had live b&w street scenes on Austrian tv and were all suitably shocked by the sudden proximity of the Red Army. I always loved the concept of the 'velvet revolution' too.

Nothing controversial about Havel - the edits by Susan were presumably to nip any spill over from the Hitchens topic in the bud, while Bro's post was, presumably, some form of protest about previous mod editing. I think.

 

[oldborn]

My condolences. A truly great human being has passed. A wonderful example for bravery in the fight for human rights. It puts him in the same league as Dr. Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela etc.

And he shared my taste in music: Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa


Btw. what on earth could be so controversial about Havel that it is edited by mods in several posts?

My story, I bring another thread in this drawing parallel between Hitchens and Havel, which was wrong of course. I do not know for another users reason.

Havel impressed me by most that he did not get rich or corrupt while on power. Many local dissident did, no matter they spent decades in prison for right thing. Power get worst from people, and Havel just show his caracter.
What I found wrong, Havel did not get Nobel prize, but Obama did

 

[Cobblestones]

What I found wrong, Havel did not get Nobel prize, but Obama did

Fully agree. And yes, we should keep all talk about Hitchens in the appropriate thread.

 

[Maxiton]

At the risk of revealing my superficiality, I'll just say that he always seemed to me to be a really cool guy.