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Edited by Recon Number 54:
12/11/2013 6:53:44 PM
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The whole world was trolled yesterday.
[url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/11/250179179/fake-sign-language-interpreter-marred-mandela-memorial]Did you get mad bro?[/url]
[quote]As President Obama and other world leaders spoke Monday in Johannesburg at a memorial for Nelson Mandela, a man stood nearby and appeared to be doing sign language interpretation. Many in the deaf community are outraged because the man appeared to be faking.[/quote]
[quote]The country’s deaf community and the ruling African National Congress have no knowledge of who the man actually is, despite him appearing on television gesticulating alongside South African President Jacob Zuma last year, Reuters reported.
"I don't know this guy. He doesn't work for the ANC. It was a government event. Ask them," ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said.
U.S. Secret Service Spokesman Brian Leary stated that the department is aware of the matter, but declined to elaborate.
Zuma’s office is also trying to find out the man's identity, according to Reuters.[/quote]
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I heard about this story and laughed my ass off. I do understand the pain of those who happen to be deaf who wanted to be able to experience this event themselves and were denied that due to the fraud, but man... the utter magnitude of that f up is just hilarious. A day of pretty much global mourning for somebody as influential as Mandela, and nobody bothers to check the identity/legitimacy of that random dude sitting there. What's even more interesting is he could have had a weapon... a knife, a gun, anything, and probably could have assassinated one of like 20 different world leaders since clearly nobody paid any attention to him. Freaking hilarious. Way to go, world.
