Piotr - Mandela modelled himself on Gahndi. Madela eschewed violence. And even if he had not, the brutality of the racist police state he lived in would have made it understandable. Who are your heroes - Ronald Reagan? Ronald McDonald?

We all know the chip you have on your shoulder about the soviets et al. - you paste this onto everything you say. Sing a different song for a change. See - I can patronise, too.