Word: tutu
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...police commandant, warned the crowd over a loudspeaker, "You are acting against the law. You must disperse. When the convoy starts moving you must all be in vehicles. No processions and no bicycles should be used." But there were no buses to take the mourners to the cemetery. Tutu pleaded with the colonel for buses. Otherwise, he warned, the crowd might turn ugly and there would be bloodshed. The colonel said he could not promise enough transportation. The standoff continued for almost an hour, with the tension rising steadily. Finally, after an hour of weapons drawn and whips...
Common sense had prevailed. Said Tutu with a twinkle in his eye: "I have always believed people to be saints until they proved themselves rogues." The colonel was more taciturn. "No comment" was all he could muster...
...Later Tutu was able to smile at his confrontation with Colonel Nel. "He saluted me," the bishop chuckled. "Twice." --By William Stewart/Daveyton
...Alban's Church, the seat of the Anglican diocese of Johannesburg, it was time for the morning prayer meeting. In the boardroom, the staff had assembled, about 20 men and women, black and white. At precisely 9 a.m. Bishop Desmond Tutu arrived. "Good morning, Baba (Father), " said members of the group. "A little more enthusiasm, please, " the bishop replied with a smile, and the group obliged. Then he pulled up a chair and began the day's lesson. It was drawn from Acts 21: 27-39, the story of Paul being taken into protective custody by Roman soldiers to shelter...
Becoming serious again, Tutu spoke once more of the scene at Daveyton. "I am scared, " he said, shaking his head for emphasis. "I am really scared. I have never seen anything like the scene yesterday. We are building up an incredible legacy of hatred. I cannot be at all the funerals, and one just does not know what is going to happen at future funerals. How long can we restrain the people? I have just got to believe that God is around. That is the only hope. If he is not, we have had it. We are going to have...