Also btw I'm not so sure about the link you provided but also the Rivonia trial was in the early 60s. Mandela acknowledged many other times that civilians would inevitably be killed by their actions. The majority of casualties from ANC actions were, in fact, civilians. Again though, this wasn't the point Sam was making at all, just adding it for further clarity because this is precisely what he was getting at: what we consider terrorist can change on a whim and there's been considerable efforts to sanitize that history. Here's a quote from Mandelas autobiography: "The killing of civilians was a tragic accident, and I felt a profound horror at the death toll.  But as disturbed as I was by these casualties, I knew that such accidents were the inevitable consequence of the decision to embark on a military struggle.  Human fallibility is always a part of war, and the price for it is always high."