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Ruphus -> RE: Egypt Riots (Feb. 26 2011 13:26:23)
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ORIGINAL: BarkellWH
In my original post on the subject, I made some specific comments on the nature of dictators, based on long experience and a great deal of expertise in the three countries I used as examples: The Philippines, Chile, and Indonesia. I then compared the examples of Pinochet and Castro, and the inconsistent attitude U.S., European, and worldwide leftists exhibited toward each dictator.
Ruphus, you have failed to challenge any the assertions in my original post. Rather than challenge what I wrote, you simply vent your spleen on U.S. foreign policy, diplomats (U.S., German, and, one presumes, others), and whatever else seems to enter your mind at any given moment. Rather than challenge the substance of my argument, you arrogantly make ad-hominem attacks against me. In short, you appear to be one of those who, when he is unable to intellectually challenge the point being made, resorts to attacking the person making the point. Until I see a substantive challenge to what I originally wrote, I will no longer respond to one whose arrogance is exceeded only by his ignorance.
Bill
While the things I summrized have been colported throughout decades of serious journalism, the one and only "fact" that you delivered very likely will be welcomned demagogy of exil-Cubans in Florida, about whom again I would had deemed it rather appropriate to elaborate the collaborate character that made them flee their homeland.
This is not to say that Castro like about pretty much all states leaders of that time ( right; including oh so civilized western European ones, under whom the "leftists" that neocons like you still grudge wouldn´t all sustain career, health and life ) hadn´t any bodies on his account, neither that all Cuban refugees had come to fleeing for actually self-centered and lowly reason; but you only need to hear average ex-"patriots" in Florida talking to see how irrational distortion and sheer opportunism looks like.
On the other hand, if I was a woman who appreciated living emancipated; if a worker who likes to do without rigid exploitation of his labour by thirds; or just a person who appreciates a lively social life, friendship and solidarity; or someone who likes to walk around at little to no risk of being robbed; I´d certainly prefer living on Cuba than in most areas of the USA. *
- Despite material bottlenecks and a less latent media and mind control.
* And don´t you think I had any grudge against "Americans" and whoever that individually be. In fact I like a lot of things about typical people there, and don´t mix up US politics with people´s attributes.
In the end, Bill: I am not out to offend anyone. Thelike things like intensionally insulting or upsetting never made any sense to me.
But US policies have been the human-despising and exploiting strategy that they are, always out to gear "stability" as they call it. Stability of injustice, corruption, oligarchy, nepotism, social gap and environmental ruthlessness.
And if you did not want to feel insulted by observers who name the nature of the beast, you should not had entered such a humanly miserable though certainly pecuniary gainful job opportunity in the first place.
With your job you have essentially contributed to contemporary insanity on mother earth and to the brink that we are at.
That is how it is, notwithstanding the personal circumstance that I would prefer sounding friendly to you.
Ruphus
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