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Castro has passed on

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Replying to this modbox in thread will be off topic  Posted By: Darat
 
Well, he's been out of power for a while, now.

He was no angel, but at least his speeches were entertaining. Plus he managed to survive when the US tried, illegally, to get rid of him, so there's that.
 
You can always say something nice, and Fidel did some good things no doubt, and there's no doubt that the fascist puppets who came before were very bad. Many people were for Fidel at first, but could not stay that way when it became clear that, along with the good came a lot of dark stuff. I have enough Cuban relatives to know just how brutal and repressive the Castro regime could be. It was a kick to be able to tell my 96 year old mother in law that she, at least, had outlived him.

One of those trolley problem philosophical issues came up for my late father in law, who had long been a pilot of Cubana airlines. Although his main routes were to Spain, and it was on a flight to Czechoslovakia that he faked engine trouble and landed in Gander for his freedom, he did once have Fidel on a local flight. An early supporter of the revolution but soon disenchanted when the confiscations, jailings and executions began, he contemplated ditching the plane and changing history. But the plane was full of passengers, and he had his own family. So he flew with his usual skill, an opportunity forever a little bit ambivalent.
 
Mark6 said:
Revolutionary leaders usually do. Robespierre, Marat, Lenin, Castro, Che, were all upper middle class. To plan a revolution successfully, you need a lot of free time. Which poor people do not have.
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As long as such as most of your list wind up dead, preferably a hard death............
 
Argumemnon said:
Well, he's been out of power for a while, now.

He was no angel, but at least his speeches were entertaining. Plus he managed to survive when the US tried, illegally, to get rid of him, so there's that.
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He survived hundreds of assassination attempts, but couldn't survive 2016.
 
Mark6 said:
Revolutionary leaders usually do. Robespierre, Marat, Lenin, Castro, Che, were all upper middle class. To plan a revolution successfully, you need a lot of free time. Which poor people do not have.
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Funny you thinks its because they have free time.
 
bruto said:
You can always say something nice, and Fidel did some good things no doubt, and there's no doubt that the fascist puppets who came before were very bad. Many people were for Fidel at first, but could not stay that way when it became clear that, along with the good came a lot of dark stuff. I have enough Cuban relatives to know just how brutal and repressive the Castro regime could be. It was a kick to be able to tell my 96 year old mother in law that she, at least, had outlived him.

One of those trolley problem philosophical issues came up for my late father in law, who had long been a pilot of Cubana airlines. Although his main routes were to Spain, and it was on a flight to Czechoslovakia that he faked engine trouble and landed in Gander for his freedom, he did once have Fidel on a local flight. An early supporter of the revolution but soon disenchanted when the confiscations, jailings and executions began, he contemplated ditching the plane and changing history. But the plane was full of passengers, and he had his own family. So he flew with his usual skill, an opportunity forever a little bit ambivalent.
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Cool story.

No, really.
 
Are they any forum members who live in Cuba? I recall watching a TV show on the Travel Channel where they discussed how good the fishing was in Cuban waters due to the low numbers of fishing boats allowed. The show made it seem to be a prison island. I suppose it is if a person has to risk their life to leave.

Ranb
 
Ranb said:
Are they any forum members who live in Cuba? I recall watching a TV show on the Travel Channel where they discussed how good the fishing was in Cuban waters due to the low numbers of fishing boats allowed. The show made it seem to be a prison island. I suppose it is if a person has to risk their life to leave.

Ranb
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I would think Cuba has some strict internet laws. But I'd imagine if there ever was a site to get approved by Communist Cuba, it would be this one.
 
Covert CIA plot to wait until Fidel Castro dies of old age successful

Langley, VA – A decades-long plot to get Cuban dictator Fidel Castro to pass away peacefully in his sleep has come to fruition, according to a statement from the CIA.

“We are proud to announce that our 53 years of patience have finally paid off,” said CIA spokesperson Ryan Trimarchi. “It seems silly in retrospect, but when President Kennedy first approved the plan there were many detractors who said it would fail.”

First hatched in 1963, so-called “Operation Sit-Back-And-Let-It-Happen” was one of many CIA plots intended to end the life of the Communist revolutionary and the only one to succeed. The mission’s completion was formally declared after Cuban State television announced Castro’s death at the age of 90.

“It’s just a shame that JFK didn’t live to see it,” Trimarchi added. “Or Johnson. Or Nixon. Ditto Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. They all would’ve been real proud.”
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TubbaBlubba said:
He lived a long happy life, doing what he always dreamed of and succeeding at it. Can't we be at least a bit happy for him?
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And murdering numbers of people - so I'm afraid I hope he is burning in hell too - even though no heaven, hell or afterlife is actually there.
 
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