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@Nepia I had a chat to a guy last year who was backpacking through Chile when Pinochet took over, him and his mate were herded into a soccer stadium and given some beatings to see if they were spies. He said they were pretty bewildered about the whole thing and the other Chileans there kept telling him theyd be safe because they were gringos and they were eventually released. Believe it or not his wife ended up becoming NZ ambassador to Chile and they went back after Pinochet was gone. He wrote an e book about it I haven't read yet , this article gives the gist of what happened at the stadium though http://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-pinochet-affair-i-saw-them-herded-to-their-death-i-heard-the-gunfire-as-they-died-1179543.html
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@Stockcar86 said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
He got close, almost outlived the United States
As in "close but no cigar"?
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Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery.
You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
I will start with 2..
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery.
You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
I will start with 2..
Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.I have another left one, Pol Pot in Cambodia = up to three million.
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Your NZ Green MP Steffan Browning.
"I’m saddened by the death of Fidel Castro. He represented so significantly the battle against the worst of the forces of capitalist greed and the tyranny of oppression by the USA industrial military complex. Cuba has problems but its achievements and humanitarian reach have been significant too, especially considering the blockades and measures against it. I was disappointed by this Stuff announcement that has so much about those celebrating Fidel’s passing, when millions will be mourning."
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback how is he my green mp ? I am triggered
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These have come in after the Canadian presidents gaffe this morning.
"Mr. Stalin's greatest achievement was his eradication of obesity in the Ukraine through innovative agricultural reforms." "Today we remember Adolf Hitler, whose vision for the autobahn changed the face of vehicular transportation forever." "Let us remember Osama Bin Laden. He was a thief and a terrorist, but he had a marvelous singing voice."That last one made me LOL for a bit
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My favorite was the one about Freddy Kruger making kids dreams come alive.
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@Donsteppa said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
Ah yes, that wonderful paradise Cuba where so many Stefan Browning's and other like minded people are trying to immigrate to that they have to turn them away...
Its been interesting seeing the reaction to his death, Claire Curran called him a legend on twitter for example. A lot of leftards have that weird anti american thing going on that makes them overlook what the likes of Castro got up to because he "stood up" to the US.As you say there's zero chance of them giving up their prius and house in Wadestown to move over there and become part of the revolution.
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@Hooroo Let us remember Jack the Ripper as a great benefactor who worked tirelessly to get female prostitutes off the streets
Osama Bin Laden was certainly a controversial figure, but his contribution to airport security is unparalleled
And my winner so far
While a controversial figure, Pol Pot will be fondly remembered as the creator of Skull Jenga
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@jegga said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
Trudeau makes a cock of himself , twitter is merciless
Didn't his Mum have a bit of a thing for Castro at one time?
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@Catogrande there's been an online rumour circulating this week that Castro is the Canadian pms dad, apparently it's impossible but his parents were so obsessed with trying to appear "right on" it's hardly surprising that he attracts rumours like that.
His dad met his mum when she was a 22 year old and he was 50 odd and may or may not have boned a porkys era Kim Catrall , not a bad effort there on his part.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery.
You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
I will start with 2..
Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.FFS, you really are a new level of tiresome.
Right and left dictators are as shit as each other, if you and your cronies want to flap on about the degrees of shitty-ness then go for you life.
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@Nepia said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery.
You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
I will start with 2..
Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.FFS, you really are a new level of tiresome.
Right and left dictators are as shit as each other, if you and your cronies want to flap on about the degrees of shitty-ness then go for you life.
Really isn't true, left wing dictators easily top the body count. Of course, dictators by definition are awful but you can't ignore the political leaning and it effect on the populace.
RIP 2017
Stuff
Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 (Published 2016)
