RIP 2017
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Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader of revolution, dies at 90
Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, dies aged 90, prompting both condolences and cheers.
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was it gastro?
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He got close, almost outlived the United States
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@Sapetyvi I put up a link on the first post to a comment from his doctor saying recently Castro was so healthy he could live to 150 but I doesn't show up because I fucked up somehow.
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Like all Communist dictators, he inflicted misery on his countrymen. Good riddance to the arsehole.
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I guess they'll be Havana state funeral.
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@Sapetyvi said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
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Going by this post we could be lucky more are deleted:
@MN5 said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
I guess they'll be Havana state funeral.
Although I must admit I did chuckle.
@antipodean said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
Like all Communist dictators, he inflicted misery on his countrymen. Good riddance to the arsehole.
Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery.
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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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Close but no exploding 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..
Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn. -
@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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Trudeau makes a cock of himself , twitter is merciless
http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/86929308/canadas-pm-justin-trudeau-mocked-over-sorrow-after-fidel-castros-death -
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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here .. have a safe space.... |__________________________________|
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback phew cheers.
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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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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...
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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
http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/86929308/canadas-pm-justin-trudeau-mocked-over-sorrow-after-fidel-castros-deathDidn'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.
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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.
FFS you really are a bullshit artist. All mouth no substance. I am sure it is tiresome when people call you on your nonsense... but maybe you could stop talking nonsense?
There is no equivalence, left wing dictators have an order of magnitude higher body count, you can just ignore that if you like, but dont expect other to swallow your bullshit,
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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.
Then why on earth did you react to the wording "communist dictator" in the first place? That was plain weird.
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Kind of a weird argument ...
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@booboo you know where you are right?
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@Nepia spot on, but ideologues will attempt to seize on anything to "prove" they are right. In this case, Stalin and Mao means that right wing politics is better than left. Not often you get to hear something so blatantly stupid said in absolute seriousness, I suggest you enjoy it for the joke that it is.
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@reprobate said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
@Nepia spot on, but ideologues will attempt to seize on anything to "prove" they are right. In this case, Stalin and Mao means that right wing politics is better than left. Not often you get to hear something so blatantly stupid said in absolute seriousness, I suggest you enjoy it for the joke that it is.
I know this doesn't fit your world view, but it's just a fact that left wing policies taken to their extreme have killed many millions more people.
Not a controversial point at all, just history.
Dictatorships were just the mechanism in place to deliver those ideas.
This all started because Nepia bristled at the distinction of a communist dictator, claiming a false equivalence with the damage done by right wing dictators. Not even close.
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@Kirwan how did Hitler go?
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@reprobate said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:
@Kirwan how did Hitler go?
He was comparable to Pol Pot, but an amateur compared to Stalin or Mao. He's also an outlier, can you name another right wing dictator that compared with these guys?
Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 (Published 2016)
