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Tuber.

Gourd.

Legume.

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Yes, he directed an entire freaking Spanish Che epic and doesn't know the language.

Unless he was pulling my leg.

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of course, the landed artistocracy of the batista regime don't think very highly of guevara and castro. they lost a shitload. most south americans consider him a hero. then again, most south americans are mired in poverty. go figure.

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Like I said, some liked what Che and Castro did, some didn't. But it's not totally negative. Just like every government on earth. Cuba's done fairly well for itself in some metrics (health, education, for example).

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Having said that, I've always despised ideologues for their disregard of the cost in human suffering, and when you have an ideologue with a gun... well, let's just say that's not really my type.

On the other hand, I'd gladly plaster Che's poster over a wall just to spite the right wingers when I get tired of their "leftist = wuss" blabering. However, it's been done to death, and can now only serve the "leftists = hypocrites || ignoramus" blabering.

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The only people who worship Che are suburban white kids.

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I agree its an outdated embargo (economic sanctions are bullshit-look at 90s-2003 Iraq).

I don't know what to say to despair. Thats an emotional word, not quantifiable, and not really an argument.

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Sorry, but I have to use this opportunity to ask: do you (as a son of Cuban exiles) really care more about standing up to Castro than about children in Cuba not getting enough to eat?

I'd like to add that I myself have lived through an embargo in Serbia. I hated both the regime and the Americans, because no one really cared about us. But most of all, I hated the exiles who meddled too much into shit that their asses did not directly depend on.

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you know what i meant, stop trying to be cute.

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In short, he was a human being who did a thing, which had imperfect actions. BUT the point is that some of those actions were positive, AND he affected a country in a manner that many people really liked.

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And even so, only a tiny minority of those kids reading Mein Kampf decide that "hey, Hitler's right!" Those kids were screwed to begin with and chances are they went looking for that book. Most who happen upon Mein Kampf will see it for what it is, or will at least be motivated to look into other sources and, through this process, they'll learn something about bad history. Then they'll be informed citizens, precisely the opposite of those upon whom Mein Kampf would have any negative influence.

I'm of the view that any information is better than no information, since it is the ignorant upon whom dangerous ideology works best. If kids need to read some evil stuff to get to that point, so be it.

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...and she's rich in peta carotene.

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...And we all lose our charms in the end/

But humpbacked or bent kneed/

We stand tall at Tiffany...

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Was it that kind of attitude that got you fired?

We have a carrot theme going on here -- I could see Gloria Vanderbilt in a carrot bandolier as well.

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