Che Guevara Statue In Galway

wendell borton · 05-03-2012 11:23pm #1

Plans to erect a Che statue in Galway has caused outrage in florida.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/che-guevara-statue-galway_n_1313568.html

I say that they should mind their own business and **** off, Che is one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and galway should be proud of it's connection to him.

El Weirdo · 05-03-2012 11:25pm

Is he the guy that makes the t-shirts?

krudler · 05-03-2012 11:26pm

The council of Galway, a placid community on Ireland's west coast

makes it sound like somewhere Frodo stopped off on his way to Mount Doom.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 05-03-2012 11:27pm

jesus christ galway, fail harder

Pacifist Pigeon · 05-03-2012 11:30pm

Bloody reds.

RichieC · 05-03-2012 11:30pm

Anything that pisses off right wing Cuban exiles is okay by me.

Bodhidharma · 05-03-2012 11:30pm

Will people ever stop raping the man's image? Why dont they just put up a statue of a Nirvana smiley face next to it.

WindSock · 05-03-2012 11:30pm

The whole iconic image thing doesn't work so well in bronze.

Seaneh · 05-03-2012 11:30pm

The man is a mercenary who was directly involved in or ordered the murder and torture of thousands of people in several countries.

Bodhidharma · 05-03-2012 11:32pm

Seaneh wrote: »

The man is a mercenary who was directly involved in or ordered the murder and torture of thousands of people in several countries.

Mercenary? You do know he was a Communist right?

voz es · 05-03-2012 11:32pm

You know i'd love to see a statue of him standing on the pulpet adressing the U.N.

Fran1985 · 05-03-2012 11:34pm

krudler wrote: »

makes it sound like somewhere Frodo stopped off on his way to Mount Doom.

They mustn't have seen the video from Rag week in supermacs

Doc Ruby · 05-03-2012 11:35pm

Who's paying for this? If its the local authority, I can only remain unsurprised, their entire traffic management scheme is a giant communist plot, and played a significant role in turning me into a devout capitalist.

tfitzgerald · 05-03-2012 11:35pm

Seaneh wrote: »

The man is a mercenary who was directly involved in or ordered the murder and torture of thousands of people in several countries.

Seaneh is right che was the chief interrogater And torturer for Castro altogether he was not a nice man to be around. But he looks good on a t shirt

My name is URL · 05-03-2012 11:35pm

The Tea Party-goers in the US are up in arms over it

for this reason alone I'm in favor of the statue :pac:

starbelgrade · 05-03-2012 11:35pm

His real name is Shea O'Mara.

Duckworth_Luas · 05-03-2012 11:36pm

Normally I would be opposed to the building of a monument to Guevara in any community, but seeing as it is pi$$ing off "fantasist and narcissist" Kevin Myers so much, I now think every town in Ireland should have one.

krudler · 05-03-2012 11:38pm

Fran1985 wrote: »

They mustn't have seen the video from Rag week in supermacs

the war of the snackbox? an oft told tale for years to come

Hande hoche! · 05-03-2012 11:40pm

The joys of the comments section:

Che was a Communist. Galway built a statue to honor a Communist. Galway is sister city to Chicago, Milwaukee and Seattle. Chicago, Milwaukee and Seattle all supported Obama in 2008. Therefore, Obama is a Communist. This is clearer than the birth certificate situation.

ejmaztec · 05-03-2012 11:42pm

Bodhidharma wrote: »

Mercenary? You do know he was a Communist left right?

If he ever got to run Cuba, he would have used the Russian nukes on the US and not sent them back.

poisonated · 05-03-2012 11:44pm

Usually people will say Dublin city forum that way. I'm not going to say that though....Galway city forum that way.

full_irish · 05-03-2012 11:45pm

Could they not find someone with a slightly less tenuous link to Galway tribes?...

ejmaztec · 05-03-2012 11:46pm

poisonated wrote: »

Usually people will say Dublin city forum that way. I'm not going to say that though....Galway city forum that way.

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John Doe1 · 05-03-2012 11:47pm

Guevara was a rampant egomaniacal murderer

milehip1 · 05-03-2012 11:48pm

wendell borton wrote: »

Plans to erect a Che statue in Galway has caused outrage in florida.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/che-guevara-statue-galway_n_1313568.html

I say that they should mind their own business and **** off, Che is one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and galway should be proud of it's connection to him.

What connection is that? the latin 1/4?
Lahinch should erect one if it hasn't done so already

Seachmall · 05-03-2012 11:48pm

Pretty pathetic to be honest. We must come across as a ****e nation when we keep clinging onto these ridiculous connections to famous people (Che, Obama, Ali, etc.).

Also, didn't he execute people at a whim and loot their corpses?

starbelgrade · 05-03-2012 11:48pm

John Doe1 wrote: »

Guevara was a rampant egomaniacal murderer

He was a sexy rampant egomaniacal murderer.

milehip1 · 05-03-2012 11:48pm

full_irish wrote: »

Could they not find someone with a slightly less tenuous link to Galway tribes?...

lord haw haw?

GombeanMan · 05-03-2012 11:50pm

Guevara was a murdering scumbag. I find the people who idolise this guy tend to either share his murderous sociopathic views, or are simply naive. **** Che Guevara. The statue will be a icon for Communists. Nobody else will care.

Bodhidharma · 05-03-2012 11:50pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

If he ever got to run Cuba, he would have used the Russian nukes on the US and not sent them back.

You're ability to see alternate realities intrigues me.

However Che would never have 'run' Cuba as he was third, arguably fourth, in command of the revolution. That plus the fact that he wasn't Cuban, was fanatically supportive of Castro and was only ever interested in revolutionary combat and not governing, as his time as a minister showed.

Some big historical inaccuracies in this thread already. He wasn't 'chief interogator and torturer either' but hey, whatever.

full_irish · 05-03-2012 11:52pm

Hande hoche! wrote: »

The joys of the comments section:

Che was a Communist. Galway built a statue to honor a Communist. Galway is sister city to Chicago, Milwaukee and Seattle. Chicago, Milwaukee and Seattle all supported Obama in 2008. Therefore, Obama is a Communist. This is clearer than the birth certificate situation.

You've got to be ripping the piss that that's in there!!

Seachmall · 05-03-2012 11:57pm

Nodin · 05-03-2012 11:57pm

Seachmall wrote: »

..........

Also, didn't he execute people at a whim and loot their corpses?

Obama? No, he uses his communist flying monkeys for that.

Hande hoche! · 05-03-2012 11:59pm

full_irish wrote: »

You've got to be ripping the piss that that's in there!!

It is among other gems, such as the frankly bizarre:

I guess with them running out of straight males, they're reaching out to anyone, to keep the lineage going.

Doc Ruby · 06-03-2012 12:02am

Hande hoche! wrote: »

It is among other gems, such as the frankly bizarre:

I guess with them running out of straight males, they're reaching out to anyone, to keep the lineage going.

Wait, there's a shortage of straight males in Galway?

Sweet.

wendell borton · 06-03-2012 12:20am

GombeanMan wrote: »

Guevara was a murdering scumbag. I find the people who idolise this guy tend to either share his murderous sociopathic views, or are simply naive. **** Che Guevara. The statue will be a icon for Communists. Nobody else will care.

Che was fighting against a repressive regime that exploited cuba for the benifit of a small elite, american multinationals and the mafia. This regime was kept in power by the use of violence and torture.

He was hardly going to get them to change their ways by asking them nicely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batista

RichieC · 06-03-2012 12:26am

"an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom" - Nelson Mandela

GombeanMan · 06-03-2012 12:42am

wendell borton wrote: »

Che was fighting against a repressive regime that exploited cuba for the benifit of a small elite, american multinationals and the mafia. This regime was kept in power by the use of violence and torture.

He was hardly going to get them to change their ways by asking them nicely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batista

The man killed alot of innocent people. He was a bad ba!stard.

Sonnenblumen · 06-03-2012 1:05am

A feeble PR stunt to generate more trashy tourist giftware sales.

Surely they have much more to do, eg, sort out the embarassing Eyre Square disaster area.

czx · 06-03-2012 1:05am

wendell borton wrote: »

Che was fighting against a repressive regime that exploited cuba for the benifit of a small elite, american multinationals and the mafia. This regime was kept in power by the use of violence and torture.

He was hardly going to get them to change their ways by asking them nicely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batista

Anti-war except for socialist guerrillas

Pride Fighter · 06-03-2012 1:12am

Che was a great man. Fair play to Galway County Council for erecting the statue.

carbon nanotube · 06-03-2012 1:12am

wendell borton wrote: »

Plans to erect a Che statue in Galway has caused outrage in florida.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/che-guevara-statue-galway_n_1313568.html

I say that they should mind their own business and **** off, Che is one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and galway should be proud of it's connection to him.

hasta la victoria siempre

wilkie2006 · 06-03-2012 1:21am

And in the words of Alan Partridge...

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Who's paying for this? If its the local authority, I can only remain unsurprised, their entire traffic management scheme is a giant communist plot, and played a significant role in turning me into a devout capitalist.

Doc Ruby · 06-03-2012 1:27am

wilkie2006 wrote: »

And in the words of Alan Partridge...

Who?

RichieC · 06-03-2012 1:29am

Che was put in charge of executing traitors and Batista war criminals as part of his duties as head of the La Cabana Fortress, a role he held for 5 months. Accounts vary how many he killed depending on who you ask. 250 according to exiles. 50 according to more friendly sources. Many of these were accused of committing atrocities.

There's no doubt about the brutality of the US backed Batista regime, though.

daddydick · 06-03-2012 1:33am

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Who?

Alan Partridge

czx · 06-03-2012 1:34am

RichieC wrote: »

Che was put in charge of executing traitors and Batista war criminals as part of his duties as head of the La Cabana Fortress, a role he held for 5 months. Accounts vary how many he killed depending on who you ask. 250 according to exiles. 50 according to more friendly sources. Many of these were accused of committing atrocities.

There's no doubt about the brutality of the US backed Batista regime, though.

hooray for the death penalty!

Doc Ruby · 06-03-2012 1:35am

daddydick wrote: »

Alan Partridge

Who?

RichieC · 06-03-2012 1:35am

czx wrote: »

hooray for the death penalty!

We done the same thing after ww2 with the Nuremberg trials.

kincsem · 06-03-2012 1:57am

Nice photo but as far as I know Che was a nasty piece of work. Afaik he got rid of people.

I see someone posted some detail about this above. Thanks.

RiseToTheTop · 06-03-2012 2:00am

Che stood against US Imperialism.

If he was alive today you bet he would be against the US invading Afghanistan, Iraq and peddling it's big nose in many, many others countries affairs.

Che Guevara Statue In Galway

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