Che Guevara Statue In Galway

wendell borton

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

Is he the guy that makes the t-shirts?

krudler

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

jesus christ galway, fail harder

Pacifist Pigeon

Bloody reds.

RichieC

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

Bodhidharma

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

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

Seaneh

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

Bodhidharma

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

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

Fran1985

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

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

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

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

His real name is Shea O'Mara.

Duckworth_Luas

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

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!

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

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

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

full_irish

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

ejmaztec

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

Guevara was a rampant egomaniacal murderer

milehip1

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

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

John Doe1 wrote: »

Guevara was a rampant egomaniacal murderer

He was a sexy rampant egomaniacal murderer.

milehip1

full_irish wrote: »

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

lord haw haw?

GombeanMan

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

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

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

Nodin

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!

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

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

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

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

GombeanMan

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

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

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

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

carbon nanotube

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

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

wilkie2006 wrote: »

And in the words of Alan Partridge...

Who?

RichieC

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

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Who?

Alan Partridge

czx

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

daddydick wrote: »

Alan Partridge

Who?

RichieC

czx wrote: »

hooray for the death penalty!

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

kincsem

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

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.