RIP Fidel Castro

brickmauser

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Grand yeah. There are absolutely no good aspects to Cuba when compared to Ireland. It's a sunny version of North Korea while we are a less mountainous version of Switzerland?

Cuba is a totalitarian one party state cult of the leader nightmare. A corrupt economically backward island prison. Intellectuals dissidents and opposition are censored and silenced imprisoned or live in exile. Millions of Cubans have fled to the US and live in Miami and South Florida.

To have any positive opinions toward Castro and his regime you are not living in the real world.

brickmauser

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

He's the sort of man who has always divided opinion.

He only allowed two opinions.
You either kissed his ass and did what he said or or you went into prison and exile fleeced of your wealth and property of course.

Alf Stewart.

brickmauser wrote: »

To have any positive opinions toward Castro and his regime you are not living in the real world.

Its rare you see a poster that repeatedly misinterprets something another poster said.

There's a good star for you here though my boy.

smurgen

brickmauser wrote: »

Cuba is a totalitarian one party state cult of the leader nightmare. A corrupt economically backward island prison. Intellectuals dissidents and opposition are censored and silenced imprisoned or live in exile. Millions of Cubans have fled to the US and live in Miami and South Florida.

To have any positive opinions toward Castro and his regime you are not living in the real world.

The best thing about cuba is the cuban people.genuinely the nicest people i've met.we had people bragging to us about how safe it was there.had a bar man tell me he wouldn't go to jamica or miami because it seemed to dangerous.you could literally leave your wallet on a table there and it wouldn't be touched. Another positive is the cleanliness of the landscape.sure the cities were dirty but the castros banned the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers.the landscape is pristine and the beachest are some of the nicest i've seem.absolutely spotless.

Fleawuss

Fleawuss wrote: »

Yeah but he kept collecting the money for the govt.

Yes, and the much-maligned de Valera used it in part to build over 132,000 houses for Irish citizens following the Housing Act 1932. 132,000 houses. He did more than any of his critics to clear out the slums of urban Ireland, and my God they were poverty on a savage scale.

If the current crowd of mé féiner parasites in government built even half that number of houses in Dublin we'd soon see the end of the housing crisis here. But no, in our great capitalist experiment in 2016 state interference in the so-called free market is only tolerated when it's to transfer public wealth to private corporations.

Mr. FoggPatches

A good revolutionary, not a great revolutionary, bill.
RIP.

Avatar MIA

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JupiterKid

RIP Fidel. - you brought huge changes to Cuba and punched well above your weight. End of an era.

Richard Hillman

The office if the President posted a gushing tribute on their twitter account.

Their last tweet before it was a video of the President calling for more support for human rights.

Hilarious.

Goya

Why all the people fleeing from Cuba throughout his tenure in power? Cubans have been celebrating his death in Miami.

Awful naivety on this thread.

Sand

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

My advice to anyone wanting to see the real Cuba, and get a real feel of Cuban life is to get there soon.

Don't worry. I'm sure they'll herd some Cubans into an open air prison camp under armed guard and keep them in the depths of poverty for future generations of tourists to come and experience the 'real' Cuba.

Avatar MIA

Sand wrote: »

Don't worry. I'm sure they'll herd some Cubans into an open air prison camp under armed guard and keep them in the depths of poverty for future generations of tourists to come and experience the 'real' Cuba.

Yeah, there will be no massive change while his brother is still in power.

Flimpson

Flimpson wrote: »

Why all the people fleeing from Cuba throughout his tenure in power? Cubans have been celebrating his death in Miami.

Awful naivety on this thread.

The "Miami Cubans" would not, by any understanding of the English language, be an internationally respected group of people.

Some of us are old enough to remember what absolute scumbags they collectively were in the
Elián González case in 1999/2000.

Pac1Man

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

God rest him, a Catholic man. Baptised, took Communion and was Confirmed.

I would have been on the opposite side of his political views but I respect him for sticking to his cause and taking over an entire country and enforcing his ideology on them.

He fully believed in what he said, he was a doer not a thinker.

Ah you ruined it.

Faith+1

Love him or hate him the guy had bigger balls than a million hipsters.

super_furry

Some dictators are bad, some are really bad. He wasn't the worst but still a bit of a bollocks.

Sand

Sand wrote: »

Don't worry. I'm sure they'll herd some Cubans into an open air prison camp under armed guard and keep them in the depths of poverty for future generations of tourists to come and experience the 'real' Cuba.

Good point. Be afraid, Cubans (click "United States" and enjoy concentration camp "civilisation" US-style)

Clandestine

The president of my country just praised a dictator who was responsible for the exile and murder of countless numbers of his own citizens. To say I'm disgusted is an understatement. F*** Gerry Adams too, the clown.

At least Castro is burning in hell, and his stupid followers can join him there when father time takes them too.

super_furry

At least he got to see the new series of Gilmore Girls.

diomed

RIP
I lived the full Castro Cuba reign, don't know much about him, except he wasn't a fan on the USA, or they of him.

chicorytip

Clandestine wrote:

The president of my country just praised a dictator who was responsible for the exile and murder of countless numbers of his own citizens. To say I'm disgusted is an understatement. F*** Gerry Adams too, the clown.

"A giant among global leaders". Does this declaration by President Michael D.Higgins seem inappropriate given what ought to be the "apolitical" nature of the office he holds?

Buena Vista Social Club, one of the most refreshing cds of the entire 1990s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNYOVEXJBBM

Ol' Donie

chicorytip wrote: »

"A giant among global leaders". Does this declaration by President Michael D.Higgins seem inappropriate given what ought to be the "apolitical" nature of the office he holds?

Naw, man. He thinks everyone else is a giant.

mfceiling

Can't believe Fray Bentos is gone.

The_Valeyard

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Yeah, there will be no massive change while his brother is still in power.

Think his brother has already brought about changes and reforms

Ol' Donie

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Buena Vista Social Club, one of the most refreshing cds of the entire 1990s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNYOVEXJBBM

This is the best thing ever. Just back from a trip to Cuba, prompted by this album.

Loved it. Mad place.

I'd very much be in the pro Fidel camp. Place was an absolute fiasco before he took it by the scruff of the neck.

Standing up to the US is a thing far more countries should do, and I suspect it's only going to become more important over the next four years.

Minderbinder

Faith+1 wrote: »

Love him or hate him the guy had bigger balls than a million hipsters.

Yeah and it's quite something to see those in Miami celebrating the death of a feeble old man who they were still petrified of until yesterday. They must have no shame whatsoever that they or their fathers or grandfathers ran away like cowards and then after more than half a century can't see that once again they are making an embarrassment out of themselves by cheering the death of a man, who unlike them had the courage to fight for what he believed in.

Widdershins

smurgen wrote: »

I was in cuba in august.the people hated the castros and i can understand why.they were so close to the breadline it was frightening.it was a real,real eye opener to see what no investment looks like.streets were absolutely filthy,infrastructure terrible.holes is motorways that could swallow a car and footpaths with gaping holes. Also it is like north korea lite.western music and culture is sanctioned.internet is sanction.there are guys who make a living downloading random western content once a month and sharing it with everyone in their neighborhoods for money.if they get caught they're executed. We also seen the odd mural there that said socilaism or death and there are symbols everywhere to remind you you're being watched.

Charming and quaint in some peoples eyes.

droidman123

spurious wrote: »

Certainly the end of an era. The thought of Trump probably finished him off.

I doubt the thought of trump would have any impact on the great man,he already seen off the wrath of 11 American presidents with nonchalance.

droidman123

Ol' Donie wrote: »

This is the best thing ever. Just back from a trip to Cuba, prompted by this album.

Loved it. Mad place.

I'd very much be in the pro Fidel camp. Place was an absolute fiasco before he took it by the scruff of the neck.

Standing up to the US is a thing far more countries should do, and I suspect it's only going to become more important over the next four years.

Agreed,he put a stop to the Americans raping cuba of it's resources, just like they raped a lot of South america, one of the reasons America hated him is because he had the balls to stand up to them