NP Re: The life in Fidel, and Cuba

[David Casseres]

me

>> And again, all of Castro's offenses against political freedom are 
>> insignificant compared to his predecessors and to most of his 
>> counterparts in U.S.-supported countries in Latin America.

davemarc

>These "offenses against political freedom," which include terrorizing,
>imprisoning, and I daresay murdering out of unmitigated paranoia--and
>involving subordinates in such offenses--are not insignificant to their
>victims.

I wouldn't suggest that they are -- any more than similar offenses 
occurring here in the U.S. are insignificant to the victims.  However, if 
you're trying to characterize a regime, the scale on which such offenses 
occur is important.  I think if you denounce Castro without first 
denouncing, for example, the Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Nicaraguan, or 
Mexican governments, then you have a serious moral astigmatism.

>I'm not condoning any similarly dastardly acts of his
>predecessors or other government leaders, U.S.-supported or not.  If these
>chingons have the gall, courage, and presumption to command military power,
>they deserve scrutiny and criticism.

But they won't get it if Americans spend all their moral indignation 
against Castro.


Cheers,
David