The terrible irony about human rights abuse in Cuba...

[Puzzler]

2. I am not canonizing Castro...

But neither am I telling you what to do. Nor swearing at you.

Regardless, you are trying to frame my argument by vastly oversimplying my brief statement. It is NOT a black and white issue.

Furthermore, if you think my "Requiescant in Pace" is in anyway "canonizing" Castro, then I suggest that you bone up on your hagiography (and learn to spell "canonize&quot

a) I'm not the Pope

b) I don't believe that any divine miracles have been attributed to Castro within the last day.

c) And if the above conditions had been met, he would need to be beatified first.

OK, OK, it should be quite obvious that I'm not serious. But please do me the curtesy of not trying to play rhetorical games with me.

But If I'm guilty of anything, it was making too brief a posting. In fact, I'm well aware of Castro's history of human rights abuses. But Gitmo is hardly an exemplar of human rights either.

Yes, two wrongs do not make a "right", but considering the current state of democracy in the US, where a fascist lunatic has just been elected, I hardly think the US is in any possition to have much moral authority over Cuba.

What are the incarnation rates in the US compared to Cuba? Why are African-Americans incarcerated at such a disproportionate degree? And how could state such a Mississippi, in the richest most powerful country in the world, somehow provide less medical care for its citizens than Cuba?

So was Castro a saint in the figurative sense? Absolutely not, but he was hardly the devil either.

-Puzzler