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randome

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5. People who died needlessly might think otherwise about Castro being the devil.

Reply to Puzzler (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 10:49 AM

Nov 2016

I get what you're saying but everything about Castro is relative so I don't see the point in anyone saying he was 'good' or 'evil'. Or the reverse, that he was not a saint or not a devil. He was both. We all are.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

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The terrible irony about human rights abuse in Cuba... [View all] Puzzler Nov 2016 OP

oh doggy doo edhopper Nov 2016 #1

I am not canonizing Castro... Puzzler Nov 2016 #2

People who died needlessly might think otherwise about Castro being the devil. randome Nov 2016 #5

Neither do I, my my OP made no mention of this... Puzzler Nov 2016 #6

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that. Just jumping in late to a topic with initial thoughts. randome Nov 2016 #7

It's OK... Puzzler Nov 2016 #8

You post sounded like the civil rights abuses in Cuba edhopper Nov 2016 #9

Thanks (n/t) Puzzler Nov 2016 #10

(and learn to spell "canonize") Ptah Nov 2016 #11

D'oh! Good catch! Puzzler Nov 2016 #12

That people can ignore the US backed dictators in Chile, Argentina, Guatamala malaise Nov 2016 #3

Precisely! (n/t) Puzzler Nov 2016 #4