> Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > > >> No, it�s not. I _know_ I have been submitted to > >> communist propaganda through all my childhood, a time > >> when we are most suscetible to propaganda. > >> > >> I heard several times that those that fought against > >> dictatorship, against torture, in favour of free > >> press, in favour of human rights, were communists. > >> > >> I have to repress my childhood education to accept > >> the idea that _both_ sides in the Cold War - and not > >> only the USA allies - were pro-dictatorship, > >> pro-torture, against free press and against human > >> rights. > > > >I forgot, are you joking? > > > No, not this time. > > NB: contrary to some quotes from me, I never wrote that > the USA was pro-dictatorship, pro-torture, against free > press and against human rights. I wrote that _my > childhood education_ made me think that _only_ > the USA _allies_ were pro-dictatorship, pro-torture, > against free press and against human rights. > > Of course, during the Cold War, in Latin America > _both_ sides [pro-USA or pro-USSR] were pro-dictatorship, > pro-torture, against free press and against human > rights. > > > There's an old saying, which is something like: "it's not > enough for Caesar's wife to be honest [or virtuous], she > must _also_ appear to be honest [or virtuous]". [[in Latin > this would be superb!!! :-))))) ]] > > In our current world where Caesar is the USA, Caesar's wives > [his allies] must be also an example of integrity, or they will > be used as an excuse to demonize Caesar. > > Alberto Monteiro
Whoops! Big mistake on my part, I didn't see the word allies in your post. I agree with you now about what you wrote. Kevin T.
