Steven Montgomery wrote:
> At 06:35 PM 10/21/2002, you wrote: > >Steven, Cliff can speak for himself, but I for one will not be intimidated by > >spiritual harrassment. My testimony is not up to you to define with > >idiosyncratic > >and isolated proof-texts. In any case, the claim wasn't whether Castro *said* > >he'd been a Communist all his life, it's whether it was a fact or not. > >Naturally > >by 1962 he would have said something like this because he'd signed the > >treaty of > >friendship with the Soviet Union. This is the second time I've addressed this. > >You can choose to believe me or not, but the courtesy of a response would be > >appreciated, rather than just repeating the same old charge. > > > >Just think: Cuba could have been a democracy except for your meddling. > > Right. And Fidel Castro was the George Washington of Cuba. NOT! > Never said he was. You're evading the question I'm raising. > > I've already showed you where there was overwhelming evidence that when > Fidel Castro took power in January 1959 that he had been a Communist agent > at least since 1948, when he led a bloody Communist uprising in Bogota, > Colombia. It is common practice among revolutionaries to pretend they are > "democratic" in order to help them slide into power. Once in power Castro's > true colors came out. > Straw man, Steven. I have never tried to argue that Castro is not Communist, is not a dictator. We are talking right past each other. I'm admitting all the bad things you are saying about him, but saying that the US had a large -- indeed, the major -- part to play in paving the way for him to come to power. You could have prevented it by nurturing democracy but you chose instead to nurture tyranny. I don't care what colour you paint the giant bronze statue in the town square -- Communist red is the same as Fascist brown or Plutocratic green and gold in my books. > > -- > Steven Montgomery > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “We do not think that there is an incompatibility between words and deeds; the worst thing is to rush into action before the consequences have been properly debated…To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise one’s unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action.” – Pericles about his fellow-Athenians, as quoted by Thucydides in “The Peloponessian Wars” Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
