FLY2 10,108 Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 Fidel Castro has died. The Cuban leader reached the grand old age of 90. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 Smoking kills...... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 RIP Castro...a man held on to his convictions throughout his life...Cuba a truly remarkable place...and it's people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,159 Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 LOVE America............but give Castro his due,saw how Cuba was used by American crooks and Mafia.......came thru all the American attempts to have him 'knocked off'..........and in the end did Cuba proud............RIP Fidel............... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 I was always taught not to speak ill of the dead therefore I shall say.............................now't 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Best bet NBL, some folks are a mite touchy on that subject as you well know. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,159 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 You are quite correct NBL and Fly,and my post was probably a bit Political re-reading it........but nowt up with wishing him a good farewell no matter what his beliefs.................anyway what about Che Guevara?? I reckon he was a good lad..............or shall we not go there?...........lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 I will say rest in peace Fidel,he was a fellow human being,lived his life the way he saw fit,ran a country the way he saw fit,just because he did'nt fit in with the way we would do things does'nt make him a bad person,if we all did things the same as each other what a boring place this would be, RIP Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 #7 I once worked with a lady who had a cat called Che! He was named by her ex husband in honour of Che Guevara! He used to sleep on the kitchen worktop behind the warm kettle. Don't know where the cat slept! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Sorry, but I have to reply with a question what about all the people he had executed because they did not see things the same as he and the people who fled his regime.....................should they not have a voice? Mods please delete this post if you think it to much. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,159 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Yes NBL you are right on that.......but the Dictator he overthrew 'Batista' wasn't any better........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 His welcoming of Russian missiles almost caused WW 3 in 1962. I remember that like yesterday. There were a lot of wry jokes about digging trenches in four minutes and wearing tin helmets on the building site I was on, but nobody was really laughing. I thought I might not see my 18th birthday. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,159 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Being the same age as yourself Loppy,i too remember it all very well...........we nearly started stocking up on essentials.....but with Brooke Bond divi tea at 1/6 qtr....and sugar at 1/4 per 2lb bag...........just couldn't afford it,............anyway them with their finger on the Nuclear buttons.........seemed reasonable chaps back then............ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Bit of tea and sugar wouldn't have done us much good then, Ben, even if it was only 1/6 and 1/4. I think if anything it really made a lot of our generation "Live for the moment" from then on. It really brought on an eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die philosophy in the circles I moved in. Really messed with our whole generation IMHO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,159 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Never thought of it like that Loppy...........must be somebody we can Sue.......................lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 NBL post 10, I agree in priciple,however he was still a human being,one of us with different idea's,to quote from a book I read years ago and are no longer worthy of the book "let him without sin cast the first stone" Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm sure none of us are wholly without sin. Surely it's the degree of sin that matters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 #16 Yes I have sinned a plenty in my time, stole sweets from the corner shop, shagged one girl while dating another and all the rest of the 'sins' we ordinary folks fall into and then some. But I haven't stood thousands against a wall and shot them, I haven't kept a complete nation in a state of poverty whilst living the billionaire lifestyle, I haven't made thousand flee their home land in fear of their lives and imprisoned thousands of others. Cast the first stone? Not me, given the chance I would have put a noose round his neck and gladly pulled the handle. My last post on this thread I can see the way it's going 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 If we were perfect, we wouldn't be here! There would be no need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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