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Why are cubans in miami celebrating his death? Are they misguided minorities that should follow the example of armchair politicians in privledged countries?

k-mcgrady 10y ago
>> "Why are cubans in miami celebrating his death?" Because they didn't like him and got out. There were people who celebrated Margaret Thatcher's death. There would be people who would celebrate the death of some current world leaders. On the other hand there would be people who would mourn those deaths.
- formula1 10y ago
  Did Magret Thatcher execute people? Did she create an air of fear and enforce isolationism at the expense of a country they ruled? These are apples and oranges
  - k-mcgrady 10y ago
    In case you completely misunderstood my point here it is again: "Why are cubans in miami celebrating his death?" Because they are a group of Cubans who don't like him. There are also Cubans mourning his death. Like all politicians some people liked his policies (because they benefited from them) and will be sad he's dead and others disliked his policies (because they did not benefit from them) and will be happy he's dead. Ultimately what he did or didn't do has no relevance to your question.
    - formula1 10y ago
      Your answer sums up to "ying/yang" and "balance in all things". At what point do you condemn actions? Do you only condemn those that condemn? I shouldnt spend any time on you. Your going in a rediculpus directiom
  - throwaway89012 10y ago
    Margaret Thatcher sent British troops to train the Khmer Rouge, I doubt Castro ever did anything as sick as that.
Veen 10y ago
Because they are descendants of the middle and upper classes who benefited from the previous regime and lost everything when Castro came to power.
- GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
  So his exiling of over a million cubans is acceptable, then?
  - leadingthenet 10y ago
    Yes.
    - formula1 10y ago
      I hope people like you move to countries under dictatorships. Edit : not you, the person you were pretending to be. I hope for you and everyone the very best
      - leadingthenet 10y ago
        I have. Currently living in the UK.
        formula1 10y ago
        God, your sense of humor is on point.
- formula1 10y ago
  All of them? There was no poverty in cuba after Castro? Those that spoke out were capitalist pigs and deserved their punishment? Right after obama came to cuba there was a large influx of cubans who made the journey through the carribean to the us to gain the guarenteed citizenship [0]. Why would people risk their lives to leave? Are these individuals also upper class escaping slaughter? [0] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/08/05/cuban-immigration-to-u-s-surges-as-relations-warm/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/08/05/cuban-immigr...
bewaretheirs 10y ago
For many of them it's due to direct experience with the arbitrary and capricious nature of the Castro regime: "... all three of us — papi, mami and me — got visas to leave. It took five years to get those visas and my folks were immediately fired from their jobs when they applied. "On that July 1967 day when we were scheduled to go, the three of us made it to the boarding ladder of the Eastern Airlines Freedom Flight bound for America. But a Castro soldier stopped us before we boarded and demanded to see the family’s papers. I remember this as if it was yesterday. That bearded guerrilla in green and carrying a rifle confirmed all three of us were cleared to leave Cuba. "But, he added, that only two of us could leave because that’s what he personally was deciding. He then told my father to pick who goes and who stays. What ensued next is hazy to me. I know there were tears. I know there was drama. But suffice to say only my mother and I got on that plane. "My dad stayed behind, and for three years he was unable to reunite with us. Other family members never were able to reunite with us." Armando Salguero, Miami Herald sportswriter, in: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article117033883.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-...

k-mcgrady 10y ago

>> "Why are cubans in miami celebrating his death?" Because they didn't like him and got out. There were people who celebrated Margaret Thatcher's death. There would be people who would celebrate the death of some current world leaders. On the other hand there would be people who would mourn those deaths.

formula1 10y ago
Did Magret Thatcher execute people? Did she create an air of fear and enforce isolationism at the expense of a country they ruled? These are apples and oranges
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  In case you completely misunderstood my point here it is again: "Why are cubans in miami celebrating his death?" Because they are a group of Cubans who don't like him. There are also Cubans mourning his death. Like all politicians some people liked his policies (because they benefited from them) and will be sad he's dead and others disliked his policies (because they did not benefit from them) and will be happy he's dead. Ultimately what he did or didn't do has no relevance to your question.
  - formula1 10y ago
    Your answer sums up to "ying/yang" and "balance in all things". At what point do you condemn actions? Do you only condemn those that condemn? I shouldnt spend any time on you. Your going in a rediculpus directiom
- throwaway89012 10y ago
  Margaret Thatcher sent British troops to train the Khmer Rouge, I doubt Castro ever did anything as sick as that.

Veen 10y ago

Because they are descendants of the middle and upper classes who benefited from the previous regime and lost everything when Castro came to power.

GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
So his exiling of over a million cubans is acceptable, then?
- leadingthenet 10y ago
  Yes.
  - formula1 10y ago
    I hope people like you move to countries under dictatorships. Edit : not you, the person you were pretending to be. I hope for you and everyone the very best
    - leadingthenet 10y ago
      I have. Currently living in the UK.
      - formula1 10y ago
        God, your sense of humor is on point.
formula1 10y ago
All of them? There was no poverty in cuba after Castro? Those that spoke out were capitalist pigs and deserved their punishment? Right after obama came to cuba there was a large influx of cubans who made the journey through the carribean to the us to gain the guarenteed citizenship [0]. Why would people risk their lives to leave? Are these individuals also upper class escaping slaughter? [0] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/08/05/cuban-immigration-to-u-s-surges-as-relations-warm/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/08/05/cuban-immigr...

bewaretheirs 10y ago

For many of them it's due to direct experience with the arbitrary and capricious nature of the Castro regime: "... all three of us — papi, mami and me — got visas to leave. It took five years to get those visas and my folks were immediately fired from their jobs when they applied. "On that July 1967 day when we were scheduled to go, the three of us made it to the boarding ladder of the Eastern Airlines Freedom Flight bound for America. But a Castro soldier stopped us before we boarded and demanded to see the family’s papers. I remember this as if it was yesterday. That bearded guerrilla in green and carrying a rifle confirmed all three of us were cleared to leave Cuba. "But, he added, that only two of us could leave because that’s what he personally was deciding. He then told my father to pick who goes and who stays. What ensued next is hazy to me. I know there were tears. I know there was drama. But suffice to say only my mother and I got on that plane. "My dad stayed behind, and for three years he was unable to reunite with us. Other family members never were able to reunite with us." Armando Salguero, Miami Herald sportswriter, in: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article117033883.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-...