http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/15/vicarious-communists/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/15/vicarious-communists/comment-page-1/#comment-29130 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Communist Heaven Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:31:22 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/15/vicarious-communists/#comment-29130 [...] There are, of course, far too many leftists who admire Communism even after seeing the disaster it was for much of the world. Many of these vicarious admirers inhabit academia, of course. There are also those here in this country who engage in interpretive dance celebrating Fidel Castro. But the fact is that the "system" of communism doesn't actually work. At all. The official Prensa Latina news agency reported in a brief dispatch late Friday that the new minister will be Jorge Luis Sierra, a top Communist Party leader. [...] [...] There are, of course, far too many leftists who admire Communism even after seeing the disaster it was for much of the world. Many of these vicarious admirers inhabit academia, of course. There are also those here in this country who engage in interpretive dance celebrating Fidel Castro. But the fact is that the "system" of communism doesn't actually work. At all. The official Prensa Latina news agency reported in a brief dispatch late Friday that the new minister will be Jorge Luis Sierra, a top Communist Party leader. [...]

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/15/vicarious-communists/comment-page-1/#comment-17263 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Silence Broken, Silence Enforced Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:07:29 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/08/15/vicarious-communists/#comment-17263 [...] But in Cuba, there is silence from those who oppose Castro. It is enforced by putting those who would speak in prison and letting them rot there. It is reinforced by people around the world who admire Castro's Cuba and do interpretive dances to glorify Fidel. It is strengthened by those who cheapen the meaning of oppression by claiming their victimhood on television and in print. Silence enforced by indifference to real oppression. [...] [...] But in Cuba, there is silence from those who oppose Castro. It is enforced by putting those who would speak in prison and letting them rot there. It is reinforced by people around the world who admire Castro's Cuba and do interpretive dances to glorify Fidel. It is strengthened by those who cheapen the meaning of oppression by claiming their victimhood on television and in print. Silence enforced by indifference to real oppression. [...]

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