mark,

Pay attention. TAO said that, not I.
I simply advised you that I thought he was most certainly serious and
warmly invited you to prove him wrong.
Please proceed in doing so. You understand that soldiers and policemen
are not civilians, right?

On Dec 10, 7:55 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> che didn't kill civilians?  you really cannot be serious.  no one is
> that stupid.
>
> On Dec 10, 8:48 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > mark,
>
> > Gee, I'm pretty sure he is. Why don't you prove him wrong?
>
> > On Dec 10, 6:34 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > che did not kill civilians, are you serious?
>
> > > On Dec 10, 7:18 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > holly.
>
> > > > sounds like they used republican/bush type writers for the Che' film.
> > > > che did not kill civilians, neither did bush.
>
> > > > On Dec 10, 2:49 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Phil,
>
> > > > > So don't go see the movie.
>
> > > > > On Dec 10, 12:44 pm, Philobealo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > > > > You have to weep for the future, if people are learning about the 
> > > > > > past
> > > > > > from Tinseltown. The latest crime against truth is called Che, a
> > > > > > hagiography that warps history to make communist executioner Che
> > > > > > Guevara into a hero.
>
> > > > > > "I'd like to dedicate this to the man himself, Che Guevara!" 
> > > > > > announced
> > > > > > Benicio del Toro this May, as he received a "best actor" award for 
> > > > > > his
> > > > > > starring role in Che, a reverent new film about the communist
> > > > > > revolutionary. As the crowd at the Cannes Film Festival erupted in
> > > > > > thunderous ovation, the Puerto Rico-born actor gushed that "I 
> > > > > > wouldn't
> > > > > > be here without Che Guevara, and through all the awards the movie 
> > > > > > gets
> > > > > > you'll have to pay your respects to the man!"
> > > > > > But some stubbornly refuse to pay their respects. Thus, the actor
> > > > > > received a much cooler reception when Che, directed by Oscar-winner
> > > > > > Steven Soderbergh, had a private screening in Miami Beach this past
> > > > > > Thursday. Cuban-Americans, including the mayor of Miami Beach,
> > > > > > protested the 4-and-a-half hour glorification of the man they 
> > > > > > consider
> > > > > > a Stalinist mass-murderer.
> > > > > > Miami's media proved equally unwelcoming. At a press conference 
> > > > > > after
> > > > > > the screening in Miami Beach's Byron Carlyle Theater, Marlene 
> > > > > > Gonzalez
> > > > > > of the Spanish language America TeVe network asked del Toro about 
> > > > > > some
> > > > > > glaring omissions in the movie. What of Che's role in ordering the
> > > > > > executions of ordinary Cubans? And why no mention of the 
> > > > > > forced-labor
> > > > > > camps established on the guerilla fighter's orders? A suddenly 
> > > > > > hurried
> > > > > > Del Toro denied that Che bore any culpability for these horrors. He
> > > > > > refused even to admit Che's bitter falling out with Fidel Castro,
> > > > > > claiming that, to the contrary, the two always got along splendidly
> > > > > > and that Castro was genuinely heartbroken when Che was captured and
> > > > > > killed after fighting to his last bullet.
> > > > > > The contrast made for a moving scene. As protestors outside the
> > > > > > Carlyle Theater brandished pictures of relatives murdered by Che
> > > > > > Guevara, del Toro paid tribute to their murderer. Questions about
> > > > > > Che's brutalities — meticulously recorded in books like Exposing the
> > > > > > Real Che Guevara — he brushed aside as the embittered fabrications 
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > Cuban exiles.
> > > > > > The following day, del Toro flew to Havana to present his film at 
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > Havana Film Festival and hob-knob with Castro regime officials. Che
> > > > > > was billed as the highlight of the festival and the Stalinist regime
> > > > > > rolled out the carpet for their honored guest.
> > > > > > Del Toro publicly thanked the Cuban regime for research assistance.
>
> > > > > > That del Toro considers the Cuban regime a reliable source for the
> > > > > > film is telling. Consider that the Castro government has jailed more
> > > > > > political prisoners as a percentage of population than Stalin's and
> > > > > > executed more people (out of a population of 6.4 million) in its 
> > > > > > first
> > > > > > three years in power than Hitler's executed (out of a population of 
> > > > > > 70
> > > > > > million) in it's first six. These figures come from the human rights
> > > > > > group Freedom House and from the Black Book of Communism, authored 
> > > > > > by
> > > > > > French scholars and translated into English by Harvard University
> > > > > > Press, not exactly headquarters for the vast-right wing conspiracy.
> > > > > > It's no accident that moonbat-infested Tinseltown produces 
> > > > > > grotesquely
> > > > > > distorted historical stories. As Orwell noticed:
>
> > > > > > Who controls the past controls the future.
> > > > > > Those who share the socialist vision of the future as a boot 
> > > > > > stamping
> > > > > > on a human face have powerful friends in Hollyweird.- Hide quoted 
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