Comments on: Should we apologise for Castro? http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292418 Nabakov Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:06:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292418 "Think about wiping it out before I decide to do so." Now that's inductive logic Birdy! While you're all here, I'd like to apologise for once again baiting Birdy into a rabid fit. What? He hasn't thrown one yet on this thread? 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4... “Think about wiping it out before I decide to do so.”

Now that’s inductive logic Birdy!

While you’re all here, I’d like to apologise for once again baiting Birdy into a rabid fit.

What? He hasn’t thrown one yet on this thread?

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4…

]]> By: PanelbeaterBird http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292417 PanelbeaterBird Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:02:16 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292417 I haven't added this holocaust-denial to my own blog yet. Think about wiping it out before I decide to do so. I think that would be my best reccomendation and its not getting any better then that. I haven’t added this holocaust-denial to my own blog yet.

Think about wiping it out before I decide to do so.

I think that would be my best reccomendation and its not getting any better then that.

]]> By: Andrew E http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292416 Andrew E Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:36:09 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292416 The issue here is one of personal morality and how good you are at learning from mistakes. Did you support Castro? Have you been presented with evidence that, on the whole, he's done more harm than good? If you answered yes to both questions, then you should apologise. Failure to apologise under such circumstances diminishes your credibility. professor rat is right. Apologise when your pet schemes go south. It doesn't mean everything you've ever said, done or thought was wrong, it just means that things haven't turned out as you thought they would - an experience common to all people. In 2003 I actually thought the invasion of Iraq was a great idea, I was glad to see Saddam gone from power and was confident the Yanks would install order and the hardworking Iraqis would turn their country into an economic powerhouse, the South Korea of the Middle East. Hahahahahaha, kick me! I've since recanted as my faith in the US was completely misplaced. Failure to climb down under such circumstances implies that the humiliation to your own ego and prescience is somehow greater than those who are paying a far higher price for this error (and I don't include Washington pundits or defendants-to-be in the Bush Administration who are currently drawing the income they will need for legal expenses). tk.noonan, if you're sick of Howard and Costello justifying their existance by reaching back to the interest rate levels of 1991, then shut up about bloody Batista and 1959 and Bay of Pigs and all that shite. It could be worse in Cuba - Haiti is a reminder of that - but God damn it, it could be better. And it should be. Here as well. The issue here is one of personal morality and how good you are at learning from mistakes.

Did you support Castro? Have you been presented with evidence that, on the whole, he’s done more harm than good? If you answered yes to both questions, then you should apologise. Failure to apologise under such circumstances diminishes your credibility. professor rat is right.

Apologise when your pet schemes go south. It doesn’t mean everything you’ve ever said, done or thought was wrong, it just means that things haven’t turned out as you thought they would – an experience common to all people.

In 2003 I actually thought the invasion of Iraq was a great idea, I was glad to see Saddam gone from power and was confident the Yanks would install order and the hardworking Iraqis would turn their country into an economic powerhouse, the South Korea of the Middle East. Hahahahahaha, kick me! I’ve since recanted as my faith in the US was completely misplaced. Failure to climb down under such circumstances implies that the humiliation to your own ego and prescience is somehow greater than those who are paying a far higher price for this error (and I don’t include Washington pundits or defendants-to-be in the Bush Administration who are currently drawing the income they will need for legal expenses).

tk.noonan, if you’re sick of Howard and Costello justifying their existance by reaching back to the interest rate levels of 1991, then shut up about bloody Batista and 1959 and Bay of Pigs and all that shite. It could be worse in Cuba – Haiti is a reminder of that – but God damn it, it could be better. And it should be. Here as well.

]]> By: Viscount William Arthur Hotpants, Fifth Lord of Hotpantshire, OBE, FRS http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292415 Viscount William Arthur Hotpants, Fifth Lord of Hotpantshire, OBE, FRS Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:24:30 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292415 Well, I suppose it's come to this, and I had rather apologize for Hot Pants. Though I do feel I must say, I'm not completely convinced I'm blameworthy. You'd have all done the same, had you been in my situation! Well, I suppose it’s come to this, and I had rather apologize for Hot Pants.

Though I do feel I must say, I’m not completely convinced I’m blameworthy.

You’d have all done the same, had you been in my situation!

]]> By: Sir Isaac Newton http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292414 Sir Isaac Newton Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:39:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292414 Sorry about those fluxions. Sorry about those fluxions.

]]> By: steve m http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292413 steve m Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:10:28 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292413 I apologize for posting comments while despicably drunk. What seems profound or witty at the time seems embarrassing the next day. :( I apologize for posting comments while despicably drunk. What seems profound or witty at the time seems embarrassing the next day. :(

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292412 FDB Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:49:32 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292412 That's better. Now I'm sorry for being mean. This apology stuff is so way cool. That’s better. Now I’m sorry for being mean.

This apology stuff is so way cool.

]]> By: justaguy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292411 justaguy Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:37:18 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292411 Sorry. Sorry.

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292410 FDB Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:21:32 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292410 Thanks for your incredibly important contribution, justaguy. Really picked up the tone. Full marks. Thanks for your incredibly important contribution, justaguy. Really picked up the tone. Full marks.

]]> By: justaguy http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292409 justaguy Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:10:29 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/10/02/should-we-apologise-for-castro/#comment-292409 This is the sorriest bunch of apologies I've had the sorry task of wading through. I'm sorry I read it. This is the sorriest bunch of apologies I’ve had the sorry task of wading through. I’m sorry I read it.

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