Chavez has died

CCIP · 03-05-13, 05:32 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21679053

A divisive, problematic and controversial figure. There's gonna be two very different versions of him being trumpeted for a while now - one as some sort of angelic martyr of the people (no doubt, secretly assassinated by the US, as some will loudly proclaim) and another as this evil socialist dictator who has oppressed his own people and spat on human rights. I doubt a fair assessment of his actual role will be available for a while thanks to that.

Either way, having been a center of Latin American left-wing politics for the last few years, it will be interesting to see what effect Chavez' death will have on the region. He did build up a bit of a cult of personality around himself, and now that the person is gone, the structure behind the persona will probably struggle to redefine itself.

Seems like this has been coming for a while. Hate Chavez or not, you gotta hate cancer at the least. People in his situation rarely recover as miraculously as his PR aides were keen to claim, and I am really not surprised at today's news.

vienna · 03-05-13, 06:25 PM

Good riddance...

<O>

03-05-13, 07:04 PM

Be interesting to see if the media barons take over the country again.

geetrue · 03-05-13, 07:27 PM

I remember a couple of years ago when Pat Robertson of CBN shocked everyone by saying,
"Maybe someone ought to take him out"

"each person is appointed a time to die and then the judgement"

I have nothing to do with that level of justice ...

GoldenRivet · 03-05-13, 08:35 PM

In other news

I ate a burrito for lunch

nikimcbee · 03-05-13, 08:50 PM

Auf Wiedersehen, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

yubba · 03-06-13, 05:10 PM

It's too bad he died before he could redistrabute that 2 billion dollars he had on hand to the needy children..

03-05-13, 05:32 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Chavez has died http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21679053 A divisive, problematic and controversial figure. There's gonna be two very different versions of him being trumpeted for a while now - one as some sort of angelic martyr of the people (no doubt, secretly assassinated by the US, as some will loudly proclaim) and another as this evil socialist dictator who has oppressed his own people and spat on human rights. I doubt a fair assessment of his actual role will be available for a while thanks to that. Either way, having been a center of Latin American left-wing politics for the last few years, it will be interesting to see what effect Chavez' death will have on the region. He did build up a bit of a cult of personality around himself, and now that the person is gone, the structure behind the persona will probably struggle to redefine itself. Seems like this has been coming for a while. Hate Chavez or not, you gotta hate cancer at the least. People in his situation rarely recover as miraculously as his PR aides were keen to claim, and I am really not surprised at today's news. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Good riddance... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I remember a couple of years ago when Pat Robertson of CBN shocked everyone by saying, "Maybe someone ought to take him out" "each person is appointed a time to die and then the judgement" I have nothing to do with that level of justice ... __________________

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	In other news I ate a burrito for lunch __________________

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Auf Wiedersehen, don't let the door hit you on the way out. __________________

03-05-13, 07:04 PM	#3
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Be interesting to see if the media barons take over the country again.

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yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	It's too bad he died before he could redistrabute that 2 billion dollars he had on hand to the needy children..