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• • 06 May 09
  • 4:07 pm

  "What failed support for the revolutions of Cuba and Venezuela signifies is today’s lack of class consciouslness." -- "so-called human rights violations in Cuba" -- is this a joke? Here's a little story, when my brother was 8 years old, still living in that hell-hole known as Cuba, one day at school, because he would not salute the flag over religious principles, the powers that be took him in the office and threatened to put my parents in jail if he didn't salute the flag again. Here's another one for you, after my mom had me, the doctors inserted a ring …

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• • 07 May 09
  • 5:45 pm

  There's a big difference between "discouraged" and not being allowed/catching a beat-down. Look, maybe I went about my response the wrong way. I know I came off a bit condecsending but it's just that you have to understand that when you write something like "so-called human rights violations" about something I've seen, first hand, it automatically brings the absolute worst out of me. Listen, I'm not some right-winger trolling around this website. Just like you, I do not belong to any party, and actually never have voted in my life. And I certainly don't come from some formerly rich family that …

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• • 07 May 09
  • 5:52 pm

  Oh, and one last thing, I'm sorry but you HAVE NOT seen the same. If you did, you would have had to migrate via shark-infested waters in a raft made of wood and tires to a foreign country with a completely different language to be able to write the two comments you've written in this page.

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• • 08 May 09
  • 3:52 pm

  Tranquilo, broder, todo bien. Maybe we'll have a few more discussions in the near future. Take care of yourself.

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