http://babalublog.com/2009/03/wishful-thinking-on-cuba/ ...an island on the net without a bearded dictator Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:41:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://babalublog.com/2009/03/wishful-thinking-on-cuba/#comment-93334 Ziva Sahl Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:21:27 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=18728#comment-93334 Asombra, I agree with you in the case of Bachelet, and many many others. I also think that there is a large number of otherwise good well-intentioned people who lack moral clarity, are relativists, and just do not have the necessary critical thinking skills to reach what should be an obvious conclusion. It is also my opinion that this is a good part of the reason Obama is president. Asombra, I agree with you in the case of Bachelet, and many many others. I also think that there is a large number of otherwise good well-intentioned people who lack moral clarity, are relativists, and just do not have the necessary critical thinking skills to reach what should be an obvious conclusion. It is also my opinion that this is a good part of the reason Obama is president.

]]> http://babalublog.com/2009/03/wishful-thinking-on-cuba/#comment-93301 asombra Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:00:24 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=18728#comment-93301 No, Ziva. Some people simply refuse to recognize evil of a certain ideological stripe as evil. They make all kinds of rationalizations and excuses for it. The recent Bachelet disgrace is a typical example. She's not stupid or ignorant, and she's a professional victim of dictatorship, but there she is panting breathlessly at the prospect of meeting and being photographed with Castro, and turning her back on dissidents in Cuba as if they didn't exist or didn't matter. Shit happens. No, Ziva. Some people simply refuse to recognize evil of a certain ideological stripe as evil. They make all kinds of rationalizations and excuses for it. The recent Bachelet disgrace is a typical example. She's not stupid or ignorant, and she's a professional victim of dictatorship, but there she is panting breathlessly at the prospect of meeting and being photographed with Castro, and turning her back on dissidents in Cuba as if they didn't exist or didn't matter. Shit happens.

]]> http://babalublog.com/2009/03/wishful-thinking-on-cuba/#comment-93297 Ziva Sahl Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:00:35 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=18728#comment-93297 Reading this, you have to conclude that the author fundamentally believes, contrary to all evidence and logic, all the BS about the revolution liberating the Cuban people from the horrible US backed Batista, and that their motives were inherently altruistic. Have people completely lost their ability to recognize evil? Mind boggling. Reading this, you have to conclude that the author fundamentally believes, contrary to all evidence and logic, all the BS about the revolution liberating the Cuban people from the horrible US backed Batista, and that their motives were inherently altruistic. Have people completely lost their ability to recognize evil? Mind boggling.

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