I bring a new discussion. The first one I did was about what is happening in Ukraine (thanks for so many answers on the subject). Now I´ll make(do) another discussion and it is about a popular man in all Spanish-speaking countries.
El "Che" Guevara: Hero or villain?.
What is your opinion about him?.
In my personal opinion he is a real myth, an idol for many people. I accept the myth but I do not agree with his ideology.
Che was a psychopath. He was a sadist who personally executed unarmed political prisoners, and ordered the execution of thousands more without trial. He was also an anti-black racist. The Che we see on so many t-shirts ended up dying like a coward, begging for his life. “!No disparen, no disparen¡ !Soy el Che, y valgo más vivo que muerto! “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot, I’m Che, and I’m worth more alive than dead!
AFAIK he wasn't so related to Cuba politics, when he had criticized USSR Castro adviced him to leave Cuba and continue to make revolutions anywhere else. So they had a break-off.
Why do think he was a devil? I'm really interested.
Well, he was a psychopathic, moved by hate, his only desire was to kill people, even pregnants. He was responsible for at least 216 documented deaths (see the link [http://www.cubaarchive.org/downloads/CA08.pdf]). He enjoyed shooting innocent people while watching their sons and mothers crying for them.
Now some quotes of this ruffian:
“Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any enemy that falls in my hands! My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood. With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!”
“In fact, if Christ himself stood in my way, I, like Nietzsche, would not hesitate to squish him like a worm.”
“A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. We must create the pedagogy of the The Wall!” The Wall is a reference to the wall where Che’s enemies stood before his firing squads.
“To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary … These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution!”
Neil: Well, actually no one can confirm the last words of Che as that information depends on whom published it. I found many sites that say his last words before his execution were: "I know you´ve come to kill me. - Please be serene and point (the gun) well! You are going to kill a man ".
Anyway I gave my opinion on the original discussion.
: “Sé que ha venido a matarme. - ¡Póngase sereno y apunte bien! ¡ usted va a matar a un hombre!”.
I totally agree with Neil. He was a devil.
