tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post318956525624315289..comments2024-03-01T03:16:14.116+00:00Comments on Another Green World: Green Party conference 'Where next for the Green Party?' asks Derek WallDerek Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-37640876000085986892009-09-07T16:52:03.441+00:002009-09-07T16:52:03.441+00:00'...always pointless to reply to them and cert...'...always pointless to reply to them and certainly they have contempt for human rights abuse in Latin America...blood soak Alan Garcia looks clean to those who think Cuba is a dictatorship.'<br /><br />Always pointless to reply? Or is it because you cannot actually reply Derek hence the faux outrage? I mean saying 'look there's no democracy in X so it's pointless to criticisePaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249817220736089013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-42100518130686684622009-09-07T13:03:56.807+00:002009-09-07T13:03:56.807+00:00This article isn't about Cuba, so looks like t...This article isn't about Cuba, so looks like trolling to me...always pointless to reply to them and certainly they have contempt for human rights abuse in Latin America...blood soak Alan Garcia looks clean to those who think Cuba is a dictatorship.<br /><br />Did they lift a finger to help Santiago Manuin when he was in hospital with eight bullets?Derek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-26511041690833072682009-09-07T08:46:24.036+00:002009-09-07T08:46:24.036+00:00Well at least someone responded to the query Re Cu...Well at least someone responded to the query Re Cuba. Albeit again with a heavy dose of obfuscation and relativity. I'm entirely willing to believe as a non-Socialist that Cuba has sound LGBT policies. I've also been interested to read about Cuba's situation, 'post oil'. The latter interests me as someone who wishes to see an end to western dependence on Saudi Oil. However Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249817220736089013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-70847978266116557512009-09-07T04:35:03.375+00:002009-09-07T04:35:03.375+00:00Paul, I am a socialist and I am not a supporter of...Paul, I am a socialist and I am not a supporter of many things the Cuban government does. But to hear criticism of Cuba on the grounds that it lacks democracy and freedom from a pro-capitalist so-called 'libertarian' is the height of absurdity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-79951606817453834892009-09-06T19:31:51.102+00:002009-09-06T19:31:51.102+00:00'Anti-Cuban?'-Please explain? Thanks for r...'Anti-Cuban?'-Please explain? Thanks for replying anyway even if you did not answer mine or novparl's questions. In fact novparl was right- 'You won't have any answers'.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249817220736089013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-88195038881702418092009-09-06T14:38:15.795+00:002009-09-06T14:38:15.795+00:00well as this post isn't about Cuba...I shall p...well as this post isn't about Cuba...I shall put you down as a troll, have writen plenty about Cuba elsewhere...and the anti-Cubans generally don't care about human rights, plenty of my friends killed by Alan Garcia.Derek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-43929289712033624712009-09-06T13:15:41.887+00:002009-09-06T13:15:41.887+00:00What a surprise you did not respond to criticism a...What a surprise you did not respond to criticism and a fair question on your blog! Derek just so we're clear if Socialism (as in the Cuban example), is accompanied by an authoritarian regime is that acceptable to you? My suspicions are that it is.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249817220736089013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-262188043051553622009-09-04T11:55:56.202+00:002009-09-04T11:55:56.202+00:00Derek is Cuba a democracy (in which case its polic...Derek is Cuba a democracy (in which case its policies may or may not be praiseworthy) or as novparl said a one party state? These things do matter, what does HRW say about the regime in Cuba? Why are you so much in favour of the only authoritarian regime left in the Americas?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249817220736089013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-63111061930602344582009-09-04T10:18:20.353+00:002009-09-04T10:18:20.353+00:00I should be posting more on Cuba's excellent L...I should be posting more on Cuba's excellent LGBT policies...if there is something in the Morning Star I will put it up.Derek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-78631789741618498182009-09-04T10:11:48.324+00:002009-09-04T10:11:48.324+00:00Can you tell me where the democracy is in the one-...Can you tell me where the democracy is in the one-party homophobic state of Cuba?<br /><br />I note you plug the openly Stalinist "Morning Stalin".<br /><br />You won't have any answers.novparlnoreply@blogger.com