[WikiEN-l] The 3RR is an electric fence, not an entitlement.

Mon Oct 10 09:42:17 UTC 2005

actionforum at comcast.net wrote:

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>On 10/10/05, Tony Sidaway wrote: 
> > 
> > > Wrong, it hasn't gotten worse, at least Batista is no longer 
> > > called a dictator, as he once was. That is how much the clique, did 
> > > not want Castro labeled a dictator. Note that Batista still has a regime, 
> > > which has been regarded as POV on other pages. Batista did not shoot 
> > > people trying to escape Cuba, Castro does. 
> > 
> > Well, do you not see that all you're talking about is a tit-for-tat affair? 
> > What does the issue of killing people trying to escape Cuba have to do with 
> > the question of whether we call Batista or Castro dictators? Both of them 
> > instituted a government by force of arms, so they would both fit the 
> > traditional standard. Shah Pahlavi, for that matter, when dismissed by 
> > Massadeq, was reinstalled by military force, so I guess we could call him a 
> > dictator too. But the editors of the Pahlavi article, for whatever reason, 
> > are not squabbling. 
>
>You can call it tit-for-tat, but when a clique has control of a page, and is
>claiming a certain standard in rejecting your edits such as "dictator" being
>POV and pejorative even when applied to a world class dictator like
>Fidel Castro, you can at least embarass them some with their hypocrisy
>if they insist on maintaining the term for a petty corrupt dictator such
>as Batista.  His oppression only extended to the measures necessary
>to keep him in power and luxury.  There  is a difference between
>being anti-democratic for selfish reasons, and essentially enslaving
>(because they can't leave) a pool of cheap labor to implement
>your grand plans for the economy.
>
If this weren't so hilarious I would be tempted to see it as the ravings 
of an anti-Catro lunatic.  The notion that a person who bases his 
dictatorship on personal gain and profit is morally superior to one who 
does so in order to achieve honest reforms is beyond belief.

Ec