Welcome Me - Lets introduce ourselves ...

[Breast Pump]

Name: Anaid

Age: 22

Location: United States of America

Sex: Female

Share something about yourself: I've never been exposed to Che before, so I'm hear to learn.

what age where you when you were first exposed to Che and his teachings?

... if any of you want to add more question, please do so. Thank you.

next!

[Chief Rebel Angel]

there r an awful lot of these on this bb but i dont mind'em...

name: Hamad

age: 17

location: Bahrain

sex: male

something about myself: right now, proud of the Intifadha, pissed at israel (as usual), and listenning to entombed...

i was 16 when i was first exposed to Che..

oh, - and welcome :)

(Edited by Chief Rebel Angel at 12:09 am on Oct. 1, 2001)

[Breast Pump]

really? sorry. i'm not used to this board yet. I've stuck to the Che/General Topic forums. Anyway, I thank you for participating :)

[vox]

Okay, I've got a question for you. :)

Your online name is a bit different, and I was wondering what the intent was when you chose it.

vox

[RedCeltic]

Good idea starting this new section Malte...

and yea I was wondering about "Breast Pump" also...

[CPK]

*sigh* okay...

Name: Casimir

Age: 16

Location: Canaduh

Gender: Male

Something About Myself: I like fishing, hunting, and firearms.

I was 13 when i was first exposed to Che.

Ahah! welcome!!!

(Edited by CPK at 3:02 am on Oct. 1, 2001)

[Breast Pump]

Hmm ... there's no special meaning behind my screen name. I think it came about due to lack of creativity at the time I registered.

why? does it somehow make you think of me in a certain way?

[RedCeltic]

Oh I suppose it is a good name, as it's diffrent. I'm actualy supprised there aren't more Red --- somethings out there just a few... The first part of my name is just because I'm a socialist, and the second is well, I'm an Irish/Scot and like the Glasgow Celtic Football Club (even though I'm in NY) and also has to do with my religion... ( Wicca) so... I'm RedCeltic :)....

But I did wonder if " Breast Pump" was a joke I somehow missed. :)

[Jurhael]

Let us see...I am 25, female and live in NW Florida.

It's almost impossible to describe my political views because they tend to be everywhere and very unpredictable.

I only heard of Che on Vox's board a few months ago.

I thought he was a WOMAN! :lol

[Breast Pump]

thanks to everyone who's posted :)

oh, and i completely agree with ^ on political views. I have plenty of views, however I welcome personal evolution. I strive to make complete thoughts for myself and not regurgitate someone else's, although influence is inevitable. ... did i make any sense?

[Chief Rebel Angel]

but theres nothing wrong with having the exact same opinion as someone else, no?

[Moskitto]

Name: Richard

Age: 15

Location: England

When First Exposed to Che: On this website about a month ago but i've liked the idea of communism since I was about 5.

Other stuff I do: I race canadian canoes (C1) after i've swapped from racing Kayaks (K1) and I aim to win the Under 16 marathon National Champions and the Adjutants Cup (Under-18 500m sprint champion) next year and more long term I'm aiming to get into the team for the 2003 junior world sprint championship and possibly the 2008 olympics.

[Breast Pump]

How can you like the idea of communism at age 5? Is this something people say to seem :cool: ? I mean ... there's no possibe way a 5 year old can grasp the purpose of communism.

If however, you appreciated group projects and working collectively with your class mates, i suppose I understand.

Please explain yourself.

[RedCeltic]

lol... didn't u say from a vidio game or something Mosketto?...... Ahhhh Good ta have such young leftist thinkers in the world... truly is.. :)

[Che Vive]

Name:Haifa

Age:18

Gender:female

Location:Beirut,Lebanon

i was first exposed to Che about a year ago and ive admired him deeply ever since

[Drifter]

i first heard about che when i asked my mother
"so who's that guy, the one who's face is on all those posters and t-shirts when thaey have riots and demonstrations?"
"You'r probably talking about 'Che guevara'"
so i did some research on him and have been an ardent admirer ever since.
truly one of the greatest men who ever lived in my own opinion

[Moskitto]

It's true. It described communism in the games' historical encyclopaedia as "A system of government where the nation (land) and means of production (factories) are owned by the masses." I saw this and thought it was a good idea and it went on to explain who concieved it and more stuff. But the last line was "So far communism has failed to bring about a world based on worker values" which made me think "Why doesn't someone try it properly?"

I new of people like Stalin and Mao only from the computer game (yes that's how much I use computers.)

Stalin was a Russian guy who is VERY dangerous to be next to because he would always invade you and you wouldn't stand much of a chance.

Mao was a Chinese guy who was really easy to beat into submission (and make him pay you everything he's got for peace) because he only built about 2 cities. Unless you got to about 2000 AD where he was normally quite aggressive.

[David Loco]

I came home from school....My mother was crying...Che was dead....I was too young to understand...Today I remember and think about what it means to be comitted to 'la causa'.

[Breast Pump]

Moskitto: I suppose you were fortunate enough to be exposed and seek knowledge about such a matter.

I'm only 22 but how I envy high school revolutionaries. My h.s. mentallity was much too stagnant. I was saturated with mainsteam nonsense and the like. Truly sad. I must now make up for all the lost time. I'm however greatful that I got over my dense episode. Long live self education =)

thanks again to all of you for sharing a bit about yourselves.

(Edited by Breast Pump at 2:32 am on Oct. 15, 2001)

[Naive]

Age: 22

Gender: female

Location: Sydney (legal alien)

Occupation: Student of Media, aim to build an evil media empire and rule the world by spreading missinformation and fear, like in that really bad James Bond movie. ;0)

Reason I'm here: Just finished the Anderson bio of Che and want to learn more and I'm interested in hear what others have to say, so here I am.

(Edited by Naive at 1:46 am on Oct. 24, 2001)

[El Commandante]

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Location: London, Britain

Occupation: Student, doing my GCSEs at the moment

Reason I'm here: I was doing research for a school project on people that have changed the world and I found out about Che, did more research into him and socialism and took up the cause.

[celticsocialist]

Naive and Breast pump, you have both edited your posts, why? I am quite new to this computer carry on so forgive me if this is a stupid question.

[Naive]

Celticsocialist:
Pure vanity on my part. Probably saw a few typos and things that didn’t make sense.

[celticsocialist]

Does this mean that I can change things that I have posted when drunk? That could be handy!

[Son of Scargill]

Hi there,must admit to being English,but nobody's perfect.We can just try our best.

[celticsocialist]

Welcome Son of Scargill. Please dont take my signature as anyway anti english. I am against Britain but Scotland is as much Britain as England is.
I go south of the border fairly regular as I have family there.

[Son of Scargill]

That's good to know.I worked in Scotland for 2 yrs so I did have the pleasure of meeting some of those Settlerwatch twats.Mind you they'd probably not know how to start a PC,let alone be browsing this site.But I would agree that "Britain"or rather England,has got far more out of the "union"than Scotland.what do you think.

[RedCeltic]

Quote: from celticsocialist on 7:20 pm on Nov. 4, 2001
Does this mean that I can change things that I have posted when drunk? That could be handy!


I do that quite regularly...

[sabre]

whoa red i didnt know u were wiccan, i used to be wiccan but realized to many of the wiccans out there are Playgans, (get the pun?) (pagans) so i looked into toher stuff since organized religionj isnt for me and i settled on some sort of Taoism.


Name: Evan

Loc: USA

Age: 14

First exposed to Che at age 12 maybe

Occupation: High School Student

Future Occupation (hopefully): Art Teacher


Music: about everything but country, been listening to a lot of Bob Dylan lately

[celticsocialist]

SOS, those settler watch types seem to have mostly vanished now. I remember about 8-10 years ago they were putting flyers up on road signs all over the place. They are a complete embarressment to their country.
To be honest mate, I`m not sure what anyone really gains out of the UK. England would not really be a less powerful nation than Britain. Other than the oil Scotland should not really have that much to offer Britain.

[socialismnow]

I am English too. Personally, I have no objection to the UK, though it should be reconstituted as a republic, perhaps a federal republic. But I believe in the right to self-determination of the English, Scottish and Welsh peoples.

Anyway I'm 23 and live and work (as a software developer) in Oxford.

[kevolution]

Hi, the kevolution's real name is, unsurprisingly, Kev

Live in Ireland (south)

First introduced to Che at an early age, 7-8ish. My Mam made me a rug with his image on it, and since then I've been walking all over him, lol.

Used to be a die-hard Republican, but realised that violence will not achieve the liberation of the north from imperialism, only working class unity can achieve that and it will be difficult. I have no illusions on that front.

I am a Socialist Party of Ireland member and an activist against basically everything... whats new eh? Have always been a lefty, but converted to communism/socialism about 3yrs while doing a history degree. aged 21 going on 40.

[Breast Pump]

What's up y'all? I went away for a while... came back a while later and nothing changed. It seemed like we had all taken a vacation from this site at the same time, so I went away yet again, but the second time I came back so much had changed. There were many new interesting threads as well as forums. I love this place now more than ever, yay!

Happy New Year everyone. One love.

Peas

[Tricky]

Name: Tricky
Sex: Female
Age: 30
Age first introduced to Che: 18
My younger brother came home with a friends t-shirt that had Che on it, my father went ballistic saying that being ignorant and wearing something for the hell of it wasnt enough, so my brother went to the library and came home with enough literature on him to sink a battleship....as he read he kept telling me little bits, so in the end I relented and read some of them myself...and have been an avid admirer since...
Country in which I live: New Zealand
What I do for a living: Manager of a restaurant and Graphic Designer
Likes: Music, Art, Literature
Dislikes: self induced ignorance

BTW - welcome!! Like the name....hehehheeh

Peace,
Tricky

[CommieBastard]

welcome to the forum :)
newzealender eh? why do i keep bumping into people from that neck of the woods...

[MJM]

We are everywhere Commiebastard.
Greetings fellow kiwi.

[Rob]

Name: Rob (could you guess?)
Location: Providence, RI, USA
Gender: Male
Age: 15

I learned about Che by asking my mom about an RATM t-shirt. She explained the basics to me, having been a real semi-leftist before she sold out and voted democrat.

[Tricky]

Greetings MJM!! Nice to see a fellow Kiwi here....
Even though we are a small country we have the largest part of the population on computers.... :)
Nice part of the woods to be in too Commiebastard ;)

Peace,
Tricky

[RedCeltic]

Hey there Tricky... A warm welcome from New York USA...I have also noticed allot of people on the net from your "Neck of the woods"... and all well met.

You seem interesting enough... OK maybe we'll keep ya for a week before protesting and banning ye... (just kidding)

[Tricky]

Thanks Red.....great welcome....
Better make the best of my week on board then.... ;)

Peace,
Tricky

[El Commandante]

Hey Tricky, welcome to the board.

[Tricky]

Thank you El Commandante - I am more than happy to be here...Ive really enjoyed reading some of the posts and threads here.....
Its great to be amongst like minded people....

Peace,
Tricky

[CommieBastard]

It's not just the net that i bump into you people, and it's really starting to vex me... there must be a world conspiracy involving kiwi fruit....
yeah, i must know about 10 ppl in rl who r kiwis, and about 5 who r ozzies, all who r somewhere near me in wirral, UK...
plus, i have a bunch of relatives all living in that most peculiar of regions...

[Breast Pump]

Need I remind you this thread was dedicated to the welcoming of Breast Pump? Thanks for stealing my thunder Tricky :(


I also noticed the invasion of New Zealanders. Welcome.

[Moskitto]

breast pump, what an interestingly urm...

namish name, yeah.

[Breast Pump]

Yeah... I get that a lot. I was lacking creativity at the time of registration.

I don't know why, but when I read your name a Japanese drink comes to mind =/

[Tricky]

Sorry Breast Pump!! No thieving of weather phenomenon intended.... ;) - just being friendly....
Welcome :)
*Sitting quietly and merely observing*

Peace,
Tricky

[Breast Pump]

No worries :)


On a side note: I've had this really awesome Che T-shirt that apparently isn't too common and I used to get a lot of compliments on it & so forth... well, after the attacks all I get are puzzled stares. I'm sure they're wondering if I'm anti american =/ thought i would share that meaningless info.

[Kez]

Name: Vladim... er Kamo Torosyan

Nationality:British

Ethnic Origin: Armenian

Age: 16

First saw communism: 11 when talking about how the Red Army single handedly obliterated the Hitlerite Dogs under Marshall Baghramian

First Saw

[Breast Pump]

^ Welcome Vladim :)

I wanted to quickly mention I will be working with a Latino Children Fund, which will hopefully ignite the closet activist and organzer in me.

Are any of you involved with organizations? If so... which ones?

[Kez]

a few of the members here are part of the
youth for revolutionary change
which is an organisation/movement i made with comrades from around the uk.
and today i launch the first newsletter

comrade kamo

www.yfrc.org.uk
join the revolution

[Cobber]

Name: Steven
Age: 34
Location: Sydney, Australia
Gender: Male
Something About Myself: I am married, and have two boys aged 4 and 1. I enjoy playing soccer, and the psuedonym Cobber is probably the Australia equivalent of Che in that it means mate or friend.