opinions on this article?

[anonymous red]

i'm sure debates rage in this particular portion of the forum all of the time about che, but i do not know a lot of details about his life. i know the basics- argentina, cuba, africa, bolivia- but not a whole lot of detail. and i sit here typing this with my che guevara image looking me back in the face. i just wanted some reaction to this article...hoepfully more so than "this is bourgeois lies!!"

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00304.htm

[Che1990]

Che killed people

True, but so would you if you were fighting in a revolution.


Che hated gay people (I don't like the word 'fag')

Well, I know you didn't want to hear this but...this is bourgeois lies!

[Severian]

Did you read the responses to Calder's earlier piece?

By the Cuban ambassador (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=9006121)

By a Cuba solidarity activist (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=9006122)

Really Calder's later piece adds little that they needed to respond further to; Calder spends most of it proving that Che oversaw executions which is not in dispute.

[anonymous red]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2005, 03:44 AM
Did you read the responses to Calder's earlier piece?

By the Cuban ambassador (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=9006121)

By a Cuba solidarity activist (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=9006122)

Really Calder's later piece adds little that they needed to respond further to; Calder spends most of it proving that Che oversaw executions which is not in dispute.
the two responses were interesting but i can't help but think that there is bias on either side. i suppose i should just buy a biography of him and try and piece everything together for myself.

[d-e-f-i-a-n-c-e]

what? just cause che is a revolutionary means he cant hate gay people?..that's just stupid....and the guy is dead....why are they dissing a dead guy......and why cant he have his own opinions about things..?.....and why cant he kill people? millions of people kill people..it's an everyday thing...and yeah...HE WAS FIGHTING A REVOLUTION FOR F*CK SAKE....that's when you KILL PEOPLE....if i wasnt such a coward...i'd go kill the guy who wrote that....and celebrate his death...yeah...