This appeared on The Last Ditch and also, I guess, in public;
EDM 982
FIDEL CASTRO
20.02.2008
Burgon, Colin
That this House commends the achievements of Fidel Castro in securing first-class free healthcare and education provision for the people of Cuba despite the 44 year illegal US embargo of the Cuban economy; notes the great strides Cuba has taken during this period in many fields such as biotechnology and sport in both of which Cuba is a world leader; acknowledges the esteem in which Castro is held by the people and leaders of Africa, Asia and Latin America for leading the calls for emancipation of the world’s poorest people from slavery, hunger and the denial of human rights such as the right to life, the right to shelter, the right to healthcare and basic medicines and the right to education; welcomes the EU statement that constructive engagement with Cuba at this time is the most responsible course of action; and calls upon the Government to respect Cuba’s right to self-determination and resist the aggressive forces within the US Administration who are openly planning their own illegal transition in Cuba.
I do not know what relevance this has to the problems created by this same administration, which ought to be sorted out in Westminster. Tom Paine says that Tim Worstall and the Devil want these abovenenamed people to be hanged. Perhaps these are the last days of the 1970s student activists, and the problem will subside along with the Americanisation and freeing of Cuba (long delayed) and the retirement of these sad MPs.
I wonder who would have given these people a job, any job, had they not ended up in Parliament?
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Yeah, but you saying Che isn’t cool, makes him even more cool. It’s like, have you seen that episode of The Simpsons where Marge says to her kids “Am I cool?” and they say–narrowing their eyes–”no” and then she says “but not trying to be cool, makes me cool, right?” and they say “no”?
Essentially, it doesn’t matter what you say, you may as well give up. To people who are “cool”, Che isn’t the counter-revolutionary murdering scumbag you know and hate, he’s just some cool guy with a beard on a T-Shirt. The fact that a middle-aged white guy claims he isn’t cool just makes him more cool. Truth means nothing to these people. It’s all about the hipster beard and the retro beret. They don’t even know what a cadre is dude. Your best bet is to pick your battles more wisely. Instead of fighting Che T-shirts, undermine the concept of the political T-shirts entirely. Put Jimmy Saville or Madsen Pirie on a shirt. Create a a Che shirt where’s he’s holding two thumbs-up, like the Fonz. Ridicule rather than righteous indignation.
Or, if you really must, create a T-shirt with Vito-fuckin’-Corlene on it. After all it was essentially his ilk who ran Cuba before the pimp-daddy Castro and his posse took over, innit? Capiche?
What’s Jimmy Saville got to do with anything? Have I missed something?