tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post8017153805939774691..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Why the cruelty against Leopoldo Lopez?Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91499772493973956992014-11-18T20:14:46.141+01:002014-11-18T20:14:46.141+01:00Did you read about the robbery at Alek Boyd's ...Did you read about the robbery at Alek Boyd's apartment in London? There´s an article in Caracas Chronicles. It's becoming more dangerous each day to blog on Venezuela. Be careful my friend!Milonganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-49783438334120325762014-11-18T20:12:25.597+01:002014-11-18T20:12:25.597+01:00Translating Fernando Mires on Tintori asking Pablo...Translating Fernando Mires on Tintori asking Pablo Iglesias of Podemos to plead for Leopoldo´s release: What better opportunity does he requires to show public opinion that the ethical principles he and his followers proclaim are above personal friendship and questionable ideologies? Leopoldo's plight shows that all pseudo democracies in the region are alike and can't be called so while they support Maduro. Ethical principles were art thou?Milonganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-51248741195523957922014-11-17T17:40:59.848+01:002014-11-17T17:40:59.848+01:00I see the Lopez cruelty as fairly simple. He is a...I see the Lopez cruelty as fairly simple. He is a poster child for what happens if you take an active leadership role in leading an opposition against the revolution. And a perfect one as he is highly disliked by the poor who see him as not a solution if was to replace the current gov't. Obviously they could tuck him away in a dark corner to never speak of again but that is not what you do with a poster boy. Lopez did a lot of damage when he came forward to be active in the protests. I believe it was mostly his political aspirations that got him to come forward but the ground swell of the protests included all the population until Lopez joined in then it lost the support of the poor (majority of country). The oppositions needs to be driven by someone all people can believe in and Lopez is best to support from behind the scenes only. If a ground swell starts again you can guarantee the gov't will let Lopez speak from behind the bars and through his wife all he wants.Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-3812231849285010422014-11-17T17:33:06.992+01:002014-11-17T17:33:06.992+01:00It's really down to the rest of Latin America,...It's really down to the rest of Latin America, how long these other countries (or their governments) are prepared to go on in denial of the Emperor's state of undress. If Cuba is anything to go by, the same state of affairs is going to go on forever. This is the real Chavez legacy - the refusal to see the dictatorship as it is and treat it accordingly because it would be blasphemy, and would be tacit recognition that the devil (the United States) was right all along about everything. This is the holy of holies in Latin American consciousness; the alter on which the images of Che Guevara, Allende, Chavez and Fidel are indelibly placed. It is more powerful than Christianity. Question it at your peril Norberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942096906974676863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-25755295171609034122014-11-17T15:04:25.794+01:002014-11-17T15:04:25.794+01:00The base reality: People in general will be able t...The base reality: People in general will be able to take a moral stand if they come to realize that the only solution to their shared problem is a collective moral solution. Individuals who choose not to join in the effort become properly recognized as a threat to the happiness of all others. <br /><br />firepigettefirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-39243043661397391352014-11-17T14:56:31.794+01:002014-11-17T14:56:31.794+01:00It is moral for us to heap derision on those who a...It is moral for us to heap derision on those who are cruel because we would all be better off if we were to all do the same thing.It is immoral to do nothing.The Venezuelan opposition is acting in an immoral way by not standing up to cruelty.<br /><br />Firepigettefirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-27165348837044516572014-11-17T14:49:37.859+01:002014-11-17T14:49:37.859+01:00In civilized environments, people do not normally ...In civilized environments, people do not normally resort to physical violence, but it's not because they aren't inspired by their anger to do so. They are. It's just that their anger is inhibited by Fear...the one force that is powerful enough to conquer the 'Anger Instinct.'<br /><br /><br />firepigettefirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-37032770365050535152014-11-17T12:43:53.691+01:002014-11-17T12:43:53.691+01:00"Totalitarian amorality reigns." More li..."Totalitarian amorality reigns." More like chaos I believe. The reason they are pursuing Lopez is pure resentment, nothing more. Before he was jailed, let us not forget that the Eternal Scoundrel himself had him impeached for years. Lopez represents everything they aspire to be and will never achieve because resentment does not elevate one, much to the contrary. Just look where the Eternal Scoundrel is these days. Proves the point. When you run a beautiful revolution that will change the face of the planet for ever, you do not die like common Joe Blow. I am convinced his resentment killed him, nothing else. But as they say:" Mono, mismo vestido de seda, mono queda" (Maria Gabriela anyone?). And this what enrages them. At least, this is small consolation for the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-32664186025557170832014-11-16T15:22:27.800+01:002014-11-16T15:22:27.800+01:00Daniel, the use of terror was imported into Cuba b...Daniel, the use of terror was imported into Cuba by Castro. The system they use is a mixture of Stasi and KGB techniques. The Stasi was in part using Gestapo methods. This means the Castro repression machine has a very proud European torture and terror pedigree. <br /><br />Lopez is being mistreated to scare those venezuelans who may dare oppose the regime to the extent he did. This method seems to work. Venezuelans aren't predisposed to facing cuban designed jails and mistreatment. There's also zero response by the international community. Where can a venezuelan go from here? Either leave or stop working for the regime. Working for the regime means doing ANYTHING. Do you realize what this implies? This would be the mother of peaceful resistance movements. Alas, the venezuelan people lack the collective moxie (cojones) to pull it off. This means the optimum solution is to pack your bags and leave. If every engineer working for PdVsa decided freedom was worth more than the few bolivars they get, stopped working for the regime and left the country they won't find enough cubans to fill the gaps. But that won't happen. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.com