“Hatred as an element of struggle; unbending hatred for the enemy, which pushes a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him into an effective, violent, selective, and cold-blooded killing machine. This is what our soldiers must become …”
–Che Guevara–
…or wasn’t that in the charming little inspirational from “The Motorcycle Diaries?”
I’m not sure what’s weirder, really really rich people who make their living here but who live abroad applauding one of the most ruthless motherf*****s of the past century, or the juxtaposition of what was really a sweet little idealistic song attached to said mf?
What’s really scary to me? I KNOW I’m in the minority in our country simply because I know who Ernesto Guevara de la Serna is. Most Americans probably think it’s a quaint little tale of adventure with pretty ethnic music.
And it just pisses me off that Antonio Banderas and Carlos Santana made it all the more attractive. I LIKE those guys.
I know I’m late on this but it’s been a weird day.
Santana? The one who made great music? Say it ain’t so, Timmer!
Comment by Joe Comer — 20050228 @ 1827
And to think that many of those same people who condemned Gen. Mattis idolize Che.
Comment by Kevin L. Connors — 20050228 @ 1940
So Timmer, tell us how you really feel. Let it all out.
Comment by Pete — 20050228 @ 2014
Antonio Banderas? Oh, yeah, in the movie of Evita. And not very obviously done. The London stage production really hammered home who the character was. And it’s one of those ancient dramatic devices: the chorus.
No, I don’t much like what Che Guevara turned into, but US Governments have a habit of demonising Cuba. I can see where Che started from.
Comment by Dave Bell — 20050301 @ 1443
There is a great T-Shirt that I’ve been trying to find a link for. It has a pic of Che and the legend on it: “I don’t know who this guy is.”
Ah well, just because he was a murderous communist lunatic doesn’t necessarily make him a bad guy, right? Oh wait…
Comment by Dr_Funk — 20050301 @ 1945
Castro would have been our friend if we had treated him better. Che, too.
Comment by Collin Baber — 20050303 @ 2226