September 29, 2005
Rats of revolution "celebrate"
The cornerstone of castro's revolution is a detested group of nosey parkers known as "Committees for the Defense of the Revolution." They are castro's own neighborhood snitches who spy on every neighborhood to learn everyone's business - who's sleeping with whom, who's gay, who has what disease and needs what medicine, who has an illegal business, who bought contraband, who got an extra serving of meat, who has marital problems, and worst of all, who thinks independently.
They're also thugs. Whenever some "act of repudiation" happens against dissidents - I'm talking about rock and bottle throwing, name-calling, gangland assaults, forcing children into bullying others - it's the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution who are involved.
There is no nastier, grubbier, more vicious group of people in Cuba. Everyone hates and fears them. They've been around like a cancer for 45 years. There's no getting away from them. They amount to the judge, jury and executioner in castro's Cuba. They have the power to stone you, put you in jail, denounce you before your neighbors, take away your possessions and ask you any question they like. And they have a direct line to castro to write or say anything they want to say, never mind the truth. How would you like these grubby little men and women, no matter where you lived, knowing everything and having a right to know everything? Think it would make you insane?
You'd be right.
Now, to add insult to injury, castro's made a big whoop de doo to celebrate these neighborhood snoops. This photo here reveals the local sentiment.
Some party. Do they look like they have much to celebrate?
UPDATE: The Real Cuba has more here.
Posted by Mora at September 29, 2005 01:11 AM
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These are the same toxic busybodies who put one of my uncles in jail in the early '60s, for an entire year, for the "crime" of talking back to the busybody kagaSStro old bitch, who impertinently asked my uncle "why he was home so late" one night when he was returning home after a party, or carousing, bar-hopping, whatever - when that was still possible in Havana. Apparently my uncle said something diplomatic like "f--- you, none of your business!" Some crime. Some punishment. His mother managed to supplement his meager prison diet by bringing him a raw egg every week, when family visits were allowed. Imagine the consequences for those accussed of "greater crimes" by these revolutionary vultures!
A gentleman I know who used to publish a small newspaper years ago, called "Palm Beach Latino," once told me that his fear about the possibility of reconciliation between Cubans was that he did not know if those who had suffered due to the meddling of block committee types would be forgiving. "There are - I believe - 1 million city blocks in Cuba. Assuming there is at least 1 block committee member per block, there is the potential for 1,000,000 dead if there is an uprising," he said.
Posted by: Alberto Quiroga at September 29, 2005 07:10 AM
Heard a term yesterday from someone who came from Cuba much later than I did of what they call the chivatos. They call them "Mea Postes", because they stand behind the telephone posts spying on people. Apparently, if you call someone a meaposte it will start a fist fight right away, same effect as mentendole la madre.
Posted by: Luis at September 29, 2005 09:47 AM
Those snitches are the most envious creatures of all too. They led to confiscation of my fiance's house in Havana that obviously was too nice for two young women to have. Those dogs will watch how other people dress and where they go to do shopping. The most incredible is that many of those "activists" are lowlifes and scum of the earth.
Posted by: dariusz at September 29, 2005 09:53 AM
Really good posts and observations, everyone. It's all true.
Posted by: A.M. Mora y Leon at September 29, 2005 12:31 PM
