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Yoani Sanchez

Yoani Sanchez

Posted April 27, 2009 | 03:26 PM (EST)

The Short Night of the Long Knives


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People waiting, with a stick or a knife under the bed for a day they can use them. Entrenched hatred against those who betrayed them, denied them a better job, or made sure their youngest child couldn't study at the university. There are so many waiting for possible chaos to give them the time necessary for revenge, that one would wish not to have been born in this age, when one can only be a victim or victimizer, when so many yearn for the night of the long knives.

You can read Yoani's blog, Generation Y, in English translation here.

 
 
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12:22 AM on 05/05/2009
The riverboat “XX Aniversario, the “13 de Marzo” tugboat, How many boats have been sunk by the bloody Castro’s tyranny during the last 50 years, causing the death of innumerable innocents children, women and men? Only 10% of the floating mass of the icebergs is visible above the water, the rest below the water isn’t. The same thing happens with these mass murders, where only 10% is of public knowledge, the rest below the water isn’t know yet.

One thing that is unavoidable is change, and when it happens will not be possible to pardon and forget. It is absolutely necessary to judge and condemn the crimes perpetrated by the high-ranking officials of Castro’s tyranny. ¡Justice most be done!
01:57 PM on 04/25/2009
IT'S NOT JUST REVENGE...........

Although that will make the coming justice easier to serve. Why does Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim have 10's of billions..... Got that.?.... BILLIONS........ and you serve you family banana peel, and most days are thankful to have that. It is ok that some have more than others, proportionally, ..... but the garolous excess of mansions, castles, 100's of millions - and 99 out of 100 were ill-gotten in some material aspect. ... if not 999 out of 1,000. How can a cable monopoly charge its customers 100's per month... Remember--- monopoly!... one that was bought and paid for by our "representatives.". .... down the list,.... financial services, shelter and transportation, ..... health care and employment. Someone has abused us, en mass, to have their excess. And I have no problem looking them in the eye and calling them to account.

A long knife is not adequate - day or night.