Comments on: Samizdata quote of the day

By: Nick M

Nick M — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:58:56 +0000

tomWright,
Dunno. Arafat managed to turn his death into a five act opera. At one point he was in a Schrodinger’s cat type state.

By: Nick M

Nick M — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:56:52 +0000

And does Cuba have a Juan Carlos type figure? I can’t think of one.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:53:45 +0000

Plus the basic economic reforms were carried out in the last decade of Franco’s rule, so, unless Castro gets cracking right away, any sort of similar timeline is more or less inconceivable.

By: Michael Jennings

Michael Jennings — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:48:37 +0000

Well, I would like to hope that Cuba post-Casto will go the way of Spain post-Franco (ie evolve fairly quickly and peacefully into a normal, modern country) but I think that may be optimistic. Communism can be hard to get out of the national system.

By: tomWright

tomWright — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:50:06 +0000

There is only one problem with Castro dying: He can only do it once.

By: The Last Toryboy

The Last Toryboy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:07:46 +0000

Castro is going the way of Franco…

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!