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peter.a.kiss on "Augusto Pinochet: chronicle of a death foretold"

peter.a.kiss — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:14:19 +0000

Extraordinary times require extraordinary people.

The General was one. He saved Chile from the chaos and prolonged misery of a communist dictatorship.

RIP

tcp_1 on "Augusto Pinochet: chronicle of a death foretold"

tcp_1 — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:15:34 +0000

I am struck by the similarity of the moral position of Pinochet apologists with that of Iraq war apologists. There is a sort of instrumentalism that hopes that "with just a few broken eggs, and it will all be OK". This tries to justify baseless invasion or torture - "we're just pushing it over the hump".

But has it ever worked - this compromising of core values in the name of promoting those values? Are there _any_ historical examples?

Augusto Pinochet: chronicle of a death foretold, Justin Vogler

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Augusto Pinochet's death closes an era in Chile but leaves a nation still split over the ex-dictator's legacy, reports Justin Vogler in Santiago. Read the rest of this post...