There’s very few times when you can say a giant’s died.
Very few times.
Today, though?
I’ve woken to see both the BBC News Channel, and the Today programme talking about Cuban leader, Fidel Castro.
In the past tense.
I realised what that meant, pretty quickly.
The Republic of Cuba’s lost it’s founding father.
Now I don’t know how you feel about it? I’m not sure how I feel about it, to be frank.
But … ?
It doesn’t take much thinking to realise the man would get mixed reactions. After all, his regime had a bad human rights record: and made dodgy deals with soviet Russia.
But was also the man responsible for standing up to the US, and introducing a universal health service to his nation.
You might not call him a conventional giant.
But none the less …
A giant is what he’s going to be seen as.
Very few times.
Today, though?
I’ve woken to see both the BBC News Channel, and the Today programme talking about Cuban leader, Fidel Castro.
In the past tense.
I realised what that meant, pretty quickly.
The Republic of Cuba’s lost it’s founding father.
Now I don’t know how you feel about it? I’m not sure how I feel about it, to be frank.
But … ?
It doesn’t take much thinking to realise the man would get mixed reactions. After all, his regime had a bad human rights record: and made dodgy deals with soviet Russia.
But was also the man responsible for standing up to the US, and introducing a universal health service to his nation.
You might not call him a conventional giant.
But none the less …
A giant is what he’s going to be seen as.
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