tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post109977602965761131..comments2023-08-04T07:57:09.855+00:00Comments on Alek Boyd: A meeting with Vladimir BukovskyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post-85503935010441801002009-05-21T21:21:18.736+00:002009-05-21T21:21:18.736+00:00It's a pity that not this Vladimir is ruling Russi...It's a pity that not this Vladimir is ruling Russia but the other one , small sized but big time devil Vladimir aka "Put In"..<br />Things could be different...<br /><br />ex-MoscoviteAllinСМИhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630699054815966400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post-85189649227719760262009-04-09T10:56:00.000+00:002009-04-09T10:56:00.000+00:00Thanks for dropping by Marc. In this particular in...Thanks for dropping by Marc. In this particular instance, FT is full of shit. Period.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014152460206926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post-13512725752327742042009-04-07T01:44:00.000+00:002009-04-07T01:44:00.000+00:00I wouldn't get too hung up on the context of certa...I wouldn't get too hung up on the context of certain english usages... nor the excellence of a blog based on its english or spanish precision. <BR/>What's important here and the other english blogs I read? ummm, support of freedom, exposing stupidity or evilness at random, ability to "cut to the chase" - let's face it, many of us read multiple blogs each day, and commenting on and reading other comments for idiocy or enlightenment, can take more time than a real job and foot massages for the wife can leave in the day... <BR/>I greatly appreciate Alex, Miguel, Daniel, and FT. for their continuing efforts to keep a log on the fires of freedom in their country. <BR/>I don't think that any of them owe anyone an apology for english (or their spanish). I've met people educated exclusively in Canada, the USA and/or England who've not mastered english. It's a minor point. Do they think for themselves? I hope so..<BR/>It's what is in the heart that's important...<BR/><BR/>Keep your head up A.B.<BR/><BR/>Marc in Calgary...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post-58170142553695377512009-04-06T14:46:00.000+00:002009-04-06T14:46:00.000+00:00Anonymous, your comment merits a reply. First thin...Anonymous, your comment merits a reply. <BR/><BR/>First thing first. I take that you are referring to English blogs about Venezuela. If that's the case, I believe that Quico is perhaps the only one who has been educated in English since a very early age, so it's only logic to expect that he has a decent command of English after all these years. As far as I know Miguel and Daniel went to university in the US and I entered higher education when I was 30 years of age in England.<BR/><BR/>Second, I think you may be referring to his obstinate, and wrong, interpretation of the word dictatorship. He has written some posts about it and he is convinced he can somewhat lecture Venezuelans in the use of the word. Now my discrepancies with him are public. In this instance I will reiterate my belief that he continues "meando fuera del perol sin siquiera salpicar p'adentro". You see Quico may write very well in English, but as far as Spanish is concerned he ain't as good. Certainly his understanding and interpretations of certain terms leaves a lot to be desired. Don't take my word from it: hit the DRAE and look for "dictadura". Nowhere in there you will find his preposterous argument that a system can only be defined as a dictatorship after mass killings, forceful disappearance/imprisonment of political opponents, absence of free press, etc. Just in case you doubt my words check out <A HREF="http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?LEMA=dictadura" REL="nofollow">definitions 3 & 4</A>:<BR/><BR/>3. f. Gobierno que, bajo condiciones excepcionales, prescinde de una parte, mayor o menor, del ordenamiento jurídico para ejercer la autoridad en un país.<BR/><BR/>4. f. Gobierno que en un país impone su autoridad violando la legislación anteriormente vigente.<BR/><BR/>He addresses the issue of what he perceives as a wrong use of the term in Spanish, probably, from an English perspective with an English audience in mind. But then, even if that were to be the case, he's wrong. For none of his arguments make part of the English definition of dictatorship. He keeps saying that, to him, use of appropriate vocabulary is of paramount importance at the time of gaining credibility. However, wanting to be purer than the holy Mary, it reflects in my opinion a poor understanding of our country's politics rather than an exceptional command of language.<BR/><BR/>Third, the day my mind becomes dysfunctional that will be the day I start taking cues from FT, or from whomever for that matter.<BR/><BR/>Let me be real clear about something though: Chavez is a dictator and Venezuela is a dictatorship. Sui generis? Yes. Postmodernist? Definitely. However, as I argued with Bukovsky, who knows a thing or two about dictatorships, Chavez kills the public personae of his opponents as effectively as other dictators have killed the physical personae of its opponents. And his manner of ruling fits definitions, in both languages, perfectly. There is plenty of evidence to prove the point. The fact that FT is self absorbed and incapable of seeing beyond the tip of his own nose doesn't mean that his right.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014152460206926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post-66184903354597820952009-04-06T14:05:00.000+00:002009-04-06T14:05:00.000+00:00Of all of you Quico is the only one who is careful...Of all of you Quico is the only one who is careful enough to use appropriate definitions to describe chavismo. You should take his cue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com