http://www .guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/24/jorge-luis-borges-grave
Aged degenerate, who escaped in time from Chile after arrival Pinochet to power and worked on the Soviet radio, Nassau on the grave of Jorge Luis Borges for the fact that the great Argentine writer, as any normal people did not like the commies and well-regarded Pinochet (and took the time out of his hands high, Chile's state award - the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins - because of what has never received the Nobel Prize: This a real member of the Nobel Committee, Arthur Lundquist, Swedish writer and winner of the international Lenin Prize, "blackball" in his time Ezra Pound and Selina for their "fascism")
("Returning from the U.S. to Buenos Aires Borges makes transplantation in Chile, where he received his doctorate at the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile. Upon arrival, he learns that the Pinochet government going to give him the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins, one of the most prestigious awards in Chile, especially for foreigners. But at the same Borges call in Chile on the phone and say: "Do not get this medal, otherwise it will cost you a Nobel Prize." \\ ... \\ And Borges was a very stubborn and principled: "I will not give up from what I offer! "And he received the Order."
http://fantlab.ru/article377
newspaper "La Segunda" dated September 20, detailed the lavish reception in honor Borges Chilean Academy of Language. Given the high status of this organization, Borges tried to live up to and speak the appropriate language. "I I know that in this era of anarchy here, between the Cordilleras and the sea, there is a strong state. Lugones predicted a strong nation when he spoke about an hour sword. And I openly declare that I prefer the sword, I prefer a drawn sword secret of dynamite. I say this clearly and accurately representing what it means. After my country has chosen out of the quagmire , and I hope it climbs well. I am confident that we are able to free themselves from this morass, which turned out to be. You are already out of it. And now we see: Chile, this region, this state is not only a very over the country, it is also a noble sword "...
Thereafter Borges visited the Chilean Air Force commander's office and a member of the military junta, Gen. Gustavo Leigh, the same who ordered the bombing of the palace of La Moneda ". The general said he was very excited about this visit: "I do not believe that here you are, so close. In life, never heard anything more unjust, than the conventional wisdom, though soldiers and the military in general - people are uneducated ... "Borges said that he never spoke and did not think so, that he himself feels a little war. In Madrid, whence he came, he publicly stated that he supports the government of Pinochet.)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Senior Week 2010 Myrtle Beach
Another example of leftist attitude towards the dead and their resting places
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