[Marxism] Raul Castro attends first beatification ceremony inCuba

[Jscotlive at aol.com]

Walter:
 
Neither Adam nor I said anything endorsing the beatification, but
we  recognized the political significance of this free expression of
a religious  belief in front of the world stage in the presence of
the President of Cuba,  Raul Castro Ruz, is a positive development.
Sartesian, a religious atheist,  is completely blind to all of this.
 
Reply:
 
This official endorsement of the medieval rituals of the Catholic Church in  
Cuba over 50 years after the Revolution can in no way be described as  
progressive. To do so is to lapse into the realms of make believe.
On the contrary, and sadly, this event merely constitutes further evidence  
that the blockade and resulting isolation economic stranglehold and  isolation 
it has placed around Cuba has not only stopped the progress of  socialism, it 
has unfortunately succeeded in pushing it back. 
 
It is indeed a sad day for Cuba and for socialists everywhere to  see such an 
event take place. That Walter even attempts to place a positive  spin on it 
merely reflects his continued political degeneration. In this, it  seems, 
Walter is yet another casualty of the blockade.