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:Pinochet's brutality should be on the [[Pinochet]] talk page. You will note at the time Allende was overthrown, or killed himself, or whatever it was, Pinochet wasn't in power yet & hadn't done anything. I am merely suggesting to you that had Allende honored the collective security agreements of his predessesors and not flirted with Soviet worldwide subversion of legitimate governments, he might not have committed suicide (or whatever it was) and nobody would have heard of Pinochet.
:Pinochet's brutality should be on the [[Pinochet]] talk page. You will note at the time Allende was overthrown, or killed himself, or whatever it was, Pinochet wasn't in power yet & hadn't done anything. I am merely suggesting to you that had Allende honored the collective security agreements of his predessesors and not flirted with Soviet worldwide subversion of legitimate governments, he might not have committed suicide (or whatever it was) and nobody would have heard of Pinochet.
:Pinochet, for this discussion, has little context or meaning, cause all that comes late. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:56, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
:Pinochet, for this discussion, has little context or meaning, cause all that comes late. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:56, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
A discussion of Pinochet's brutality belongs both in the article here and in the body of Pinochet's article -- not tucked away in a separate paragraph under "criticism" as if his murder of several thousand Chileans were worthy only of an "oh, by the way..." aside. And Allende was overthrown ''by Pinochet.'' What you are "merely" trying to do here is lay the blame for Pinochet's actions at Allende's feet -- a pretty classic case of blaming the victim.
Now please -- answer my question. Is torture and murder bad when leftists do it, but forgiveable when a free-market conservative like Pinochet does it? --[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 12:09, 23 March 2007 (EDT)