Qualms & Wires

Had anyone else forgotten Pinochet was alive?

I don't mean to hammer the BBC, really I don't, but is there such widespread consensus in politics & current affairs these days that we need to resort to asking questions such as "General Pinochet - Rot in hell you unparalleled monstrocity or Rest in peace, revered statesman (& saviour of Chile from the Marxist conspiracy)?" in order to spark a debate.

It seems that even those who'd normally cheerfully argue all 4 of any given donkey's legs off, are too tired to argue this one. I find it particularly difficult to stomach phrases like "Time will heal the wounds/the country needs time to heal itself" - no it won't, all this actually refers to is the generation for whom the atrocities are palpable, & in living memory, dying out & being replaced by a successive one for whom they are at a comfotable distance of a good few degrees of separation, and even then, even then...

For anyone who might find browsing through the full spectrum & thorough range of reactions worthwhile, and my word - how thorough it is:
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