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wwcollect
10-31-2006, 06:51 PM
Elpidio Valdés, El Machete

Machete- one of the most effective Cuban weapons ;)

http://battlesworld.com/2006/10/31/elpidio-valdes-el-machete-cuban-patriotic-cartoon/
valdezfa18
10-31-2006, 07:21 PM
LOL that is so funny, wow that has got to be the funniest propaganda ive ever seen
Superking
11-01-2006, 02:32 AM
Haha, better than guns because of unlimited ammo? Ain´t that some crazy Steven Segal truthiness!

I guess the Rwandese dont share the Cubans iconisation of the Machete.
Eldar
11-01-2006, 05:00 AM
OMG....cuban army and their machetes are quite scary!!!
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 05:09 AM
LOL that is so funny, wow that has got to be the funniest propaganda ive ever seen

That's not propaganda, it is just a funny patriotic cartoon for kids, very popular in Cuba in the 1980s. It is supposed to be funny, has jokes and funny sketches. The main character in the series is Elpidio Valdes, a Cuban independence fighter that kicks the Spaniard's asses! ;)
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 05:09 AM
Haha, better than guns because of unlimited ammo? Ain´t that some crazy Steven Segal truthiness!

I guess the Rwandese dont share the Cubans iconisation of the Machete.

Do you have a sense of humor? ;)
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 05:12 AM
OMG....cuban army and their machetes are quite scary!!!

They were for the spanish colonisators :)
Superking
11-01-2006, 05:28 AM
Do you have a sense of humor? ;)

.....i belive i lost you.

Can we still cuddle afterwards?
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 06:12 AM
.....i belive i lost you.

Can we still cuddle afterwards?

Man, that's a cartoon, or put it this way, it is an animated comic. So it should not be taken seriously at all :)

Real propaganda is:

http://battlesworld.com/category/walt-disney-propaganda-cartoons/
zulu261
11-01-2006, 06:19 AM
If I hear "Machete" I have to think about Rwanda...
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 06:26 AM
If I hear "Machete" I have to think about Rwanda...

If you hear "bullet" do you think about Iraq? ;)
zulu261
11-01-2006, 06:59 AM
If you hear "bullet" do you think about Iraq? ;)

No. But killing with a gun and killing with a big ass knife are way different.
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 09:12 AM
No. But killing with a gun and killing with a big ass knife are way different.

Agree, though the final outcome is the same.

In the "El Machete" cartoon Elpidio says (and it is described in a charicaturistic way) is that the reason machetes were used by the Mambi's (rebels) is because they didn't have enough ammunition to stand against the Spaniards.
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 09:14 AM
Machete on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machete
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 09:18 AM
Funny poster created by anti-Castro cubans in exile. Escaping Fidel says: "Damn, even Elpidio has turned against me!".



http://www.medjugorjeseko.org/humorcubano/images/elpidio2B.jpg
foxtrot023
11-01-2006, 09:52 AM
They were for the spanish colonisators :)


then they were late for about 400 years ;)
Eldar
11-01-2006, 12:18 PM
They were for the spanish colonisators :)

spanish colonisators...your grand grand grandparents? :) as said before...400 years late...

cubans should employ their machetes against Castro
wwcollect
11-01-2006, 02:13 PM
spanish colonisators...your grand grand grandparents? :) as said before...400 years late...

cubans should employ their machetes against Castro

Yep, most decendents from Spain :)