As music critic and political columnist Jay Nordlinger often points out, Che Guevara is uncomfortably fashionable. Nothing like honoring a “revolutionary” thug by plastering his visage over t-shirts, watches, and other stuff.
Fairly disgusting, considering Guevara’s murderous life, no?
I thought of Chic Che when I was perusing the trail map for a ski resort. I normally expect to see names of wildlife (ptarmigan), laborers in the old west (gandy dancer), vegetation (northwoods, larkspur), geologic features (couloir), and so forth.
When I looked at the tail map of Big Sky Resort, Montana, I came across a portion of the resort called “Dakota Territory of the South Face.” What do we have here? Nothing too unusual. “Hanging Valley,” “Bavarian Forest,” and “Rockville Bowl.”
Then I see it. Or rather,them. Stacked side-by-side, several slopes labeled as follows: Marx, Lenin, 1st Dictator, 2A Dictator, 2B Dictator, Castros.
What a delightful way to spend your ski vacation. “Hey guys, what don’t you see we head over there and see how Marx and Lenin are doing?” Thoughts of mass murder, anyone?
On the other hand, just over the ridge from Marx, Lenin, Castro, and the dictators is Liberty Bowl.