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*[[Fidel Castro]] said in his later years that he was sorry for his horrendous treatment of the LGBT community and took responsibility for the homophobia that happened in Cuba as a result of his policies. Under his administration gay sex was even relegalized in 1979.

**He can also be seen as the person who is responsible for greatly improving the literacy rate and life expectancy of Cuba.

*[[Roman Polanski]] ~~has~~ had a very hard life. While this doesn't excuse his actions in any way, it's hard to feel a bit sorry for the many terrible things he faced:

*[[Roman Polanski]] had a very hard life. While this doesn't excuse his actions in any way, it's hard to feel a bit sorry for the many terrible things he faced:

**He was expelled from primary school simply for being Jewish during World War II, and given the Invasion of Poland, he and his family were forced to live in a ghetto. He also became accustomed to seeing the Nazis assaulting Jewish civilians on the street, and even killing them! When meeting with some Nazis, they cruelly used him for target practicing.

**His parents were taken away to Nazi concentration camps, with his mother dying shortly after arriving at Auschwitz. Though he eventually met again with his father, he was horrified when the Nazis took his father away and his father told him to get lost upon trying to approach him so the Nazis would not take him as well.

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 *[[Fidel Castro]] said in his later years that he was sorry for his horrendous treatment of the LGBT community and took responsibility for the homophobia that happened in Cuba as a result of his policies. Under his administration gay sex was even relegalized in 1979.
 **He can also be seen as the person who is responsible for greatly improving the literacy rate and life expectancy of Cuba.
-*[[Roman Polanski]] has had a very hard life. While this doesn't excuse his actions in any way, it's hard to feel a bit sorry for the many terrible things he faced:
+*[[Roman Polanski]] had a very hard life. While this doesn't excuse his actions in any way, it's hard to feel a bit sorry for the many terrible things he faced:
 **He was expelled from primary school simply for being Jewish during World War II, and given the Invasion of Poland, he and his family were forced to live in a ghetto. He also became accustomed to seeing the Nazis assaulting Jewish civilians on the street, and even killing them! When meeting with some Nazis, they cruelly used him for target practicing.
 **His parents were taken away to Nazi concentration camps, with his mother dying shortly after arriving at Auschwitz. Though he eventually met again with his father, he was horrified when the Nazis took his father away and his father told him to get lost upon trying to approach him so the Nazis would not take him as well.