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Originally Posted by filtherton
I realize that life isn't fair, but you must realize that capitalism, as we practice, is far from equitable in terms of benefits and access. There are probably a great many people in this country whose quality of life would dramatically increase if they were relocated to cuba.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Who? Who is this subset of people who's quality of life would 'dramatically' increase?
Last time I checked there weren't boats of people heading to cuba from miami.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
Why all the irrational hatred for cuba? Castro at his worst is probably still a little better than the leaders of many of the countries we currently ally ourselves with. If you pay attention to the history of labor struggles, or the history of america in general, and compared the horrible things our economic system has done to our citizens with what castro has done to cuban citizens you wouldn't find much of a difference in terms of repsect for human rights. I'm not ignoring the positive aspects of each, just pointing out that american capitalism can be just as averse to human rights as cuba has been.
Host sums it up nicely, though.
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Ummm did I 'hate' cuba? Where is the 'irrational' bit? What 'horrible things' has our economic system done to our citizens?
So basicly what you said about people 'whose quality of life would dramatically increase' if they moved to cuba is not true.
Far as I can tell, host didn't say anything.