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james t kirk · 10-12-2003, 11:30 AM

As a Canadian, i am FREE.

FREE to do what i want, travel where i want, associate with whomever i choose.

I have been to Cuba twice, and loved it both times. The people are very friendly, the citiess are full of history and beautiful architecture and the women are hot.

The American embargo has done absolutely nothing to get rid of Castro. Even Jimmy Carter has admitted that and he now favours normalizing relations with Cuba. Castro has outlived / outlasted Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and will probably outlast W. No small feat. He is also a very intelligent man believe it or not.

If you actually talked to the Cubans, you would find that they don't feel repressed. They know they don't have everything under the sun, but 90% will tell you that they are better off now than they were under the former US backed regime of Baptista. They have full literacy now, verses something like 10 percent before, they have health care whereas before they had none, etc. etc. Ironically, most Cubans like Americans too, despite your repeated attempts to starve them out, and brow beat other nations that trade openly with Cuba (the rediculous Helms Burton Law.)

I am not saying that Castro is an angel, but then again, neither is President Shrub. It is a dictatorship, no doubt about that. But in the grand scheme of dictators, and the world is full of them, i don't get the impression that Cubans and Cuba is suffering under the heal of a brutal dictatorship.

Na, this stems back from Castro nationalizing his own country and kicking out the American mob, pure and simple. It's all about the money. Always has been, always will be.

Oh yeah, if you ever want to see some amazing 50's american cars with German parts making them run, go to Cuba.

Hemmingway loved it, you will too.

Be strong, make up your own mind, but you can't do that if you can't go there.

10-12-2003, 11:30 AM	#18 (permalink)
james t kirk Junkie Location: Toronto	As a Canadian, i am FREE. FREE to do what i want, travel where i want, associate with whomever i choose. I have been to Cuba twice, and loved it both times. The people are very friendly, the citiess are full of history and beautiful architecture and the women are hot. The American embargo has done absolutely nothing to get rid of Castro. Even Jimmy Carter has admitted that and he now favours normalizing relations with Cuba. Castro has outlived / outlasted Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and will probably outlast W. No small feat. He is also a very intelligent man believe it or not. If you actually talked to the Cubans, you would find that they don't feel repressed. They know they don't have everything under the sun, but 90% will tell you that they are better off now than they were under the former US backed regime of Baptista. They have full literacy now, verses something like 10 percent before, they have health care whereas before they had none, etc. etc. Ironically, most Cubans like Americans too, despite your repeated attempts to starve them out, and brow beat other nations that trade openly with Cuba (the rediculous Helms Burton Law.) I am not saying that Castro is an angel, but then again, neither is President Shrub. It is a dictatorship, no doubt about that. But in the grand scheme of dictators, and the world is full of them, i don't get the impression that Cubans and Cuba is suffering under the heal of a brutal dictatorship. Na, this stems back from Castro nationalizing his own country and kicking out the American mob, pure and simple. It's all about the money. Always has been, always will be. Oh yeah, if you ever want to see some amazing 50's american cars with German parts making them run, go to Cuba. Hemmingway loved it, you will too. Be strong, make up your own mind, but you can't do that if you can't go there. Last edited by james t kirk; 10-12-2003 at 11:32 AM..