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Originally posted by james t kirk
Sure there are cubans that want to leave. It's simple, it's a poorer country than the USA. They are leaving for a better life if you judge you life by sheer material gain.
I spent quite a bit of time all over the island actually.
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Glad to hear that you're an expert on Cuba since you went there on vacation. I hope you realize how incredibly naive your are being.
Talking bad about an oppressive dictator in public to random Canadian tourists is a good way to go to jail or worse. Ask the Cuban refugees in Florida...the ones that are actually free to speak their mind...how they feel about Castro.
Actually you don't have to. The fact that people accuse Bush of pandering to cuban-americans by cracking down on Castro speaks volumes. The fact that there are large numbers of Cubans that are so desperate that they attempt to cross 90 miles of ocean on a homemade raft speaks even more. That is not something you do lightly. The fact that people still do this, knowing they have an 80% chance of death rather than continuing their "unrepressed" lifestyle in Cuba should tell you all you need to know about Castro. These people aren't crossing the ocean to become millionaires. They are crossing to become homeless illegal aliens in the US. And that is so much better than life in Cuba that they are willing to take an incredible risk to get there.
You can argue whether the embargo will work, but I find it unbelievable that someone would actually assert that Castro is "not so bad".