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Originally posted by Willy
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".
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Hey bud,
Believe me, the Cubans have NO FEAR about speaking their minds. One trip to Cuba was vacation with my family the other was 3 month work stint with a mining firm.
Have you ever been to Cuba? No.
Would you go even if you could? Probably not.
Do you even have a passport? I doubt it.
You have been reading too much rah rah USA all the way propaganda to even begin to know truth from fiction.
The USA helps far more repressive dictators all round the world stay in power. Castro and Cuba aren't even on the radar. Example - China. How is it that China are a good communist dictators and Cuba is bad communist dictators???