"Yeah... Listen kiddo, when you grow up you'll find out the world is not so black and white you percieve (sic) it."
Besides the false age you perceive me to have, and the age discrimination it implies, I think I was pretty clear in pointing out that the world is not black and white in the ways presented by you and America’s corporate politicians.
"The U.S is not evil, Communism is not Great - neither are the truth, and neither are lies."
The fact that U.S. imperialism is pure murderous evil representing corporate interests everywhere it goes does not mean that the communist movement is always right. I've already conceded that ground, and here you are putting words in my mouth. I will say that any force in today’s world that is fighting against the U.S. occupation of their country is always right, whether they are communist or not. I will also say that the American pretexts for war and mass murder are always lies.
"But to be so blind as to believe that Cubans have more political and personal freedom that do people in Western Democracies is... well, it takes a leap of faith and a gap of logic."
Again you are putting words in my mouth. I established that there are political prisoners in the United States and that Cubans are not executed as was claimed for trying to "flee" their island.
A better comparison for Cuba would be the lack of freedoms and oppression they suffered before the U.S. backed Batista dictatorship was overthrown and the expanded freedoms and much better life they have after.
Few Cubans want to go back to what they had before the revolution, yet capitalist dictatorship and exploitation are all that the so-called western democracies have ever have had to offer to the poor countries of the world.
Re: "n5667"
Date Edited: 26 Jun 2004 05:51:44 AM
Besides the false age you perceive me to have, and the age discrimination it implies, I think I was pretty clear in pointing out that the world is not black and white in the ways presented by you and America’s corporate politicians.
"The U.S is not evil, Communism is not Great - neither are the truth, and neither are lies."
The fact that U.S. imperialism is pure murderous evil representing corporate interests everywhere it goes does not mean that the communist movement is always right. I've already conceded that ground, and here you are putting words in my mouth. I will say that any force in today’s world that is fighting against the U.S. occupation of their country is always right, whether they are communist or not. I will also say that the American pretexts for war and mass murder are always lies.
"But to be so blind as to believe that Cubans have more political and personal freedom that do people in Western Democracies is... well, it takes a leap of faith and a gap of logic."
Again you are putting words in my mouth. I established that there are political prisoners in the United States and that Cubans are not executed as was claimed for trying to "flee" their island.
A better comparison for Cuba would be the lack of freedoms and oppression they suffered before the U.S. backed Batista dictatorship was overthrown and the expanded freedoms and much better life they have after.
Few Cubans want to go back to what they had before the revolution, yet capitalist dictatorship and exploitation are all that the so-called western democracies have ever have had to offer to the poor countries of the world.
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