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To: cooper72
As for the Cuban point. So no US citizens would like to go to Cuba.

Some U.S. citizens want to travel to Cuba. Some do so legally, some do so illegally. The Cuba embargo is not unanimously supported here, which should be no surprise. There are occasionally discussions in Congress of ending the embargo. Pres. Bush gave a fantastic speech on the subject, saying that the Cubans themselves could end the embargo instantly by holding one free election. Of course, an embargo is a collective act. If everyone decides for themselves, then it is not an embargo. I am not saying that there are no good arguments for ending the embargo. My point is that an embargo implemented by freely-elected representatives of the people is not "unfree" or "Leninist." It is just a public policy of a democratic state. Business as usual.

559 posted on 05/06/2005 12:07:05 PM PDT by rogue yam
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To: rogue yam
My point is that an embargo implemented by freely-elected representatives of the people is not "unfree" or "Leninist." It is just a public policy of a democratic state.

Well you must agree then that as the majority of Britons want Gun Control and their representatives carry those wishes out it is a symbol not of the unfree but of freedom!

You still haven't told me what I cannot say that you can.

573 posted on 05/06/2005 12:22:43 PM PDT by cooper72
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