To: Thomas M. who wrote (36 ) 5/5/2003 11:29:39 AM From: marcos Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 261 Lol, i'll decide what is the issue, Thomas ... it is one-sidedness, here and now ... specifically, for the moment, yours -g- John had a valid point there - #reply-18805069 .... note that he does not dispute the one-sidedness of US media in re Cuba ... neither do i, i know exactly what you're talking about, and agree completely .... i've had a little to do with cubanos doctors, by the way ... my favourite dancing partner here is a cubana, in el DF i've known several cubanos quite well ... [there is a thing - in the US it appears quite unknown to what degree there has remained interaction between Cuba and México, the amount of trade, migration, etc ..... a member of my wife's family is a fishermen out of Campeche, he can get you real cuban cigars, wholesale ... it's not far from Isla Mujeres to Cabo de San Antonio .... there seems a general impression in the US that the Rest of Us on the planet deal only one-on-one with Washington, and not with each other, this is of course not the case] Anyway, no one argues with your point that US media is slanted ... but can you admit the same of Granma? ... are you able to acknowledge that Castro prohibits to eleven millions souls their freedom of expression? .... Jorge Castañeda sure could .... And a word to the wise - you are using incorrectly the word 'American', as adjective for 'media' and 'public' in this post to which i am responding .... clearly you mean 'US media', and 'US public' instead .... no excuse for this sort of confusion Thomas - just go to any public library, pull out a good atlas, and observe where are the Américas, and of how many nations their inhabitants are composed ..... for one nation to appropriate the name is to deny to the Rest of Us our americanidad - i want you to think about this, my fellow americano