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To: LindyBill who wrote (81426)	10/28/2004 12:31:30 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793808

DAMNATION BLOG - Wisdom of the Castro groupies Tex posed some simple questions to the Castro fans on an internet newsgroup. One guy responded, and his answers are telling - and occasionally hilarious. (Sure, Castro suppresses independent libraries, but the Australians arrested a bunch of people of possessing kiddie pr0n. So there.) The best - and most unnnerving - part comes at the very end, when Tex found out where the guy works. A letter from an idiot I posted a list of questions to a pro-Castro nut on Usenet. Another pro-Castro nut provided some thoughtful responses. Read and be educated. My questions are in blue: Perhaps you could use this opportunity to tell us why..... - Cubans can't have free elections? Same reason the Nazi parti is illegal in Oz and why the Communist party was in USA. None of us can boast free elections. - they're not allowed to leave the country? Its a communist country. Leaving would consume collectively owned resources. - they can't have private property? In a communist country everything is collectively owned. Thats what makes it communist. - they don't have freedom of speech or assembly? Neither do we. I remember the police smacking people with batons near King George Square, Brisbane, in the 70s. I note we have a racial villification act and other constraints on freedom of speech. In fact we had someone locked up for telling people a legal way to vote. - why political opponents and independent journalists are imprisoned, beaten and/or murdered? Pauline Hanson. - there is no indepedent media? You think our media is independent? - gays and AIDS patients are put into charming 'sanitoriums'? They know the score beforehand. Our AIDS sufferers are free to infect others. In fact the rights of AIDS sufferers here override the rights of others in Australia. Which is sillier? - if the Cuban people are so happy, why do thousands risk drowning to swim to the USA? I suspect thousands would go the other way for a holiday if the USA allowed it. - indepedent librarians get arrested and have their books confiscated? Happens here too. Hundreds were recently arrested for possessing and circulating kiddie porn. Good thing too. But thats just my opinion. Come on Fagsbag, tell us how wonderful Castro is.... Agree or not with his philosophy, Castro is one of the most successful leaders of our time. If the Yanks weren't so hung up on personalising problems Cuba would be much better off. The Yanks are just pissed off that they tried to invade Cuba and got their arses kicked. Cuban contractors in Granada kicked arse again till they ran out of ammo. Castro's face is an icon that symbolises Americas underlying weakness. When Castro finally shuffles off the USA will feel better but the underlying weakness will still be there. DM personal opinion only Hmmmm....a look at this idiot's e-mail address and some googling revealed something rather interesting: this is where he works. unsw.adfa.edu.au I wonder what his employers would think of his geopolitical wisdom.