You are exactly right, and if I was a Cuban, i'd feel cheated in both regards.
Why can't I have a country with a high literacy rate, excellent healthcare, AND the freedoms that other countries enjoy? It's nice that Castro did some good things for my country, but how come I had to sacrifice so many freedoms in the process? So...Fidel, thanks for the effort, but it's time for this country to take the next step..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Castro Takes A Digger > When you argue whether Castro was/is good for Cuba, remember what he > replaced. The Batista regime was one of the most corrupt in the world > at the time. Before Castro, literacy rates were extremely low, except > if you were part of the priviledged classes, and health care was > non-existant, again unless you were you were part of the priviledged > classes. Disssent was treated about as harshly as now. > > What's the difference - now people are educated, and have excellent > health care - most children survive into adulthood etc. > > Castro's predessor was essentially bought and paid for by US interests > and ran the country to the benefit of his US sponsors. > > You can talk all you want about the tyrrany of Castro, but given what > came before he's mainly a Cuban patriot/ > > larry > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:40:23 -0500, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Angel wrote: > > > Maybe Bush doesn't have to drag a few teachers out into a field. > > > By his policies he can kill thousands upon thousands without actually pulling the trigger. > > > > No disagreement there! I think Iraq has proved that. While you can > > argue that Mr. Hussein was doing a fair share of killing too, Mr. > > Bush's duty is to protect America. All invading Iraq has done is > > create more terrorists and depleted our military and monetary > > resources. > > > > > How many educated Cubans have *you* spoken to recently? > > > Have you ever been there? > > > > Yes and Cubans would argue that all of them are more educated than > > Americans. If your point is that Castro has been good for Cuba, I'm > > not going to agree with you there. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132295 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
