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From: kurtzman@uscvax.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman)
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on America Bashing
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 19:51:51 EDT
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*** Martin Taylor writes:
> 
> Interesting that Castro can wander around among crowds of his
> people, and Reagan can't.  Could Baptista?
> 

Reagan might be able to wander safely in the US if he did the same
things as Castro. Namely:

  a) kill or imprison people with opposing political views
  b) send criminals and mental patients to some other country
     as Castro did in the Mariel exodus.

Mr. Taylor, have you ever wondered why so many people wanted to leave
Cuba during the Mariel exodus? Have you heard or seen hoards of people
forsaking their homes and friends to flee oppression in the US?

I am not saying that Reagan is a good president (in my opinion he is a very
bad one - but that is not relevant to the point I wish to make).
I am not saying that the US has no serious problems. I am saying that
the situations in Cuba and the US are different. In the US, people have
inalienable rights which cannot be abbrogated by the president.
In Cuba people are subjects of Castro's dictatorship; they have no rights;
they only have privileges granted at the whim of Castro.
Castro and his regime has systematically removed all opposition.
I would not like to see this approach taken in the US.
The rights of the people affirmed in the US Declaration of Independance
and the Bill of Rights are too precious to throw away in exchange
for a quick solution to the problem of Reagan's safety in a crowd.