Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Thoughts on America Bashing Message-ID: <1659@dciem.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 15:29:01 EDT Article-I.D.: dciem.1659 Posted: Sun Aug 18 15:29:01 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 20:18:52 EDT References: <416@iham1.UUCP> <1056@ames.UUCP> <146@batman.UUCP> <1040@teddy.UUCP><1652@dciem.UUCP> Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Distribution: net Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 23 Summary: >Reagan and Castro in their own countries. Also, we Americans who dislike >Reagan (I am one) are all still here and running around, while those >Cubans who dislike Castro are either in Miami or in jail. Hitler could >and did wander about crowds of his people. So what does that prove? >-- >Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan I haven't heard of a significant reduction in the Cuban population since Castro took power, and both Canada and the US (I believe) have a higher per-capita prison population. This suggests either that the above is false, or that Castro is much more popular with his people than any other major leader (where do you see real popularity polls going much over 60%?). If, as some have suggested, the difference between the countries is that Cuba bans private ownership of guns, then I say Cuba is one country with some sense. I wish that the US would stop shipping guns and the idea of guns (TV etc) across our border. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsri!dciem!mmt