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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 12:21 PM Original message |
Cuban official defends internet controls |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. "The wild colt of 'information' must be controlled" nt |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is very reasonable |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. we certainly wouldn't want people using the internet to criticize the government |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Different scenario |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. How could the internet be a threat to Cuba? nt |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Would you agree that misinformation is a bad thing? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Would you agree that having the government |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Cubans have access to the internet IF they can afford it. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Ruh-roh, E-Net's site is running on .Net Framework |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. very well said |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. The government is extremely responsive to the people |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. What have I said that is so threatening to the Cuban regime .. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Cubans are not concerned about hack89 |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
71. You deserve the same rights as the Cuban people. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. So why can't they have the right to a |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
108. Speaking of housing, you'd think Ernest Hemingway's house, declared as a nat'l treasure |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. so Cuba needs censorship? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Cuba wants to block American misinformation |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. When someone has the job of deciding what is information and what is misinformation |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. As I've said |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I wouldn't want "the people" deciding ANYTHING for me |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You can not want it all you want |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. If a few individuals decide what most of the people get to read, hear, and see |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. It's not the few |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Cubans tolerate blatant propoganda from their government |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
100. Support that statement |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #100 |
142. State run media and programming are more than evidence |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #142 |
148. And what of CNN radio? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #148 |
172. its not from Cuba now is it?? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #172 |
178. People in Cuba can listen to it easily |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #70 |
97. The whole body of the people does not vote on every book, news article, URL, etc. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I agree with part of your latter statement. End the embargo. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. Before that will happen, "you know who" has to assume room temp |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
113. How do "the many" |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. Through many mediums |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. All definitions are social definitions. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Not necessarily |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Oh please. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. No damage |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. What "significant wealth" would that be? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Anything more than personal possessions |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
83. Would you |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #83 |
104. As I've said before |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #104 |
180. No |
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smitty (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
146. So everything that the Cuban government blocks is American |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #146 |
152. They get radio and tv stations from Miami, from the other islands, |
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smitty (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. If Cubans are so well informed why does the government |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #155 |
159. This is something you're going to have to apply yourself to studying. |
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smitty (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. Basically you have no answer to my question. I think the |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #155 |
167. The only "restrictions" are against pirate IPs supplied by the US interests section &.. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #155 |
170. You're misreading the information already given you on this board |
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jhasp (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
93. So is the US sending adware directly to the Cuban population? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Your US propaganda based post is astounding. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #96 |
110. I wonder if Cubans have "acces denied" trying to open your link |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #96 |
168. Here's a new car in Cuba |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
92. On that note. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I, for one, welcome our Wild Colt of Information overlords |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. it's not reasonable at all |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Neither of us know that |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It's amazing |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. It's amazing that people want to criticize |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. no-one is criticizing Cuba for installing computers in schools |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. They're just ignoring it |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. and searching witth Google will obviously lead to "misinformation" |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Which country is trying to topple us |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. alternate sources of information besides State run media |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. There is no lack of that in Cuba |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. can you watch it?? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. American basic cable |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #60 |
81. American basic cable |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. you can certainly make a pretty good guess |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Only if you know about Cuba's system |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. So, YOU deserve and have the right to full internet access but the Cubans |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I never talked about what I deserve |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. It's not just US "misinformation" that's being censored |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Freedom |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. But what else do they want none of? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Obviously not |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Are you willing to give up freedoms you presently enjoy .. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Freedom |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #76 |
94. The people decided what was right in the Jim Crow south |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. So AngryAmish |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
114. "There is no basis for rights" |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. I've been waiting |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
127. What are you trying to do, start a philosophy debate here? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. If people are going to evoke |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. I'm confident you will have a snappy comeback no matter what anyone says |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. I try to offer disagreement |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. You sound a lot like I did after taking a year of undergraduate philosophy classes |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. I've never taken a philosophy course |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. I told you my philosophy is based on my own personal observation and thought |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. In other words |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #140 |
149. You're more interested in "proving" you are right than in basic human needs |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. I'm still waiting for a real basis |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. You have failed as well |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. Not really |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. Show of hands please - How many minds has manic expression changed here? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. This is a bad excuse |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #140 |
176. What's the basis for saying that people directing their own communities is justified? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. The difference you neglected |
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Amused Musings (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #118 |
135. I think that you are trying to make |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #135 |
144. Not exactly |
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Amused Musings (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #144 |
157. Class is concrete? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #157 |
161. Yes |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #161 |
163. This forum is for Democrats of all stripes |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. This forum is also for 'other progressives' |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. I consider your politics to be regressive, not progressive |
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Amused Musings (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #161 |
173. I guess I should respond in order |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #173 |
177. OK |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. So you would accept it if American society .. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Strawman argument |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. No - we are arguing the fundamental source of freedom |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. That's not what you're arguing |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Speaking of American lies, there is the time the Cuban "exiles" who run, at U.S. taxpayers' expense, |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. What do Cuban exiles have to do with |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #133 |
145. Cuban right-wing reactionaries are creating the information which flows to Cuba |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #145 |
156. Judi Lynn, would you favor the USA censoring US right-wing reactionaries too? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #156 |
169. What's not to grasp in what Mika wrote earlier in the thread? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #145 |
171. Apparently,there is only one truth and it is yours. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #171 |
174. No one has ever implied that. Try stretching your mind to take in the history between |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #174 |
175. I know history well enough |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. There are some good lines from a Canadian article I stumbled across tonight: |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
65. "Bombarded by US misinformation"...Oh PULEEEZ! |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Do you live in Cuba? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #66 |
78. you can set your Home Page to DU or Yahoo or www.granma.cu |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Like I said |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #79 |
90. give an example of the propaganda that Cubans would be subjected to |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. First of all |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #103 |
151. I think there is plenty of evidence if you bother to google |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
111. "Cuba's government is a government of and for the people." |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Cuban leaders want to control all free thought. and open exchange of ideas |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. No its not |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
88. Are you for real? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. There will never be a DU in Cuba. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. The entire nation of Cuba is an advanced DU |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So there are forums for the free exchange of ideas .. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Cuba's Revolution |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The Cuba TV show "The Round Table" is DU TV. eom |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Yet is such a fragile social system |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. No system should be forced to withstand foreign interference |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Why is it so important to you to personalize this discusion? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. First |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. But why can't they simply ignore it? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Many reasons |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #75 |
95. I feel that the Cuban people are strong enough to resist .. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #95 |
99. A condescending attitude indeed |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. They most certainly are |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. and the propaganda that they would be subjected to |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. If you're good at one thing |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. you cannot answer how they would be exposed to misinformation |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. I have |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #120 |
139. I would be delighted to read your posts. please list the post numbers |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. How about |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #141 |
153. purely speculative, and Cubans would have to look |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
91. Not only are they not scared of it... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. You forgot to mention Bill Gates, Steve Jobs et el |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Who invented the internet? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Al Gore?? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That has nothing to do with my post |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
89. LOL, thats right, AL Gore said that one |
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Flanker (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. There is considerable editorializing |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Do you think they have access to DU? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I would welcome their contribution |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yes they do. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. and the restrictions are in place because....?? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. And then there's the knee-jerk "All problems in Cuba are USA's fault" |
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Flanker (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. This is a statment devoid of reasoning or economics |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Without internet access for the public...they don't know |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
82. Cuban literacy |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Literacy is what gets the doctors out of Cuba |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #86 |
181. totally wrong on that point |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
87. Cubans have free access to the internet in most all libraries. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Set aside some time and start getting the information you need, as we all do, |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
84. I guess that you didn't read the article posted in the OP. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
112. Without the US to blame, Cuba will have to face up to its problems |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
68. "The wild colt of new technologies can and must be controlled" |
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smitty (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
143. No matter how you twist and rationalize it, it stinks of government |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
80. I love Cuba. I support the Revolution. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. The "cult of Fidel" only exists in the USA. Primarily in Miami & Washington. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #85 |
147. I like the cult of Fidel lovers. I could easily be one. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
109. So Cuba is doing what Bush wants to do? |
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