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Contributor: Barretm82

Date: 2003-04-17 08:40:32


I suspect that most Canadians think it is disgusting, but their seems to be a vocal few who think the Charter of Rights and Freedoms only applies to the privileged people of Canada and no one else.

I have even seen evidence of sympathizers in this country for totalitarian despots, go figure???

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Cuba

Contributor: cfallon

Date: 2003-04-17 11:56:02


We should stop supporting Castro.

We should denounce his regime and demand democratic reforms.

Cubans are capable of running their lives and don't need some benevolent octogenarian to decide what they read and what they say.



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Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-04-17 22:41:34


I read that 80% nof the countries of the world are NOT democracies. What right do we have to dictate to other countries the type of government they wish to have. If the majority of Cubans were dissatisfied with their government; that is their decision not yours, the USA's or Canada's. My brother visited Cuba recently and found them to be happy friendly people. They have learnt to be very preoficient organic gardners. Their biggest problem is the sanctions by the USA does not enable them to have a well varied diet.
A democracy is only as good and strong as its citizens make it; democracies with uneducated or uninterested citizens are usually not successful or strong and tend to be corrupt. Being a democracy is not the magic bullet you believe it to be.

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Contributor: cfallon

Date: 2003-04-21 09:36:09


I think it is the magic bullet. I think any regime that allows the fullest cooperation of its citizens and harnesses the creativity and independence of its citizens will be far better off than any other form of government. Case in point: there are no other successful forms of government.

I agree with you that trade sanctions hurt the people, but, like you said, its not up to us to dictate to them how they want to run their country. It is up to us to decide whether we can do business with a dictator's cronies, knowing full well where that money will go.

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Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-04-18 11:36:54


cfallon; You seem to have sympathy for the Cuban people; but in another post I see you do not want Canada to trade with Cuba. Trade sanctions against a country do not only hurt the dictator; it puts its citizens into great hardship. Trade sanctions should only ever be on military supplies; never on food or other necessities of life.
I believe that complete sanctions for a prolonged length of time do more harm than any possible good.

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