Comments | faery77: Grrrrrr

faery77

Grrrrrr

Jun 03, 2003 20:51

It pisses me off to no end that people consider Cuba a "vacation spot". That's like visiting Nazi Germany to see the fucking architecture. For goodness sake there are so many beautiful, tropical, cheap places to go in the caribbean is it really necessary to go somewhere where people aren't even allowed to speak their minds ( Read more... )

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idlehymns June 3 2003, 20:51:23 UTC

You know, that crossed my mind when I watched Bitter Sugar a couple of years ago. It's sad, really...

saintphilip June 3 2003, 23:12:13 UTC

here here!

gerbie July 12 2003, 04:26:46 UTC

Do you realise people might actually consider your own country as bad as Cuba? What about the treatment of Taliban prisoners? What about a president giving fake proof to start a war? I do not see where Cuba is any worse than the USA.

In a few weeks time I will go there, as I am curious how the country will be like. I have visited several Caribbean islands already, therefore I'd like to see this one as well. All Cubans I've spoken to are very nice people, every single one of them praised their country. They might not agree with the politics - some do though - but that does not automatically mean that it shouldn't be visited.

Re: faery77 July 12 2003, 12:15:04 UTC

This is such a complicated topic to get into. I guess my personal experiences as a Cuban-American make me very emotional on the subject ( ... )

Re: gerbie July 12 2003, 16:54:08 UTC

Okay. Fair enough. What I find difficult is that a lot of Cuban Americans (I can't say you do, but it is the general impression I get while in Europe) see things extremely black-white. As if, because Castro is bad, everything American is good. I'm afraid I can't go there with them (you ( ... )