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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Interesting diversionary tactic, but essentially valueless. Note, those of you only reading this, how quickly we went from a discussion of the legal issues to a raging diatribe against a radio talk-show host (incidentally, I don't listen to Rush, I don't agree with him, and I own a book that points out numerous time he was wrong). This is a variation on the ad hominem argument and guilt by association, tactics rejected by civilized debators since the time of Socrates... but still used by both politicians and television preachers today. Nota also, that not one word was said in response to any of the legal questions raised in Omega's post. Note the repeated refrain of 'how do YOU know what Cuba is like?' by people who aren't any more likely to know themselves. (Incidentally, I'd bet Canada is orders of magnitude better to live in than Cuba, either, but our opponents are thinking we mean 'better' in a narrow nationalistic way, rather than 'better' in a income-per-capita, freedom of speech, religion, and association, economic opportunity way, in which Cuba is outclassed by nearly every democracy/republic in every hemisphere, with the possible exception of the republics still struggling to come out from 75 years of former Soviet Rule -- and at least THEY can protest the way things are going now. Or to put it simply, Given: (Democracy/Republic > Dictatorship) Cuba = Dictatorship USA, Canada, Germany, Costa Rica = Democracy/Republics Therefore USA, Canada, Germany, Costa Rica > Cuba. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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