Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance

On Apr 28, 6:41=A0am, PL <pl.nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Dan Christensen wrote:
> > On Apr 27, 2:01 pm, chris <christiane.stock...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Mr. Christensen,
>
> >> Could you please share with us your views on freedom of speech and
> >> human rights in Cuba.
> >> Please: no ravings and rantings about other countries.
>
> > Cubans are free to speak to their minds.
>
> No they are not.
> These are the repressive laws limiting their freedom of speech
>
[snip]

Please post even one example of anyone being jailed simply for
expressing their opinions -- for complaining about the government or
anything else.


> > In the last national elections in January, the overwhelming
> > majority voted by secret ballot in favour of the government(snip)
>

What Mr. Lobbyist snipped for obvious reasons:

"In the last national elections in January, the overwhelming majority
voted by secret ballot in favour of the government and Cuba's
socialist system. Only about 5% registered a protest vote. And despite
being widely covered in the international media  this time, there was
not a hint from any quarter -- not even from Miami -- that this was
anything but a clean vote."


> 614 pre-selected candidates and no hope to get another on the ballot

That's your propaganda spin on it, Mr. Lobbyist -- one that has been
repeatedly debunked here. (See "Democracy in Cuba" at my website.) But
thanks for confirming that the overwhelming majority sup****ts the
government and Cuba's socialist system. I know it pisses you off big
time. And that's why you believe your beloved genocidal embargo is
necessary to force your hateful ideology on them. Whatever it takes,
right, Mr. Lobbyist? You know they would never willingly accept it
otherwise. (See featured article, "What is the real purpose of the US
embargo?" at my website.



>
> > On human rights in general, allegations against Cuba look like the
> > proverbial Sunday school picnic
>
> (snip)
>
> so torture, extra-judicial killings, democide and politicide are a
> "Sunday School Picnic for you.

Again, the crimes of your political masters and their allies, make
allegations against Cuba, even taken at face value, look like a Sunday
school picnic in comparison. For example, the only accounts "torture"
in Cuba (outside the US naval base at Gitmo anyway), seem to be
nothing more that the usual scuffles between prison staff and unruly
prisoners that you will find anywhere. Nothing like the well-
do***ented cases (AI and others) of the widspread use of systematic
torture by your political masters and their allies these days.

BTW, we are STILL waiting for you to even comment on -- never mind
condemn -- these crimes of your political masters. With this tacit
sup****t of murder and torture, along with your well known enthusiasm
for genocidal trade sanctions, it is easy to imagine the reign of
terror you would unleash on the Cuban people if you ever had the
chance again.

Dan
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