From: Arlo Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 29 2005 - 23:15:11 BST
[Platt]
>Why don't you ask some Filipinos today whether they think their country is
>"owned and operated by the U.S." and whether they were glad the U.S. rid
>them of the Japanese occupation. You keep bringing up ancient history to
>prove that the U.S. is morally equivalent to Nazi Germany, Stalinist
>Russia, Maoist China and other secular socialist countries of the past 50
>years. That's low quality evidence I'd say.
>
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[Arlo]
First it was dismiss anything prior to this century. Now it is anything
prior to the past 50 years as "ancient history". As Woodrow Wilson said,
"Those that forget history are bound to repeat it". Unless... that's
what you're hoping for??
[Platt]
>I should have added PBS's version to Hollywood's version of Cuba being the
>poor people's paradise.
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[Arlo]
Maybe if we ended the idiotic embargo (which is likely responsible for
much of the "hardship" the Cubans live with), more Americans would go
and be able to make up their own minds about the success or failure of
Cuba.
Hmm... unless that's what the capitalists in power fear....
Arlo
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