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In response to "mafic: Agreed. Dangerous to do Cuba on an American passport for those reasons, but (sounds like) it's worth a visit if you have a non-US passport -- nm" by Beryllium

I always struggle with Cuba. I hear good things as well, but it doesn't feel right supporting the gov't and any tourist activity does exactly that.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Jan 4 '10, 10:45

Sure a lot of destinations aren't the prettiest on human rights and how they treat their populations, but Cuba's pretty obvious about their mistreatment and the fact that it's tourist dollars keeping it rolling.

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this argument rings hollow since china got most favored nation status. not to mention oil. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 10:52 21
- Maybe, but Cuba could actually be pressured to change some of their policies if tourism wasn't keeping the economy sustainable. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:08 5
  - you'd also have to stop US remittances, and that'll never happen. - mafic Jan 4, 11:16 1
    - I'm positive I've read that post Soviet collapse, if it wasn't for tourism, their economy would also collapse within only a few years. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:19
  - it is actually quite different. *because* there is no trade with the US. - Andie Jan 4, 11:12 2
    - I guess I can see that somewhat, but doesn't your IM tell you something right there? - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:17 1
      - hmmm, yes and no. - Andie Jan 4, 11:23
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  - I don't understand the point you're making. Are you saying that visiting Cuba directly funds terrorism? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:59 13
    - I'm saying the economy is based on products and resources from regimes far more questionable than cuba's - mafic Jan 4, 11:05
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      - NWBR is in Canada, so his argument is doubly stupid and misplaced. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:04 10
        
        (However, to reign that in a notch, he was probably just talking about human rights within Cuba itself, nothing to do with The Red Threat ...) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:06 9
        
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        You cannot seriously believe this. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:12 2
        
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        What I understood from NWBR's post is that he personally had a problem with going to Cuba - Guigue Jan 4, 11:18
        
        i think so. and, while i've met many people who are happy in cuba, there are serious issues that need to be addressed. -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 11:07 4
        
        Exactly. This isn't a communism thing. It's a freedom of mobility, freedom of the press, freedom to protest the gov't kinda thing. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 4, 11:13 1
        
        it's changed though, since Raul took over. baby steps, but they are happening. - Andie Jan 4, 11:15
        
        agreed, but I think that the Helms-Burton isolationism is a poor way for the US to approach it. - Beryllium Jan 4, 11:13 1
        
        oh, the US policy makes no sense at all. -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 11:14

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I always struggle with Cuba. I hear good things as well, but it doesn't feel right supporting the gov't and any tourist activity does exactly that.

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