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In response to "someone give me a good reason to not go to cuba for a week, flight and all inclusive for less than $500 /person on the 28th?" by Andie

um, Castro? -- nm

Posted by CrankYanker Mar 10 '10, 10:09

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yeah, i'm canadian, we're cool with castro -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 10:11 55
- I just look at Castro the same way I looked at my mother when she said "Bees won't sting you if you leave them along". -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 10, 10:25 1
  - "...alone..." -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 10, 10:26
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  - To be fair to the Canadians, we're the wrong country to throw stones in this particular glass house. -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 10:14 9
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      - I admire your stance as an individual, but since Andie said Canadian, I thought we were talking national policies. My apologies. - crash davis Mar 10, 10:24 3
        
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        my first real trip was in 75 or 76, I was just a kid and horribly shocked to see my dad bribe a govt official to speed up some paperwork - crash davis Mar 10, 10:32 1
        
        now you just bribe any public official you see with ease - 16 & pixie Mar 10, 10:33
      - how does traveling to the country amount to a condoning of his repression? - 16 & pixie Mar 10, 10:22
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      - "Oh hey Noriega, how do you like that Club Fed food? Would you like to try some French cuisine?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:17
      - its impossible to predict, but I wonder how things would be now if we left Mossadegh alone -- nm - crash davis Mar 10, 10:16
  - been to cuba before? - Andie Mar 10, 10:13 41
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      - Andie, you are a bad person for wanting to go there! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 10, 10:22 27
        
        it's cool, i can't disrespect someone for having ideals. but as i said in an IM below, i went to the USA during Bush's administration and i believe - Andie Mar 10, 10:23 26
        
        (I assume the IM refers exclusively to the Iraq war, and not the Afghanistan war, right?) - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:26 13
        
        I have no issue with Afghanistan, we've been there forever. He lied about WMD, he invaded Iraq before he had UN approval. - Andie Mar 10, 10:28 11
        
        "We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:37 8
        
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        (of which i am, obviously, neither) -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 10:42 1
        
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        forget it, Jack, it's Vermintown... -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:41
        
        2002? since we are quoting private citizens, let me quote my favorite one - crash davis Mar 10, 10:40
        
        Al Gore didn't 'shock and awe.' -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 10:39 2
        
        I'm just saying, it's not like Bush made up the stories about WMDs himself, as you imply. - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:45 1
        
        I think it's fair to say that Cheney was the evil one. (The cafe press ad being shown right now is priceless) - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:50
        
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        "court of law", pshaw! That's a good one! -- nm - Dubya Mar 10, 10:32
        
        No, the war on Christmas. -- nm - Bill O'Vermin Mar 10, 10:28
        
        Glad you survived! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:26 11
        
        i went to the US when Bush was in power ... it was scaaaaaary ... - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:32 3
        
        When I drove through Canada in 2004, your security pissed me off. - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:34 2
        
        are you allowed to ship guns (via fedex or whatever) across state lines? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:36 1
        
        Yes, but the recipient has to have a federal firearms license. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:38
        
        Really! I've heard horror stories about people visiting the U.S. and never getting out. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 10, 10:28
        
        i'm not saying i regret going, i'm just saying, if you are going to boycott other countries based on their leadership.... -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 10:27 5
        
        Oh I get your point. And overall, it's a good one. - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:32 4
        
        in your opinion. i'd like to compare civiilian casualties in Iraq vs Cuba. -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 10:34 3
        
        Not differing enough to justify the difference between "we're cool" and "pure evil". - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:43 2
        
        but, i don't think *americans* are pure evil, see? -- nm - Andie Mar 10, 10:52 1
        
        I'm not taking it personally. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 11:03
      - Wow, that's an entirely fair thing to say to her! -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:22
      - of course i'm not, but having been there, several times, i can tell you what you hear, and what happens aren't exactly equal. - Andie Mar 10, 10:21 5
        
        so in other words, you're saying you have no moral standards... :) - znufrii Mar 10, 10:25
        
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        FTW! -- nm - mara Mar 10, 10:24
        
        boom -- nm - Don Homer Mar 10, 10:23
        
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      - the sad thing is, Raul seemed like a pretty decent guy ... and now Fidel is back -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:17 1
        
        (I really expected that scenario to work out oppositely) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:18

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