tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post115618245395483620..comments2023-10-06T07:28:21.803-04:00Comments on Cuban-American Pundits: Essays from a Cuban-American Perspective: "Idiot" is too kind of a descriptionVal Prietohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857729823069869008noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156278482214361522006-08-22T16:28:00.000-04:002006-08-22T16:28:00.000-04:00Mike, I agree with you, though when I mentioned pr...Mike, <BR/><BR/>I agree with you, though when I mentioned property rights in my first comment, I wasn't referring to reparations for confiscated property. I meant that you have to re-establish the right to own property moving forward in order for any economic reforms to take hold. Otherwise who would be willing to invest in Cuba? The two issues are linked but they are two different issues.<BR/Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156277431445169292006-08-22T16:10:00.000-04:002006-08-22T16:10:00.000-04:00Henry, this guy's a putz who does not know history...Henry, this guy's a putz who does not know history. Actually, the Jews received reperations monetarily. Those victims who are still alive continue to receive them from the German government. In fact, even the US is paying reperations for Jewish property they confiscated from the Nazi's. Also suits have been brought against the Swiss banks that kept all the monies stolen from them during the nazi Michael Pancier Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619328299236962430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156265109561833282006-08-22T12:45:00.000-04:002006-08-22T12:45:00.000-04:00Look the Cuban people have been indoctrinated for ...Look the Cuban people have been indoctrinated for 47 years. The majority of Cubans were born after the Revolution. So it wouldn't surprise me if the idea of a scandinavian style socialism would appeal to Cubans that have been taught to despise capitalism their whole lives. <BR/><BR/>But they should be allowed to choose the system not have it forced upon them like it has been for half a centuryHenry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156225874787071132006-08-22T01:51:00.000-04:002006-08-22T01:51:00.000-04:00you still didnt answer the question. Im not advoca...you still didnt answer the question. Im not advocating Cuba remain socialist (though that would not be the worst thing in the world). <BR/><BR/>Hypothetically:<BR/><BR/>When fidel is dead and gone, with or with out raul as their leader, that the majority (or enough of a majority) of the cuban people agree with the current style of government (more or less) and want no part of "return to property Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156195642179091092006-08-21T17:27:00.000-04:002006-08-21T17:27:00.000-04:00Did you read the last line of my commentary?Nobody...Did you read the last line of my commentary?<BR/><BR/>Nobody has asked the Cuban people what they want in more than 50 years. Maybe we should start by doing that before we condemn them to take part in "an experiment in economics."<BR/><BR/>My guess is that if you were to ask most Cubans what they want, right now they'd say "To leave Cuba." But since the US is neither willing or able to Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156194866450379422006-08-21T17:14:00.000-04:002006-08-21T17:14:00.000-04:00What if the cubans WANT to remain socialist?What if the cubans WANT to remain socialist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156186888225137702006-08-21T15:01:00.000-04:002006-08-21T15:01:00.000-04:00Dick Wind Gassen? Lol- need we say more? Case clos...Dick Wind Gassen? Lol- need we say more? Case closed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1156186579500010902006-08-21T14:56:00.000-04:002006-08-21T14:56:00.000-04:00Isn't it amazing how non -Cubans know more about u...Isn't it amazing how non -Cubans know more about us than we do, this world is insane, need I say more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com