On Monday 22 December 2003 13:49, Michael Kalus wrote: > > Well, in america instead of being the slave to "the man" (just yet) > you're the slave to your credit card bills
By choice. > your employers By choice, through a range that is "barely enough to eat and drink" to unimaginable heights in historical terms. and all the > other robber barons you have in the industry, while under Castro you > are.... Well what? You can't travel to the US? You are not necessarily > always able to state your political opinions (which sound vaguely > familiar in the US right now) etc. Not even close to the US situation. Get a clue. A simple example, read Tim May's continued expressions on the state of the US. Now read this about Cuba: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/05/67973.html Now, tell me that you still think the US is less free. > Repeat after me: Freedom is something that is defined differently by > every human being. > So Cuban's choose oppression and no free speech, in exchange for freedom of slavery to credit-card spending on luxury items, employment and robber barons? Have you been to Cuba?