From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V10 #81 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Friday, May 8 2009 Volume 10 : Number 081 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Silvio Rodriguez [billchmelir@charter.net] Re: [RS] Silvio Rodriguez [Jeff Bernstein ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 20:31:06 +0000 From: billchmelir@charter.net Subject: [RS] Silvio Rodriguez Oh, Silvio Rodriguez is a member of the Cuban Parliament? I see. Has he ever run for President or Prime Minister, which ever is the highest seat of power in Cuba? What's that you say? He's not allowed to? Why is that? Oh, because Cuba is a dictatorship? That can't be. All of the democracy loving liberals in the US think very highly of the Cuban government. They have government run health care and everything. Oh, I see, dictatorships are OK as long as they are run by left wing dictators. So it's OK for a folk singer to be part of a government run by a dictator that oppresses it's people as long as the government provides health care for those people while they are being oppressed? Yes, I agree, that's much better than having to pay for your own health care but getting to elect your own leaders. You're right, Silvio gets a pass. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 19:10:46 -0400 From: Jeff Bernstein Subject: Re: [RS] Silvio Rodriguez I would prefer that my government not censor who or what I can hear. It appears that in expressing concern about Silvio Rodriguez's background, Bill is justifying censorship. Bill? Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2009, at 4:31 PM, billchmelir@charter.net wrote: > Oh, Silvio Rodriguez is a member of the Cuban Parliament? I see. > Has he ever run for President or Prime Minister, which ever is the > highest seat of power in Cuba? What's that you say? He's not > allowed to? Why is that? Oh, because Cuba is a dictatorship? That > can't be. All of the democracy loving liberals in the US think very > highly of the Cuban government. They have government run health > care and everything. Oh, I see, dictatorships are OK as long as > they are run by left wing dictators. So it's OK for a folk singer > to be part of a government run by a dictator that oppresses it's > people as long as the government provides health care for those > people while they are being oppressed? Yes, I agree, that's much > better than having to pay for your own health care but getting to > elect your own leaders. You're right, Silvio gets a pass. > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V10 #81 ***********************************