From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V10 #83 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 Sunday, May 10 2009 Volume 10 : Number 083 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Cubism [John McDonnell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 12:21:17 -0400 From: John McDonnell Subject: [RS] Cubism On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 10:53 AM, John McDonnell wrote: > Hey All, > > I suspect Bill Chmelir is having a good time reading the reactions of > "democracy loving liberals" because it cannot be possible that anyone who > reads or posts on this list could in any way believe that anyone here favors > any kind of dictatorship. I dont know if I'm a democracy loving liberal, a > liberty loving democrat or a caballero covering dimly, (though I prefer to > think of myself as a bicamerally loving coder) but the fact that the > mention of an artist results in some political flame throwing is a direct > result of the censorship which prompted the discussion. I feel certain that > there is a lot more to Cuba than Castro, cigars and sandwiches, but having > lived in the US for over twenty years, there really is no cultural > interchange that I have seen. I'm sure if I lived in Miami it would be > different, but for the same reason. While I think it's largely true that > people get the government they deserve, I also think most of us make a > distinction between the government and the people of any country, so it's > possible for us to appreciate culture without acceding to tyranny. > > JohnMcD ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V10 #83 ***********************************