Perhaps I'm wrong, but from what I've read it doesn't sound to me like Cuba
is trying to limit freedom as much as they are trying to reserve the small
number of computers they have available for where their most important and
needed; namely, industry.

John Woodford wrote..
>On one hand, this is a troubling measure, this limiting of individual
>freedom and access to a medium of communication etc.. I'd be incensed if I
>weren't the citizen of a country that has--prior to Cuba's act--banned most
>of its citizens from traveling to or buying from or selling to Cuba. That
>puts the stance on individual rights in perspective.
>
>frank scott wrote:
>
>> That settles it...I'm starting each day with a pledge of allegiance to
>> the american flag, followed by a lusty chorus of the national anthem,
>> sung at the top of my lungs!...
>>
>> the very idea that cuba would stop people from freely (?) purchasing
>> computers , going online and shopping at amazon, nike and other free
>> market dot coms, makes me sick to my stomach...what a horrible world out
>> there in lower civlization...god bless the embargo...god bless
>> america....
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