Reply #161: Im not sure whether this one is directed at me. [View All]

[Pettson]

I got the impression it was, so I'll answer it.

First, of cource the embargo is bad for the Cuban economy. I hardly thought that was in question though.

Second, infant mortality and literacy stats say nothing about whether a nation is a dictatorship or a democracy. It says nothing about the individual freedoms every citizen has or has not. Your own examples highlight this perfectly, so I see little need to debate that either.

Third, if you interpreted my post to mean something along the lines of "you can get sex on Cuba" or "you can buy stuff on the black market in Cuba" then it would seem you missunderstood why I brought up those examples. Perhaps my recent post cleared that up.