la revolution, where they know what that word means...

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Sun Aug 23 21:08:40 PDT 1998



>In response to Withow's comments about whether "Cuba's dictator allows"
>Cubans to use the internet....
>
>Jeez, Louise, have you been eating too much granola lately? I'm a
>vegetarian, too, but I still know that Cubans don't spend quality time in
>chat rooms because
>
>1) the U.S. blocks sales of computers to the island, even those intended
>solely for medical use, because they might communicate dangerous secrets
>to, uh, all those other communist nations out there (yes, that's my
>point--there AREN'T any).

Ummm...

There are countries other than the United States, with firms other than American firms that make computers, you know...

Brad DeLong



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