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Re: Some people call Buicks "boats"...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:20:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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> > > If all the Cubans fled to the US, Castro would have no one to push around. I
> > > mean, shouldn't the US be welcoming every single Cuban with open arms--that'd
> > > depopulate the country pretty quick.
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> > Not so. Many Cubans are happy with their lives in paradise. Two hours of work
> > per day and 22 for free time in which to study for free for ever...doesn't sound
> > totally bad to me. (Though I'd really want reliable power and a fat pipe.)
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> This is sarcasm, right?
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> "we pretend to work, and the state pretends to pay us" ... that sort of thing?
> Presumably workers don't flee a workers "paradise" unless the quotation marks
> are there for a reason.
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> (remember, I'm biased... both my parents fled workers "paradise"s because they
> just couldn't stand the mismatch between propaganda and reality)
Does the propaganda live up to reality in the USA?
Scott A
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| (...) It could be worse - we could have idiot royalty. Now that would really be lame. But then again, their antics can be amusing. To be less silly, what country lives up to its propaganda? Is the U.S. the land of the free and the home of the brave, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) This is sarcasm, right? "we pretend to work, and the state pretends to pay us" ... that sort of thing? Presumably workers don't flee a workers "paradise" unless the quotation marks are there for a reason. (remember, I'm biased... both my (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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