tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post6111714789275866472..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Sunday Mornings: Coffee, Reflections and MusicA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-10678076041563037452013-06-27T19:29:39.192+01:002013-06-27T19:29:39.192+01:00Many thanks for your comments. I really appreciate...Many thanks for your comments. I really appreciate them.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-32176179758410414272013-06-26T23:19:24.217+01:002013-06-26T23:19:24.217+01:00Le pones emociòn a tu publicaciòn. Enhorabuena.
u...Le pones emociòn a tu publicaciòn. Enhorabuena.<br /><br />un abrazo<br /><br />fusfushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034679203103390706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-13906822748309712302013-06-26T22:50:51.748+01:002013-06-26T22:50:51.748+01:00Don't get schizophrenics started on this ;o.
...Don't get schizophrenics started on this ;o.<br /><br />A few might bear the scrutiny, but I more than get your point. Sometimes impenetrable anonymity seems great(in theory). I startle on occasion as if caught at something illicit, when nothing could be further from the truth. My illness lends itself toward these feelings rather compellingly, so I try to play devil's advocate with myself, but all of this is valid(& well-written). ~Mary Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-82066587289244163672013-06-26T15:48:06.913+01:002013-06-26T15:48:06.913+01:00Yeah we're well protected - out of our freedom...Yeah we're well protected - out of our freedoms and basic rights.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-32666521334707985982013-06-26T13:54:40.924+01:002013-06-26T13:54:40.924+01:00Hi Cuban, you are echoing my thoughts since this N...Hi Cuban, you are echoing my thoughts since this NSA issue broke--feeling very Matrix-ish. Thank you very much for your comment on my recent poem. I know the ending needed some work, but I'm pretty thin-skinned, so even well intended suggestions trouble me. I know I have to have the "can't please all the people all the time" attitude, just doesn't come easily...:-) your comment made me laugh and smile--And not take the other comments so seriously.Saravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289212188617046645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-49956926650085602632013-06-25T23:11:07.815+01:002013-06-25T23:11:07.815+01:00Good way to get em talking! I often think this whe...Good way to get em talking! I often think this when I speak with my husband on the phone or email him. We were both in Iraq and I wonder if when we discuss our experiences if someone is listening? One never knows but like you I have nothing to hide! tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-83025973685280671912013-06-25T21:16:16.296+01:002013-06-25T21:16:16.296+01:00It is truly a crazy world! Scary...but yet, not s...It is truly a crazy world! Scary...but yet, not surprised at all!The Summer Kitchen Girlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705922236211577732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-27944782297844026952013-06-25T19:41:01.710+01:002013-06-25T19:41:01.710+01:00Excellent article by George Monbiot on this subjec...Excellent article by George Monbiot on this subject today in The Guardian.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/24/how-trust-state-spies-citizens<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-26832806960119105612013-06-25T15:22:57.141+01:002013-06-25T15:22:57.141+01:00I honestly think this has went on for a long long ...I honestly think this has went on for a long long time. I have mixed emotions on it. I see it as a slippery slope. Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-79934660377493150002013-06-25T11:38:10.751+01:002013-06-25T11:38:10.751+01:00So true - we only think we're free but we'...So true - we only think we're free but we're not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-71357588495524386792013-06-24T17:23:28.723+01:002013-06-24T17:23:28.723+01:00When we speak of these agencies--such as the NSA, ...When we speak of these agencies--such as the NSA, CIA, etc.--it strikes me that what we are talking about is just people. People, other than those at the very top, who are "just following orders" (where have we heard that before?) and doing the bidding of the most powerful, who have their agendas to implement.<br /><br />If anything is ever going to change, it has to change on the personal, individual level. Like the song "Universal Soldier" by Buffy Saint Marie, it is a personal choice whether to blindly follow orders or to follow one's own conscience. So much easier (and fewer consequences, unless you happened to be a Nazi) to just follow those orders than to stand up and say, NO--THIS IS WRONG! <br />Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-78302624484976357562013-06-24T04:52:32.995+01:002013-06-24T04:52:32.995+01:00centralized power is dangerous, always was - it...centralized power is dangerous, always was - it's good if the power is divided on many shoulders that are kind of independent of each other - but then - who really is...Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-89111371578171388752013-06-23T23:56:39.615+01:002013-06-23T23:56:39.615+01:00Like Brian I dont think.is something new and dont ...Like Brian I dont think.is something new and dont especially care me and maybe for these we have now all is happening in Beirut abd Brazil; and here to with all students maybe all we are tired someone think.by us I dont know Cil but I. Think many people is tired.<br />Times ago in Dictadura times the people live afraid here but now is the oppositive all the persons have something to say always...Gloria Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055543111865966546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-1693833098196560082013-06-23T23:09:01.678+01:002013-06-23T23:09:01.678+01:00Lots of applause from here. Thank you. Scary tim...Lots of applause from here. Thank you. Scary times - made scarier from within.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-68404151775112217232013-06-23T23:07:17.687+01:002013-06-23T23:07:17.687+01:00haha...what shocks me most is that people think th...haha...what shocks me most is that people think this is something new...its been going on forever...and its been talked about before as well...power protects until power corrupts...it all depends on how they use the intel...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-26097219570711087612013-06-23T22:58:18.232+01:002013-06-23T22:58:18.232+01:00free? Freedom? Don´t think there is any such thing...free? Freedom? Don´t think there is any such thing. NatureFootstephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340635075481959029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-6047859569134312532013-06-23T21:00:12.324+01:002013-06-23T21:00:12.324+01:00Many thanks for your comments on what it's obv...Many thanks for your comments on what it's obvious a delicate topic. But I don't think I would be the responsible citizen I believe to be in my adopted country if I weren't voicing my concerns about this breach of my liberties.<br /><br />There are many aspects I enjoy of Britain. In fact when I travel to Cuba and come to the UK I always say that I "go home from home", both ways. But it's not a secret that the biggest terrorist threat we face nowadays doesn't just come from Al Quaida, but also from the US and UK governments. That's neither controversial nor radical-thinking, it's reality. The US and UK have sponsored terrorist for decades. In fact Washington has a solid record of arming terrorists and desestabilising democratic countries.<br /><br />Am I guilty of any crime for having typed the above? No. On the contrary, opinions like mine are necessary in a democracy. They are the metaphorical mirror against which the government checks its development and progress, or lack of it thereof.<br /><br />I don't want to lose my basic civil liberties just because there might be terrorists out there who are out to hurt me and my fellow citizens. I want to live in the kind of society where it's OK to protest, to raise your voice against injustice and to have a good, solid, facts-based argument about topics that matter to people and that affect us all. With no fear of retribution. I didn't have that Cuba and still it's non-existent. We have more rights in the UK but this government keeps trying to curtail our civil liberties. That's not right, either here or in the US or anywhere else in the world.<br /><br />Have a good week you all.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-26631906481778882892013-06-23T19:15:15.841+01:002013-06-23T19:15:15.841+01:00Are they protecting us from terrorists...or is the...Are they protecting us from terrorists...or is there something more sinister going on here?<br />Do we have to censor our every thought, word and action? If so, where is the liberty we believe is ours? Where is our individuality?<br />I am quite spooked! Haha:DYgrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-60626253354365990732013-06-23T17:00:16.017+01:002013-06-23T17:00:16.017+01:00They say they're protecting us from terrorists...They say they're protecting us from terrorists by taking away all our freedoms. So what are they protecting? People in "terrorist" nations can't do anything without being watched by everyone either. So what's the difference? Ah yes, the difference is that the people in those "terrorist" nations knew they were being watched. While, until now, we were blissfully ignorant.<br /><br />So here another right - our privacy - is sacrificed on the altar of the war on terrorism.<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-14426246548186302992013-06-23T15:22:58.572+01:002013-06-23T15:22:58.572+01:00Don't really care, but yeah we aren't free...Don't really care, but yeah we aren't free by any means. Free-er than some, but that is about it. If they watch me and some of the stuff i look for for books, I could be in trouble lolPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-70202168070628106622013-06-23T14:57:29.002+01:002013-06-23T14:57:29.002+01:00How about all those who lurk around, read your blo...How about all those who lurk around, read your blog and never drop a note? What are they up to? And those who "lift" this and that from your place, pictures, reviews, entire pieces and transfer them down as theirs?<br />In public domains, we are all watched, and protected.<br />When we were kids and passed notes in class, and got caught, we knew our liberties had been crushed, but we accepted the consequences as a matter of 'these are the rules of the game'. <br /><br />So is with being protected from unknown terrorists; we know they lurk everywhere, and we can't go about our business if we don't feel safe.<br /><br />Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-53304347525572835642013-06-23T10:05:58.914+01:002013-06-23T10:05:58.914+01:00Yep a public debate is long overdue...currently we...Yep a public debate is long overdue...currently we all feel like Gene Hackman in that fantastic film The Conversation...Greetins from Nice!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255193476024745869noreply@blogger.com