From: Bill Lucy 

In article ,
rgparker{at}west.net says...
> In article ,
> blucy{at}mediaone.net says...
> > Then you are arguing that we can't blame Castro for the abuses in Cuba?
>
> No, not at all. We are each individually responsible for our actions. A
> person with more authority has more moral responsibility. He's got more
> power in Cuba than an American President does in the US. So his moral
> responsibility is greater.
>
> One has to ask whether an abuse of the system's power was directed by the
> top dog (eg does anyone think that torture in Cuban prisons was not
> approved by Castro?

I don't have any way of knowing that Castro approves of the torture
beforehand. But that isn't the question at hand. If the Governor or the
President does not stop it *after* it is known, that is a problem. And it
appears that the Area 2 torture was known at levels at least as high as the
mayor.

> But is a governor of Illinois responsible for, say, your report of
> Chicago police abuses mentioned below? I don't think so.

Ultimately, the Governor is responsible, because the Governor can make life
or death decisions as a result of the torture.

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