From: Bill Lucy 

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rgparker{at}west.net says...

> > On a macro/societal level, just so. But an individual doesn't have that
context
> > much of the time.
>
> If you are saying that a lot of individuals don't know whether they
> really are thinking for themselves then I guess I'd have to agree. But a
> person with a sufficiently critically and analytically trained mind
> ought to be able to tell this.

It appears that intellect and ability to think critically don't enter into
it much at all. All one has to do is look at the work of Werner von Braun.
There is no doubt in my mind that he was a great intellect and could think
analytically. Yet he worked within a system where he *saw* slave labor, and
quite possibly saw people killed.


> > Juan Miguel has said on more than one occasion that he believes he is free.
I
> > understand the difference between what someone says and what someone
actually
> > believes, but I tend to trust what someone says. Others do not.
>
> Okay, he might believe it. But then I'd want to ask him what he means by
> this.

First, please understand I don't give Juan Miguel Gonzalez credit for a
great mind. He has answered questions about this topic for the American
press. He may just be responding to Cuban propoganda about this country,
but from what I heard he made a case.

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