Talk:Vamos a Cuba
The ACLU's Double Standards edit
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What is important to understand about Alan Sears's allegations in this controversy, true or otherwise, are the ACLU's double standards ("More than a quarter-century after his death, the “legacy” of American Civil Liberties Union founder Roger Baldwin – a self-professed fan of Soviet communism and of Joseph Stalin – is still going strong. With the collapse of the Soviet empire, current ACLU leaders have thrown more of their support to one of the last remaining bastions of the Soviet ideal: Cuba. … The school board’s beef isn’t with what is on the pages [of the book entitled Vamos a Cuba (Let’s Visit Cuba)], but with what isn’t. Parents filed complaints after finding the book to be devoid of any mention of the oppressive regime instituted by Fidel Castro nearly 50 years ago. Instead, its pages are filled with breezy commentaries on how Cubans enjoy chicken with rice … and boating as a leisure activity … The book’s cover, available in both English and Spanish versions, is adorned with beaming children dressed in the uniform of the Pioneers, the Communist youth organization that Cuban children are required to join. … Absent from the pages of Vamos a Cuba is any mention of the ruthless 20-year prison sentences levied on Cuban poets and journalists and priests who failed to fawn over their fearless leader. Instead, the book depicts Cubans as living as freely as they please. … Of course, this same “right to access” doesn’t apply to information that the ACLU’s intolerant agenda deems misleading. They’re not nearly as interested in allowing both evolution and intelligent design to be discussed in science classes, or in letting a student who disagrees with homosexual behavior present his views openly and peacefully to a fellow student.")
So if the same publishers were bringing out a childrens' book about a visit to the USA, you'd want it to mention detention without trial at Guantanamo Bay, torture in Abu Ghraib, and "Special Rendition", a.k.a illegal kidnapping in foreign countries? And your thesis that "the ACLU was founded by an alleged Stalinist sympathiser therefore it must be Stalinist 50 years later" is hardly convincing.
Your anonymous paragraph is typical of the person who's all in favour of Free Speech as long as it expresses opinions that you agree with.Steve Graham (talk) 13:28, 26 January 2009 (UTC)