February 06, 2008
What's good for the goose...
In an irate letter titled "Why are we affected?"to the Canadian newspaper Leader-Post, a Canadian reader expresses his frustration over the fact that due to the US government's economic embargo against the dictatorship in Cuba, he cannot use his MasterCard credit card in Cuba. Repeating the same faulty arguments, which have been the favorites among castro apologists, this reader cannot understand the US's "bizarre" laws that put so much economic pressure on countries like Cuba and N. Korea, yet allow trade with countries like China.
This argument has been debunked here, and in countless other forums time and time again. But like any propaganda put out by the Cuban regime, they will continue to repeat it in the hopes that people will believe it and subscribe to this twisted logic, as this letter writer has so unwittingly done.
The interesting thing about this letter, however, is at the very end:
I hadn't planned to visit Cuba any time soon and, thanks to this discovery, I don't intend to use my Mastercard any time soon either.(emphasis mine)
Turns out that this person, although appalled by the US's embargo against Cuba, finds nothing wrong with taking a punitive approach against MasterCard and in essence, instigating an economic embargo against MasterCard for adopting policies he disagrees with.
Posted by Alberto de la Cruz at February 6, 2008 08:13 AM
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canadian guy with MasterCard...PRICELESS....!!!!
Posted by: tony44 ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 6, 2008 08:51 AM
This is too funny.....
Posted by: Gigi at February 6, 2008 11:46 AM
Turns out that this person, although appalled by the US's embargo against Cuba, finds nothing wrong with taking a punitive approach against MasterCard and in essence, instigating an economic embargo against MasterCard for adopting policies he disagrees with.
I think we're confusing boycotts with embargoes.
Posted by: MMerchant at February 6, 2008 11:47 AM
Merchant:
The terms may be different, but the desired result is the same: Deprive the "offender" of goods and/or services as punishment.
Posted by: albertodelacruz at February 6, 2008 11:56 AM
The terms may be different, but the desired result is the same
I agree that the end is the same, but the difference in means is not trivial. You wouldn't argue, for example, that quitting cigarettes is the same as banning them.
Posted by: MMerchant at February 6, 2008 12:12 PM
Merchant:
You're absolutely right that I would not argue that quitting cigarettes is the same as banning them because that would not have anything to do with the point I was trying to make.
Posted by: albertodelacruz at February 6, 2008 12:21 PM
No doubt the Mastercard corporation will be bankrupt in a trice...
Posted by: mojo at February 7, 2008 01:01 PM
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