If ignorance were bliss...

what a happy world this would be.

Last week Ziva posted about a Computerworld editorial by its editorial director, Doug Tennant, which bellyached about Microsoft's inability to compete for Cuba's business due to the US embargo of the Cuban regime. Many of us left our comments on this editorial and we attempted to enlighten Mr. Tennant to the realities of Cuba and its dictatorial regime.

It seems Mr. Tennant was not very happy with many of the comments left last week, however. He has written yet another editorial on the Cuba topic, but this time he is bellyaching about the comments left on the previous one. He accuses the commenters of mischaracterizing the statements made in his original editorial.

I wonder which part of trading with a sworn enemy of the United States did we mischaracterize?

Nevertheless, Mr. Tennant offers us this pearl of wisdom when it comes to dealing with the Cuban dictatorship:

Is it a mischaracterization, in turn, to suggest that the U.S. considers Cuba an enemy? Clearly, our government opposes those in authority in Cuba, and with good reason. But is it really our enemy?

If you have to ask that question of this regime and its long and bloody history, then perhaps you are not really interested in the answer.

Ignorance makes things so much simpler and makes the world seem like a better place.

Posted by Alberto de la Cruz at August 4, 2008 06:52 AM

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