Just a little letter by a Cuban refugee...
Posted 09.02.2008 at 09.24 PM by doc3
> > A most interesting and foreboding
> > letter.
> >
> > From
> > Richmond Times-Dispatch, Monday, July 7, 2008 ~
> >
> >
> > Dear Editor,
> > Times-Dispatch:
> >
> > 'Each year I get to celebrate Independence
> > Day twice. On June 30 I celebrate my independence
> > day, and on July
> > 4 I celebrate America's. This year is special,
> > because it marks the
> > 40th anniversary of my independence.
> >
> > 'On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba, and a few
> > months later, I was in the United States to stay.
> > That I happened to arrive in
> > Richmond on Thanksgiving Day is just part of the
> > story,
> > but I digress.
> >
> > 'I've thought a lot about the anniversary
> > this year. The election-year rhetoric has made me
> > think a lot about
> > Cuba and what transpired there. In the late
> > 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and
> > they were right. So
> > when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at
> > least receptive.
> >
> >
> > 'When the young leader spoke eloquently and
> > passionately and
> > denounced the old system, the press fell in love with
> > him. They
> > never questioned who his friends were or what he
> > really believed in.
> > When he said he would help the farmers and the poor
> > and bring free medical
> > care and education to all, everyone followed. When
> > he said he would
> > bring justice and equality to all, everyone said,
> > 'Praise the Lord.' And
> > when the young leader said, 'I will be for change
> > and I'll bring you
> > change,' everyone yelled, 'Viva Fidel!'
> >
> > 'But nobody asked
> > about the change, so by the time the
> > executioner's guns went silent, the
> > people's guns had been taken away. By the time
> > everyone was equal,
> > they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By
> > the time everyone
> > received their free education, it was worth nothing.
> > By the time the press
> > noticed, it was too late, because they were now
> > working for him. By
> > the time the change was finally implemented, Cuba had
> > been knocked down a couple of notches to
> > Third-World status. By the time the change was over,
> > more than a
> > million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner
> > tubes. You can
> > call those who made it ashore anywhere else in the
> > world the most
> > fortunate Cubans. And now I'm back to the
> > beginning of my story.
> >
> >
> > 'Luckily, we would never fall in America for a young
> > leader who promised
> > change without asking, what change? How will you
> > carry it out?
> > What will it cost America?
> >
> > 'Would we?'
> >
> > Manuel
> > Alvarez,
> > Jr.
Apathy is a dangerous animal...
> > letter.
> >
> > From
> > Richmond Times-Dispatch, Monday, July 7, 2008 ~
> >
> >
> > Dear Editor,
> > Times-Dispatch:
> >
> > 'Each year I get to celebrate Independence
> > Day twice. On June 30 I celebrate my independence
> > day, and on July
> > 4 I celebrate America's. This year is special,
> > because it marks the
> > 40th anniversary of my independence.
> >
> > 'On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba, and a few
> > months later, I was in the United States to stay.
> > That I happened to arrive in
> > Richmond on Thanksgiving Day is just part of the
> > story,
> > but I digress.
> >
> > 'I've thought a lot about the anniversary
> > this year. The election-year rhetoric has made me
> > think a lot about
> > Cuba and what transpired there. In the late
> > 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and
> > they were right. So
> > when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at
> > least receptive.
> >
> >
> > 'When the young leader spoke eloquently and
> > passionately and
> > denounced the old system, the press fell in love with
> > him. They
> > never questioned who his friends were or what he
> > really believed in.
> > When he said he would help the farmers and the poor
> > and bring free medical
> > care and education to all, everyone followed. When
> > he said he would
> > bring justice and equality to all, everyone said,
> > 'Praise the Lord.' And
> > when the young leader said, 'I will be for change
> > and I'll bring you
> > change,' everyone yelled, 'Viva Fidel!'
> >
> > 'But nobody asked
> > about the change, so by the time the
> > executioner's guns went silent, the
> > people's guns had been taken away. By the time
> > everyone was equal,
> > they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By
> > the time everyone
> > received their free education, it was worth nothing.
> > By the time the press
> > noticed, it was too late, because they were now
> > working for him. By
> > the time the change was finally implemented, Cuba had
> > been knocked down a couple of notches to
> > Third-World status. By the time the change was over,
> > more than a
> > million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner
> > tubes. You can
> > call those who made it ashore anywhere else in the
> > world the most
> > fortunate Cubans. And now I'm back to the
> > beginning of my story.
> >
> >
> > 'Luckily, we would never fall in America for a young
> > leader who promised
> > change without asking, what change? How will you
> > carry it out?
> > What will it cost America?
> >
> > 'Would we?'
> >
> > Manuel
> > Alvarez,
> > Jr.
Apathy is a dangerous animal...
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