Comments on: ACLU Win Victory For Communist Propaganda

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:36:42 +0000

Well many people in Miami did not want to pay for the inclusion of this book with their tax money. I don’t blame them. We will keep an eye on the whole thing. It isn’t over yet. This victory is only temporary for now.

By: AShiningCity

AShiningCity — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:30:55 +0000

I don’t know if I would want my LITTLE kids to read a book that described the real political situation in Cuba.

But this book doesn’t touch upon politics at all. It describes the people and it describes the climate. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.

Create a dialogue with your kids… that is the best way to combat public school education.

By: Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV

Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:58:11 +0000

I’d call it a bad children’s book. You have to look at the intent of the author, and I hardly believe he/she is trying to drum up support for Castro. It’s just a harmless book in a series aimed at very young children.

P.S. – Her Majesty, in her infinite wisdom, was the one who bestowed upon me the rank of major, and your mockery is an affront to the entire empire.

By: Glib Fortuna

Glib Fortuna — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:28:20 +0000

Congrats on the promotion Maj! You should talk to Col. Ghadafi about giving himself a star, after all he has been the dictator of a country for a while, you’d think he’d bump himself up a pay grade.

Anyway…

How does your insistence that this piece of propaganda is not propaganda square with the definition of “propaganda?”

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propaganda

What this book does is far worse. Purposely leaving out some information of “minor” importance (you know murder, mass imprisonment, destruction of the economy of a once-prosperous nation, pervasive oppression, police state, etc.) in order create a false impression of a dark, murderous tyranny…what can you call it other than propaganda?

By: Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV

Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:35:34 +0000

The omissions make it a poorly written book, but it’s still not propaganda.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:20:55 +0000

The omissions are exactly what makes it propaganda. The kid who reads that will think that Cuba is a beautiful place, not much different from the U.S. when it is really an oppressive Communist regime. You see no problem with this?

By: Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV

Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:19:32 +0000

No, really. Check out the book. "Propaganda" is another of those words you shouldn't throw around lightly.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:01:26 +0000

That doesn’t make me feel any better about this Maj. Rational. I don’t doubt that you have read many commie books that you don’t feel are propaganda.

By: Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV

Maj M.T. Rational XXXIV — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:16:58 +0000

I’ve read the book in question, and to call it propaganda is a huge stretch. It may not paint the most realistic picture of Cuba, but it’s certainly not propaganda.

By: AShiningCity

AShiningCity — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:04:00 +0000

This is a good example of the importance of communication between parents and their children.

Keep the books there fine. But I hope that the families of that area make an effort to tell their kids the facts of Castro.

Relying on public schools to educate is a mistake indeed.