Cuba Censorship

Following up from the China censorship post and continuing in the censorship selection. The highlights of what I liked were:

"While special permits to use Internet are available to selected Cubans, Internet remains illegal for the vast majority of Cubans".

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Cuba)

"Cubans who want to move house cannot go to a real estate agent's office - they do not exist."

(http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=122&art_id=ct19990629214014346C100819)

"In March of 2003, Fidel Castro arrested and imprisoned over 50 political dissidents along with 26 independent journalists. These independent journalists did not publish in Cuban outlets. They are Cubans writing for newspapers outside of Cuba, mostly in The United States. Their sentences range from 14 years to 28 years. Castro's precious "beloved leader" image was safe with the people of Cuba from these dissidents because they could not legally access any foreign media sources. What was really at stake for Castro was the truth of his brutal, degrading, freedom-hating dictatorship being known to the world. Not that the world doesn't already know about the violations of freedom that occur under Castro, but the daily details, which these journalists reported to the world, must be known. The world should be constantly reminded of the details of the evils of communism under Castro."

(http://unix.dfn.org/printer_Extreme_Censorship.shtml)


In my opinion they are only limited their peoples outcome. Not letting them access the resources needed to expand the mind and come up with new possible outcome could prevent new inventions/discoveries.