The reason someone from australia cares about US politics/law is because
when i plan to go to your country in the near future (6/12 months)
to buy my next boat i may wish to come home via cuba or any other damm
country in the world and if that means sailing into a strange coast
without charts, Then they are putting my life at risk.
As i said before safety sake alone requires me to have charts of the area.
Do they just pretend that it it is a great void in the ocean or will it
become the cuban rectangle of mystery and wrecks. or will the charts
show go Nay further shall yea go or yea shall fall from tis world for
strange creatures here abide.
With dark age thinking come the dark ages again.
Does the final word come from my family when they SUE the US government
for the lose of my life and my income due to there negligence in
disallowing me to have navigation charts that would have told me that
there is a reef/rock/wreck in that straight that i head for for shelter.
Banning citizens from going to cuba Fine that's your peoples choice (you
folks voted them in) but banning me from carrying charts on my boat must
be on the same analogue as the romans banning Christianity.
Both will still be there long after the other is gone.
Shaun



I've always thought someone pumping their political opinion (and the
ever popular "I'm an American and I'll carry my gun into any Damned
country I want to!" as if the laws of Mexico/Canada/someotherplace don't
count) into a newgroup to be the equivalent of spamming. All it ends up
doing is creating a series of "Does not", "Does to" messages. Then the
name calling starts. Besides, why does someone of
Australia/England/Upper Volta (yeah that country doesn't use that name
anymore) care about American politics/laws. I personally think the
Cuban situation stinks and I'm on the other side of the country from the
ICW.