Attacking someone about their country like that is a particularly distasteful breach of civility on Hacker News. It's for Cubans (as for the people of any other nation) to decide the nature of their government; it's certainly not for us to harangue them about it.

Moreover, assuming that what you're saying is true, you're putting the person you're talking to at risk if they answer freely. That's not a fair argument to have and certainly not for fake internet points.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11476566 and marked it off-topic.

So you're saying refuting someone who claims there is no danger to speaking your mind in Cuba by posting a link to people arrested for speaking their mind in Cuba, isn't a conversation, but an attack. And furthermore I shouldn't engage with anyone over the internet because they might be from Cuba and I might endanger them?

And further I shouldn't even be talking about it, because if, for the sake of argument, Cuba has a repressive secret police that throws people in jail for speaking about unapproved ideas, I shouldn't say anything about it because it's Cuba's business?

Using that philosophy no one should have spoken out about S. Africa's apartheid because they might get someone in trouble and it's S. Africa's business anyways.

Anyways, good to know how hacker news works.

It's been under ruthless attack by the world's most militant nation, which forces Guantanamo Bay there and demands other nations besiege it with sanctions. Due to its disobedience, it nevertheless does unusually well all things considered.

I prefer to think that sounds like the average Cuban citizen is more interested in a quiet life and improving their standard of living more than complaining about political issues.

Please note in case you haven't been never in Cuba that Cubans are known for always says aloud what we thinks in any corner either in political or any other matters.