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Re:Fidel Castro has died by eyko on Saturday November 26, 2016 @06:23AM (#13042974)
Even in democracies, we're forced to do what our govt tells us to do, or not do. Soft drugs and alcohol are the perfect example of someone's opinion forced down our throats. the fact that some drugs are harness but illegal while others are harmful but legal.

Americans couldn't travel to Cuba. During the cold war, USSR. Americans couldn't freely express socialist ideas never mind communist ones. This in a democracy. I don't really see a big difference. The peculiarities of Cuba can be understood in its geopolitical context.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by Trombone12 on Saturday November 26, 2016 @08:11AM (#13043322)
No, daylight saving is the perfect example of someone's opinion forced upon us.

There is a general case to be made for regulating toxic substances and the examples given are of people arguing over if particular substances really are toxic enough.

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