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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 11:39 am
by Dancing Mustard
Hang on a second; are you saying that American's are forbidden from visiting Cuba? This is something that's new to me (I thought the diplomatic sanctions were mostly import/export bans), I had no idea it extended to boycotting the tourism industry and the free movement of US citizens.
Could you give me a little bit more information on that last post BK; I'm keen to patch up this gap in my knowledge of the subject...
EDIT: Goddamit, that's like the third time Guis has fastposted me today...
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:37 pm
by b.k. barunt
After this coworker of mine was fined (it was news to me too) i asked around, and even called a friend of mine from the service who's in the government now. He said it is illegal because they are our enemies. I asked "are we at war with them", and he said yes. I of course asked him when did congress declare war on Cuba? The answer (he is very right wing) was a long tirade about how i had "deserted" my country and therefore could not understand. Call any travel office, they'll tell you that you can't fly there from here, and if you go through Canada, they will find out, as they carefully monitor the flight manifests for Americans. Looks like we have a kind of "Berlin Wall" thing going on here.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:12 pm
by DAZMCFC
how shit is that. you can`t go to cuba. one day i would not mind going there for a holiday(we are allowed to go).
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:54 pm
by Dancing Mustard
b.k. barunt wrote:After this coworker of mine was fined (it was news to me too) i asked around, and even called a friend of mine from the service who's in the government now. He said it is illegal because they are our enemies. I asked "are we at war with them", and he said yes. I of course asked him when did congress declare war on Cuba? The answer (he is very right wing) was a long tirade about how i had "deserted" my country and therefore could not understand. Call any travel office, they'll tell you that you can't fly there from here, and if you go through Canada, they will find out, as they carefully monitor the flight manifests for Americans. Looks like we have a kind of "Berlin Wall" thing going on here.
Well thank you. That's remarkably interesting; I had no idea.
Who says intelligent discussion never happens in Flame Wars...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:26 pm
by UCAbears
I want to ride my bicycle.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:03 pm
by jcalebmoore
The embargo on Cuba actually doesn't technically prevent a U.S. citizen from traveling to Cuba anymore per se. That bit lapsed under Carter. It does however prevent a U.S. citizen from having any type of commercial transaction while there without a special license issued by the U.S. government. These can be tricky to get.
It used to be pretty easy to get around this by traveling to Mexico with any other ID (i.e. driver's license) in addition to a passport, then from Mexico to Cuba and back with your passport. Then to "lose" your passport in Mexico and travel back to the U.S. with your other ID, and apply for a new passport when you got back. Now that a passport is required for travel to and from Mexico, I don't know how you get around the customs people without getting a license, or getting let off under general license status.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:05 pm
by dustn64
Who are you?
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:17 pm
by jcalebmoore
dustn64 wrote:Who are you?
That's a bit vague. What precisely do you want to know? Who am I to prattle on about Cuba when no one in this forum has seen me before? I was just reading around the forums and thought I'd share what information I had.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:12 pm
by hecter
I dare say, this isn't CC related... LOCK ER' DOWN!!!
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:02 pm
by UCAbears
Why do you think it's in flame wars? Douche.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:09 pm
by The Weird One
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:32 pm
by wicked
Why IS this in FW? Moving to the forum for random talking...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:39 pm
by UCAbears
wicked wrote:Why IS this in FW? Moving to the forum for random talking...
Because you moved it here.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:15 am
by Beastly
no way... You can't mean that CC forums have evolved and changed?
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:25 am
by UCAbears
Oh my.
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:32 am
by john9blue
Beastly wrote:no way... You can't mean that CC forums have evolved and changed?
LOL if only he knew...
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:48 am
by muy_thaiguy
john9blue wrote:Beastly wrote:no way... You can't mean that CC forums have evolved and changed?
LOL if only he knew...
"She" actually.
And this thread just made me sad. So many people from this thread are not around anymore. DAMN YOU FATHER TIME!
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:22 pm
by UCAbears
muy_thaiguy wrote:john9blue wrote:Beastly wrote:no way... You can't mean that CC forums have evolved and changed?
LOL if only he knew...
"She" actually.
And this thread just made me sad. So many people from this thread are not around anymore. DAMN YOU FATHER TIME!
Made me sad too.
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:53 pm
by Army of GOD
Me three! =*(
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:30 pm
by UCAbears
No way.
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:37 pm
by Army of GOD
Yahweh
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:09 am
by UCAbears
Let's blow the roof off this motha fucka.
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:06 am
by Skittles!
I love the fact there are absolutely NO Wicked posts in this thread. Yet it's obvious she would of.
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:38 pm
by UCAbears
She a ho.
Re: Random Talking Thread, Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:59 pm
by Army of GOD
I'mma ho.