Censorship vs. Absolute Control

March 16, 2011


BY: THE HILL


An important point by Cuban author Humberto Fontova on the "trial" of American development worker Alan Gross and the brutal absolutism of the Castro regime:

So we'll never know the evidence, but the Castroite judge ruled that the Castroite prosecution, "demonstrated the participation of the North American contractor in a subversive project of the U.S. government that aimed to destroy the Revolution through the use of communication systems out of the control of authorities."

And there's the hitch: control of the authorities. Not even Libya or China seek to control, cell-phone and Internet access. Censor? Absolutely. But outright control of all means of communication is a fetish peculiar to Communists. (And no, the Chinese regime is no longer technically Communist, though certainly despicable and dangerous.)