Hmm

Cuba Bans PC Sales to Public

Let’s see, in Cuba you can’t buy a computer because the government is afraid you’ll use it in subversive ways, but in the US, according to Senator Hollings, et al., you will only be allowed to buy the computers that have the technology to make sure you don’t do something subversive like infringe copyrights. Which one is the free democracy again?

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