Arrested for Wristbands

Posted On: March 4, 2011 at 8:58 a.m.

Sometimes we might take it for granted how much freedom of speech we really have in the United States. Recent outcries about the “I [Heart] Boobies” rubber wristbands has made us reflect on the topic. But a ban in school is much different than prison time. In Cuba, children were arrested for wearing white rubber wristbands that simply said “Cambio” or, “Change.” “Cuban police rounded up a group of young people wearing white rubber wristbands stenciled with the word "cambio," or "change," and held them for hours before releasing them without filing charges, a human rights activist said Thursday.The detentions, which took place Monday, went little-noticed on the island but sparked an outcry three days later in Washington, where top officials and critics of Cuba's communist” (http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11CAC56520266090&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM). If we want to wear a wristband that encourages change in our government, we simply call it a political statement. We can be grateful for our freedom.



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