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shaggy101
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Why are cuban cigars illegal?
#2446656 - 03/18/04 10:04 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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because of Castro? I never really thought about it.. whats the punishment?
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filthysock
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2446661 - 03/18/04 10:05 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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Because of the weed inside 'em... I guess the punishment of bringing them into the country is the same as smuggling weed...
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Edited by filthysock (03/18/04 10:20 AM)
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Jared
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: filthysock]
#2446689 - 03/18/04 10:16 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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Quote:
bringing them into the country is the same as smuggling them
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2446692 - 03/18/04 10:17 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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It's due to the Cuban embargo and yes Castro. Anything from Cuba is illegal if it's an import. Very stupid really. Besides Dominican cigars are just as good if not better. I've smoked them both.
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2446695 - 03/18/04 10:19 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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cuban cigars are illegal still in the us? jeez i thought that period was dead and maybe some arabic gum or something has been illegal today instead
i have some cubans layin around somewhere ,but i really dont like cigars
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shriek]
#2446705 - 03/18/04 10:23 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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It has nothing to do with right or wrong and has EVERYTHING to do political EGOS.
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2446871 - 03/18/04 11:24 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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They're illegal to import so that cigar aficionados (read idiots) can make a big deal out of them. Once they're in the country there is no chance of anyone caring.
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2446897 - 03/18/04 11:32 AM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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trade embargo from the cold war when they had russin nukes pointed at the usa maby they wernt nukes just big ass fucking missles
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filthysock
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: onetime]
#2447126 - 03/18/04 12:47 PM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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I heard about cuban cigars containing weed... is this true at all?
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iloveraving
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: filthysock]
#2447159 - 03/18/04 12:52 PM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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Quote:
filthysock said: I heard about cuban cigars containing weed... is this true at all?
I've never heard of that. If you mean cannabis, when you say weed, no they dont have any in them, just cuban grown tobacco. Marijuana is illegal in cuba too. I've smoked cubans, and they werent the best cigars I've smoked. You can get a type of cuban cigar in the states, I forget the name of the brand off the top of my head... But cuba sends cigars to portugal, and they resell them to us. See how stupid it is? It has nothing to do with the cigars themselves, its just trade with cuba. Cigar afficiandos will agree, there's better cigars out there, they're just kind of 'the forbidden fruit' here in the US.
I think Don Diegos are better. Definately cheaper by a buttload.
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: iloveraving]
#2447170 - 03/18/04 12:55 PM (20 years, 14 days ago) |
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Eah... I like King Edwards and Villager... regular super marked/kiosk cigars but really good!
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2450912 - 03/19/04 07:55 AM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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why? because caribbean/western hemisphere commies are bad... while chines commies & former russian commies are good... (& korean commies are bad; & vietmanese commies are sorta OK; & afghani commies are bad, but so are former afghani anti-commies; & former east-german & other eastern-bloc commies are mostly good....) crazy americans...
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: filthysock]
#2450922 - 03/19/04 07:57 AM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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King Edward's!
Man that brings me back to my junior high days. (didn't have many of those)
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2451293 - 03/19/04 10:48 AM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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CUBAN CIGARS ARE ILLEGAL BECAUSE:
Cuba is a communist country. This means, among other things, that their market is not free and their people dont have much of a choice in the goods that they buy.
So, Our government, being a capitalist government that supports the free market, decided to embargo Cuba in protest of their communist economic system. What this means, among other things, is that they are telling Americans what they can and cannot buy.
makes sense, dont it?
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2451302 - 03/19/04 10:52 AM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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Nowadays, what's the penalty for having a cuban cigar? Pfft.
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probly nothing beings how they couldnt PROVE it was cuban plus you can say that you thought that it was CUBAN SEED with is leagla just grown outside out cuba i could see importing them being illegal but you can go to canada and get them and there are some indain reservations that sell them i my slef think that thet suck but i hate all tobbco
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2451393 - 03/19/04 11:42 AM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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The embargo against Cuba has been escalated since the end of the Cold War, meaning that it really has little to do with Communism. It's more about the US desire to control Cuba (it's of strategic importance).
The embargo has been condemned and declared illegal by the UN, with the exception of the US and Israel, but the US pays no heed to international law.
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: Pala]
#2451414 - 03/19/04 11:49 AM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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yeah dont care about int laws and they dont pay their debt to other countries either,. and still they think they can be world sheriffs
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Re: Why are cuban cigars illegal? [Re: shaggy101]
#2451417 - 03/19/04 11:50 AM (20 years, 13 days ago) |
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Cuban expats and their desendants would have a fit if the embargo was lifted. Nobody else much cares. So, it stays.
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