Is it a relatively nice thing Cuba’s newest dictator, Raul Castro decreed the other that day that the island’s residents may now possess cell phones?

Probably. Maybe. We’ll see.

Yes, it is certainly true Cubans now armed with their cell phones will be able to call their exiled families in the United States and that is obviously a positive development.

But let’s face it, it’s pretty evident Raul Castro has no idea the techno-monster he has unleashed across his impoverished country.

Fidel’s younger brother probably felt he was enabling his countrymen to be able to call their families in America as well as each other across the nation.

Isn’t that precious?

We all know that once Cubans start getting their cell phones, well, they will start using them by insisting on calling people to talk to them.

No good will come from this.

In time, the streets will be clogged with Cubans in their 1957 Fords, blissfully gabbing away while traffic backs up behind them. Movie goers will be interrupted by ring tones. Young Cuban teenage girls will spend hours blabbing away with their friends - who happen to live next door! - yapping and yapping and yapping and yapping about nothing, absolutely nothing at all.

And, of course, with cell phone technology will come the ability to text message one another, which while Raul Castro might naively believe will enhance the flow of information among his citizens, we know from experience that texting merely streamlines the ability to send bad jokes, funny pictures and porn to one another.

If Raul Castro is going to permit cell phones, clearly access to the Internet can’t be far behind.

That means Havana will soon see a proliferation of Internet cafes, thus making it easier for Cubans to exchange bad jokes, funny pictures and, of course altogether now! - porn with one another.

Thus, we know now, the communist regime in Cuba won’t be brought down by a popular uprising, or an invasion. The Castro Brothers are ultimately going to be brought to their knees by the ultimate Capitalist weapon - the cellphone, which opens vistas for good and evil and don’t forget - porn, too.

Viva Nextel!