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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian
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To: The Barracuda™ who wrote (3479)4/29/2000 12:28:00 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) of 9127
 
I HEAR YOU!! You don't have to yell.
No, I don't think it is clearcut at all; I think if you do, you are being simplistic.
What YOU don't seem to get is that we have given Juan his choice and he chooses to return to Cuba with his son. We might wish it otherwise, but you don't have the right to take a man's son from him. In Cuba, he will still be Juan's son by their definition, however they label him and every other child there, and when Elian is 11 he will go to boarding school and work, yes, but he will still be part of Juan's family, he will still see his family on weekends and eventually he will join them again. This is the way Juan wants him raised. We cannot take this right from a father without being guilty of some of the same tactics we are fighting against.
To say we are denying him happiness is ridiculous. We have done what we can with a miserable situation; we have offered asylum to the family. Don't confuse freedom with happiness.
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