The only physical abuse allegation I saw originated with the Miami relatives by way of Sister Jeanne after the situation became so divided, and she admitted that was where she heard it. I haven't seen any reports about his being absent at all--- quite the opposite, I read that Elian spent more time with him than his mother. It's getting to the point I don't believe ANYTHING I read, although I don't know why you would think the NYT article is such fluff- it seemed pretty well done to me.
But you are saying you would GUESS the negative reports are true, and your GUESS is based ONLY on his delay in coming here, the facts of which we still know nothing about.
That just seems either intellectually dishonest or lazy.
I think you are choosing to believe something only because it helps you justify the conclusion you reached and want to stick with emotionally. There's a lot of that now; it's really tempting--- it's as if people have just grown exhausted and said- no more... this is what I'm going to believe- I don't CARE whether it's true or not. Why is this? Is it just easier? I'm having to fight the urge.
Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why your presumption that JUan is an absentee father makes much difference to the case except to let us know what you FEEL- which is ok if you admit that, just like I FEEL that mom wasn't a saint, but I don't know anything, really. He's now the surviving parent, and as such, we get back to the custody, asylum, rights argument which needs to be decided by law. |
