Perhaps that is the answer, but I doubt it. Paternal anxiety should have trumped deference, and besides, I am still not sure why the grandmas came first......The main thing, I suppose, it to say how much of the situation remains unclear.....
I remember reading a book by Shirley MacClaine about a trip to the PRC, in which she rhapsodized about how successful the Chinese has been at creating a truly harmonious society. At the same time, the Cultural Revolution was going on, but she knew nothing of it. Similarly, Bernard Shaw took a trip to the Soviet Union, and extolled Stalin, just as the Ukrainian famine was going on. I have no reason to believe anything that has been said about Elian and his father, although I have no independent knowledge to challenge it. What I do not understand are those who are sure that Elian should go back, and that all of the propaganda is on the side of the Miami folk...... |
