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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: Jon Tara who wrote (5258)	5/14/2000 1:36:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 9127

Jon, assuming for the moment that it was desirable to let the child decide the course of his life or even to provide input to the decision, there are still practical problems in getting that input--all the same problems that are part of this matter. Who would ask him and in what venue? Would it be done in the pressure cooker of open court with all the interested parties looking on? Or would his father ask him? The relatives would certainly fight that. Is there anyone in the world all the parties would trust to speak with Elian? Mother Theresa is dead. I don't know that Oprah Winfrey, Jimmy Carter, or Bill Cosby speaks Spanish. Can't do this through an interpreter. Whoops, Jimmy Carter probably wouldn't pass muster with the relatives anyway. I could go on and on. I'd like to hear what the kid has to say. And I agree that it's empowering for the child to be asked. But going down that path would lead to more of the same. Karen

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