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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (995)	4/16/2000 11:10:00 AM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

Heh heh - "My side is Perfect and those who doubt that are Pure Evil", eh. Well colour me sceptical on that, lol. No city on the planet is without street crime. More than a few canadians have lost their lives in your supposed paradise. There was a string of reports a few years ago of shootings of tourists, one big memorable magazine article on the tendency of the heavily armed locals to vent their road rage frustrations with bullets. But i guess that's just part of what you consider your rich cultural tapestry. What walls and fences there are in our village were built to keep the horses from fouling the yards and outdoor kitchens. Crime is not unknown, for sure - it is after all a collection of human beings. But i feel safer there than anywhere in the US and much safer than in your cities. Still, even if the nationalities were reversed and the Gonz lez family was from Miami, this single factor counts above all - Mi hijo all the rest is BS.

To: Machaon who wrote (995)	4/16/2000 11:50:00 AM
From: The Barracuda™	Respond to of 9127

Elian: The Individual vs. The Collective April 12, 2000 MARINA DEL REY, CA - The plight of Elian Gonzalez is an American issue not just a Cuban-American one, said a spokesperson for the Ayn Rand Institute. "Elian's case is fundamentally the conflict between the individual and the collective," said Amy Peikoff, J.D. "Cuba, led by Castro, insists that Elian belongs to the people and the state; the United States, by contrast, is based on the supremacy of the individual. This is why Elian should stay in America: he will be free here - free to exercise his fundamental rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Peikoff said that the "parental rights" of Elian's father are non-existent. "In Cuba, there are no parental or other rights," said Peikoff. "The only issue that should matter to the courts is whether or not Elian will be free to live his life - whether life in Cuba is harmful to his development. How can anyone consider returning a boy to a country that explicitly abrogates individual rights and punishes independent thought?" Peikoff argued that the outcome of Elian's case should be of paramount importance for every American no matter what their race, ethnic origin or political affiliation. "If the courts send Elian back to Cuba, it will be a slap in the face to every American living or dead - a repudiation of the very principles upon which this country was founded," she said. Recently Peikoff accompanied Walter Polovchak, the world's youngest defector, to a meeting with Elian Gonzalez. She is the author of a "friend of the court" brief defending Elian's right to remain in the United States. Ayn Rand Institute spokesperson Amy Peikoff is available for interviews. The Ayn Rand Institute, an educational organization established in 1985, seeks to advance novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism and its principal tenets: reason, rational egoism, and laissez-faire capitalism. For further information, contact Chris Wolski, Media Relations Manager. Phone: (310) 306-9232 Ext. 213; fax (310) 306-4925; e-mail: chrisw@aynrand.org or visit ARI's Web site at: aynrand.org