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

To: Rambi who wrote (3431)	4/28/2000 8:59:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 9127

That's a superb point. Children certainly have individual human rights, but as parents we certainly have rights over our children. I think most parents expect that they have the "right" to raise their children where they think best. Elian's mother apparently thought the "rights" over her child extended to removing him from his home country and his father and taking him on a rather dangerous trip. So obviously even Elian's mother thinks parents have rather extraordinary "rights" over their children. Now that she is dead Juan has those rights. If Elian's mother had been a little less negligent perhaps she could be here to argue for what SHE wanted for Elian- but since she isn't here, Elian's father is the obvious adult who should be Elian's guardian and excercise the rights that all parents exercise over their children- and those rights involve choices. Of course obvious doesn't have a thing to do with the law- and the entire matter will be a Cuban legal matter if Elian does not want asylum and returns to Cuba with his father. I must admit to having no knowledge of Cuban custody law.

To: Rambi who wrote (3431)	4/29/2000 12:10:00 AM
From: The Barracuda™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

I've noticed that you are a Randian and, as such, would think you realize that this is not nearly as clearcut an issue as you seem to make it. I understand that YOU don't think so. A parent has a right to raise his child as he sees fit without interference by the government. The Supreme COurt heard a case in Jan. of this year re: parents having the right to decide which friends or extended family their children will spend time with(Troxel v. Granville). In Cuba there are absolutely no parental rights. Elian is property of the state. GET THAT?? PROPERTY OF THE STATE. Elian, by law, is a slave. Juan Miguel will not have possession of Elian. Juan will not have, want you and I want for him-his happiness.