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


To: Yogizuna who wrote (5006)5/12/2000 6:33:00 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9127
 
Donato Dalrymple is irrelevant. (You brought him up, not I.) He doesn't belong in a discussion of the facts of the case, any more than he belonged in the closet or in the bedroom with Elian. Anyway, if we are handing out halos one should go to the cousin who actually jumped in the water and pulled Elian out.
Dalrymple is an opportunist of the worst sort, who milked every TV appearance, took freebies, extolled his own virtues and made some of the absolutely stupidest and blatantly self-serving remarks I have ever heard. He makes my skin crawl.
Other than that, I have no feelings about him one way or another :)

As for your E. German example-- 'what if's' are slippery and dangerous as they offer no facts to study, and the situations seldom can be equated, so I won't try to answer that question.



To: Yogizuna who wrote (5006)5/12/2000 8:20:00 PM
From: Master (Hijacked)  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9127
 
Yogi, you wrote:

"...I don't think that we should let our personal feelings about someone (you obviously do not like Donato Darymple for some reason) let us influence our opinion of what is right or wrong in this case. ..."

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Vince copied what Yogi wrote:

I don't think that we should let our personal feelings about someone (You obviously don't like Juan Gonzalez for some reason) let us influence our opinion of what is right or wrong in this case...."

YOGI, WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS DO YOU DISAGREE WITH???????



To: Yogizuna who wrote (5006)5/12/2000 9:08:00 PM
From: chalu2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9127
 
Most people fleeing Cuba are not political; they seek to escape to a more prosperous life. Many die in the process, as many die fleeing Mexico, Morocco, Ethiopia, etc. The U.S. does not generally economic aspirations as a good cause to admit an otherwise illegal immigrant, although a special exception has been made in the case of Cuba because of a desire to increase Florida's economic growth and population.