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

To: chalu2 who wrote (5158)	5/13/2000 4:31:00 PM
From: Jon Tara	Respond to of 9127

I'm sure that if these problems have affected the child, that he wouldn't want to stay with the relatives. I'm not saying where he should go - only that he should be able to decide. So many people find it so threatening to suggest that a six year old should be able to decide his own fate. Why? This is no ordinary six year old, and is no ordinary situation. I think that situations should be judged individually. If what you say is true, don't you think that the boy would want to go home with his father? So, then, what is the harm is letting him choose? I think there's little threat that this will lead to masses of six-year-olds petitioning to leave their parents and live with a relative...