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

To: Dayuhan who wrote (7267)	6/9/2000 9:51:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

Steven, res- I do not see how returning a child to his father constitutes jumping into bed with the leader of the country where the child's father lives. If the Germans returned the children of that American father, would they be jumping into bed with Clinton? I thought I made this clear in previous posts. It wasn't so much the outcome but the process by which the outcome was achieved. Castro was given more support and consideration than the American relatives living in Miami. And I believe it should have been the other way around. The relatives shouldn't have been vilified, mocked then had their fourth amendment rights infringed upon because of Castro. And make no mistake, the only reason the administration acted the way they did was for political purposes. Otherwise, this custody dispute like thousands of others would have been handled in the calm of a courtroom, instead of behind the barrel of automatic weapons. Law abiding Americans involved in a very unusual emotional event should be given more consideration than a communist tyrant, who's policies were the cause of the incident to begin with. Michael

To: Dayuhan who wrote (7267)	6/9/2000 10:13:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

That's interesting regarding the laws at it relates to divorce. I've always been impressed by the closeness of Philippine families. And now I wonder if the divorce law has helped families stay together there? It would be interesting to see the law lifted and then determine whether the problems related to family break down in the United States started to occur. I tend to feel the ease of divorce in the United States has helped to foster the high divorce rate we have. And I've wondered whether mandatory counseling might help families stay together. Especially if they have children. Having a law completely banning divorce doesn't seem very practicable. Some people find out they're incompatible with one another after they marry, no matter how hard they try. Michael