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

To: nealm who wrote (8121)	7/5/2000 4:03:37 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

In this whole mess there are only a few things that are certain. Whatever freedom the father had, disappeared when he stepped on the flight back to Havana. Regardless, that was his choice to make and I, for one, will always defend his right to make it. Lots of people make choices that I think are really dumb, but the most important thing is that they get to make their own choices, IMO. In my personal hierarchy of values, freedom is right up there. Re SI, would you believe what's been going on? It's like we're stuck in a loop, passing through the same errors over and over again. I was on last night when we went through the latest round of displayed user names and crazy new-message counters. I'd just love to be a fly on the wall and know what provoked this mess. Karen

To: nealm who wrote (8121)	7/5/2000 4:13:04 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

That's what Juan Miguel chose ... like your good buddy Billy Jeff C. i would have encouraged JM to consider domiciles a lot farther from Miami than any point on the isle of Cuba, but he chose his Patria ... so be it, that is his right. Leaving aside for a moment the value judgments of the relative merits of the US and Cuba political systems, Castro has been in power far too long ... it's time for a change ... and not to Raulito, that wouldn't be a change. So it's time to start questioning the US support of Castro's power - things like the embargo and the drooling stupidity of the more rabid ex-cubanos who would go so far as to rob a man of his son in order to make some futile propaganda point ... time for a clear objective look at the whole situation, without the threats from outside that prop up the old fart in his power. SI ... all it needs is one Dryer half-awake in his spare time ... but if he needs Border Patrol cover on his way in, i'll chip in for ammunition.