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

To: TigerPaw who wrote (8760)	7/18/2000 1:53:57 PM
From: donjuan_demarco	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

Well, in the Thai boy case there actually is no parent to return to (grandparents instead). Also, the American public will be more in favor of keeping him here, because they think of Thailand as being a harsh place to be a kid, while when they think of Cuba they associate it with Ricky Ricardo and Babaloo.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (8760)	7/18/2000 2:04:39 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 9127

It's the 'less appealing parent' that would make the difference for me there ... also the fact that it is an asian story as opposed to a latino story - i just don't know much about asian culture, customs, language, etc ... while with Cuba i have a long established curiosity and considerable prior knowledge. Like the spokesman there [Terziani?] says, there are a lot of questions to be answered ... the primary being the suitability of the mother, if she is found to be detrimental to his interests then the grandmother, then aunts etc ... family first before anything else, and only when family is eliminated for good reason would i consider other options ... this as a result of applying my own mores, but then what else can a person do.