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Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 16:04:45 -0500
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get over it.  six year olds do not have the cognitive ability to decide where
they want to live.
(i accept exceptions but elian is not)
it is coersive for any adult to ask the question just as the coersion seen in
decisions such as medicating people by the state.
uncle

Graeme Bacque wrote:

> At 11:54 AM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >  As you can read above, the boy has been nothing but a pinball for Cuba
> > and the States. No one has bothered to ask Elian where he wants to live.
> > Maybe he wants to live in the States. Don't his wishes count? He has a
> > right to voice his opinion. Ask him! If he says he wants to stay in the
> > States, then accept it and get over it. It always amazes me that we
> > adults always seem to know "what's best for the children". Yet, we never
> > ask the children what they want. He is a human being. He has the right to
> > have his views and wishes listened to and abided by. This kid has been
> > ruined for life, and for what? Just so a nation can save face? Give me a
> > break. I wonder what would happen if this situation was reversed. Would
> > we play "pinball" with the child involved? I wonder. Ask Elian, accept
> > his decision, get over it, and let's get on with more important issues,
> > like homelessness.
> >Bonnie
>
> Bingo!
>
> _______________________________________________


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