--- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > Not impossible that's what happened. The media > > > > would certainly have been looking for negative > > > > things to report, even if they had to largely > > > > manufacture them. > > > > > > He said that before he found out the truth > > > > And we know this how? > > http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1550201,00.html
Did you notice that all the questions the interviewer asked were attempting to get him to say something negative about Madonna, but he would not do so? He seems to have been misled by the media to think that the adoption is a done deal. In fact, Madonna won't even be able to apply for adoption for 18 months, during which time she will be visited regularly to make sure the boy is being taken care of properly. He says he had been told his son would come back once he had finished his schooling, meaning he *did* understand that he wouldn't see his son for many years. In other words, as far as he was concerned, the difference between that and "having his son taken away from him," as the interviewer kept phrasing it to make him sound like a victim, is just about nil. In any case, if he was told his son would come back when he finished his schooling, that has to be because it's what *Madonna* expects to happen. And "the truth" is that there's no reason that it cannot still happen. >From that interview, it looks to me as though Madonna's perception that the stories in the media have twisted the whole thing to make it appear that the man had been cruelly exploited is right on target. He may not have understood what the potential adoption of his son would involve legally, but as far as I can see, the effects would be no different--and it appears, in fact, that *he* recognizes this and is OK with the situation. He gives zero indication that he wouldn't have done exactly the same thing had he known about the legal nature of adoption. At this point he has no desire to contest the arrangement. One can only hope the media doesn't try to exploit *him* any further in the hope of making Madonna look bad. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
