--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" > <richardhughes103@> 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. >
Here's something for you to ponder: Let's assume the reporter asked all the questions that he did BUT ten minutes before he started asking the questions he showed the father Madonna's book "Sex" (and let's assume the text was in a language he would understand, so that he doesn't miss the anal-sex-is-great! chapter), tell me: do you think his answers would be the same? 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/
