--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > <snip> > > > > > 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? > > > > > > If he understood how completely irrelevant the book > > > was to the issue of his son and Madonna, sure. > > > > ...and do you think for one minute coming from his culture that he > > would find such -- to him -- apostasy "completely irrelevant"? > > Can't say, but if it were explained to him that she'd > done the book 14 years ago and almost immediately > strongly regretted it, I'd hope he would understand > that she'd made a big mistake (especially if he were > shown the books she's writing now, i.e., children's > books). > > If he couldn't understand that people make mistakes > and that they can change, that would be too bad, > wouldn't it? >
What wouldn't be too bad is if some less rich family that didn't have such a past that ran totally counter to Malawi culture got the child. 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/
