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  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) Sorry--I posted before "refreshing" my browser, so I didn't see that you had already replied... Dave! (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) However, was every other parent who remained in East Germany a likewise unfit parent? This again seems too sweeping a claim, generalizing everyone under one circumstantial banner. That said, the fact of your uncle’s brainwashing is dreadful. I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) properly (...) Add "deluded" to the list and I will go with yes. It's that simple. (...) It's grand standing but it's not circular, based on your statement about preconceived notions. The gist of that was that you seemed to be in denial about (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) Let me connect the dots for you. Arguably, Elian's mother would have been better served if she could have flown from Cuba to FL in a commercial airliner. Or even taken a large passenger liner, or in extremis, a 50 foot fishing trawler. But (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) her (...) That was me, and yes, I feel the attempt was particularly ill-prepared (i.e. the actual attempt was so doomed to ultimate failure it was literally terminally stupid). Perhaps this is a reflection of my deep respect for the open (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: LEGO Direct catalogs in Canada?
 
(...) Just a minor nitpick, but if you're going to speak up in defense of Canada, you could at least do us the courtesy of capitalizing, neh? <xf-ut: off-topic.debate> James (URL) getting paid for this --> alladvantage.com Sign up via me, the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) **snip of a few undeniable truths about Cuba** My question remains, though: are we to assume that anyone who chooses to remain in such a country must necessarily be either deceitful (spelled properly this time, unlike my last post!), under (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) Sorry, can you clear up for me what preconceptions you're referring to? There is hard documented evidence in profuse quantities that, for example, psychiatry is viewed as an arm of the ministry of the interior (that is, the secret police) and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) repercussions of his defection, it might *seem* as though he doesn't want to (...) Undoubtedly! But that's still an assumption based on preconceptions of the communist state, rather than on any evidence relevant to the case at hand. Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Elian Gonzales
 
(...) Well, when he has relatives back in Cuba who would have to face the repercussions of his defection, it might *seem* as though he doesn't want to leave Cuba. I'd say he's in a tough spot. -John <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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