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Re: Elian Gonzales
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Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:21:54 GMT
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Well how about that:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/15/gonzalez.ap/index.html
Dave!
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott P. Costello wrote:
> Alright I know that this may not be the proper forum for this discussion, but
> I wanted to vent my concerns to someone, and after the extensive anti-Mormon
> thread I figured what the heck. (I will endure any flame because of it).
>
> I must say that I am not exactly suprised, but deeply saddened at the actions
> taken by Janet Reno and the Department of (in)Justice. In case you live out
> of the country or have been hiding under a rock the past few days, Attourney
> General Janet Reno ordered a very violent, military abduction of a six year
> old Cuban boy, from his American relatives who had been caring for him for the
> past five months. The boy was dragged at gunpoint kicking and screaming in
> terror, enroute to being reunited with his father in Washington DC.
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> I feel that these actions were excessive, unnecessary, and cruel. The
> President and Janet Reno (neither one famous for their honesty) defend this
> action saying that the boys relatives were unwilling to give up the boy
> peacefully. However, at the time of the raid, the family was in negotiations
> very close to a solution that would have satisfied all parties involved. Even
> if what they say is true, the pure trauma inflicted on this young boy is
> inexcuseable. Imagine the horror of being dragged out of your home at the
> barrel of a machine gun, now imagine it through the eyes of an innocent six
> year old child.
>
> I support the policy of sending the boy to live with his natural father, and
> am very glad that the two have been reunited, but the ends definately do not
> justify the means. I am appauled and ashamed that something so heinous could
> take place in the modern United States. Thank you for allowing me to voice my
> frustrations.
>
> Just one simple American.
> Scott
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| (...) And then there's this: <https://archive.ph/...44-1399.97 Once cherished in Miami, Elián González is set to become a legislator in Cuba> (4 years ago, 23-Mar-23, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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