--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" > > > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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? > > If he understood how completely irrelevant the book > was to the issue of his son and Madonna, sure. >
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