In Reply to: Picture of the week posted by Victor Khomenko on April 24, 2000 at 10:31:07:
hi,
sorry, Victor, but i could not get away from that picture.
Front page of my paper, local news, national news, it seemed all
the news media were doing was Elian, Elian, Elian. Perhaps we live on a different planet.
Then there is the rule of law. That family broke the law; and
regardless of any court rulings, they will pay a heavy price.If it was my kid, it would be a subartic day in Miami before i gave them a second chance.
In the past, ethnic groups were not allowed power until after they had become Americanised. This, obviously, did not happen with los Cubanos. What drove this situation was a few, very rich, very old, expatriate Cubans. Cuban culture is a gerontocracy to begin with, add to that, the old farts have been buying the best government money can buy. Do you really think this situation would have lasted more than a week or two otherwise? Everything i have read about the INS suggests otherwise.
Lastly, give me an alternative. Pretend you're Reno,now deal with it. You have a duty to fulfill, to uphold the rule of law. In this case, several laws, and a treaty.
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Follow Ups
- nope - late 13:56:17 04/24/00 (21)
- Re: nope - Mart 16:23:24 04/24/00 (0)
- Re: nope - Victor Khomenko 15:00:58 04/24/00 (19)
- nope, Part 2 - late 17:22:34 04/24/00 (18)
- the real question is custody - Mart 19:37:24 04/24/00 (0)
- Re: nope, Part 2 - Victor Khomenko 19:12:17 04/24/00 (15)
- rule of law - late 06:43:43 04/25/00 (14)
- Re: rule of law - Victor Khomenko 07:07:57 04/25/00 (13)
- Re: rule of law - dave 12:50:33 04/25/00 (9)
- Re: rule of law - Victor Khomenko 13:06:59 04/25/00 (8)
- jurisdiction, lack thereof - late 14:10:04 04/25/00 (7)
- Re: jurisdiction, lack thereof - Mart 19:14:56 04/25/00 (1)
- INS is just a puppet - Victor Khomenko 19:38:57 04/25/00 (0)
- As far as I know,.. Legal system still trying to work - Victor Khomenko 14:23:27 04/25/00 (4)
- and very well, much to the dismay of the ignorant (nt) - petew 19:22:25 04/25/00 (3)
- Re: nt.ne.more - MiKe- 03:57:46 04/27/00 (1)
- Re: nt.ne.more - Mart 05:19:04 04/27/00 (0)
- actually... - late 07:41:19 04/25/00 (2)
- Re: actually... - Victor Khomenko 08:28:08 04/25/00 (1)
- not instead but "countermanning" <nt> - Mart 09:55:35 04/25/00 (0)
- arrgghh! it should read 'amicable settlement' --nt-- - late 17:24:25 04/24/00 (0)