Gonzalez Says He Would Never Let Down Fidel Castro
HAVANA (CBS4) ― Eight years after a headline making international custody fight which ended with his return to his father in Cuba, Elian Gonzalez has joined Cuba’s Young Communist Union.
In an article in Cuba’s communist youth newspaper, Juventud Rebelde, the 14-year old Gonzalez said he would never let ex-President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro down. He joined more than 18-thousand others who joined the group on Saturday.
In 2000, Gonzalez’ mother was killed when a boat carrying them to the U.S. capsized in the Florida Straits. Elian, who was 6 years old at the time, and two other refugees were found clinging to an inner tube for survival. After his rescue the boy stayed with relatives in South Florida until a long tug of war over custody end with armed federal agents seizing him from his great uncle’s Miami home. Elian then returned to Cuba with his father.
He probably feels safer there.
#20–BH==you overly trivialize sometimes important differences, because you assume familiarity. Take a Borneo Tribesman who will kill you dead if you touch him first. Take a Philippino Tribesman who will kill you dead if you place a lower body part above one of his higher body parts. Take an Arab Tribesman who will ban you to the desert without water if you touch him with your left hand.
Gee, those tribesmen are tough.
Take a fundie of any religion. If they are in a position to do so, they will visit upon you terrible things as demanded by their code.
Take any American High School sports fan and wear the wrong shirt in the wrong place.
Now, maybe you mean we are all the same in that we absorb and display our culture, but I say culture makes people different and when culture is in play, you should be careful until you are informed.
There are only two rules in protecting yourself with everyone:
1. Recognize another person is basically like you, or basically not like you.
2. Learn to tell the difference.
bobbo
The inquiry was about Florida and Cuban immigrants and whether they are inherently nuts. I grant you some Floridians are odd ducks and Cuban immigrants are colorful but gregallen need not be overly concerned should he visit Miami. I also will acknowledge that taking the long view of human behavior may obscure the immediate danger of an individual. Surely we all recognize Gloria Estefan is not famous for the words “Say hello to my little friend”.
#22–BH==always GREAT to reach agreement and demonstrate the danger/inaccuracy of overly broad generalizations.
Devil is in the details, the middle transition point, the null extension.