From: Randall Parker 

In article , richhong{at}hawksci.com says...
> But in this case, I ascribe no moral
> underpinning to a view which holds that the politics of the government in
> which a child might be raised should usurp the parent-child relationship.

But the government in question already usurps the parent-child relationship
to a degree that would (I hope) offend most Americans if our government
tried to do the same.

>
> Your statement about Elian not being in imminent danger, etc. etc. ignores a
> basic fact: Elian's father has had legal custody of Elian from the moment
> the mother died.

No, in Cuba the Cuban government had legal custody. They just let the
parents do some of the child-raising.

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