tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post116158790425769275..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Madonna's African JauntBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-24749657035219346232009-10-30T01:07:15.493+00:002009-10-30T01:07:15.493+00:00This reminds me of something. lol. kazakhstan adop...This reminds me of something. lol. <a href="http://www.adoption-options.org" rel="nofollow">kazakhstan adoptions</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589772921074202047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-6969046531366530392008-08-26T10:50:00.000+00:002008-08-26T10:50:00.000+00:00I'm so amused each time I see what is the next thi...I'm so amused each time I see what is the next thing that Madonna did which strikes the tabloids headlines!!! However, she remains a greeeaaaat artist, and I really love all she did, and all she's still doing... Just keep on this way Madonna! Love what you do! http://www.deezer.com/en/madonna.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45997086850952870152007-09-18T20:12:00.000+00:002007-09-18T20:12:00.000+00:00Aging has no e.Aging has no e.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161769787120453882006-10-25T09:49:00.000+00:002006-10-25T09:49:00.000+00:00It doesn't really matter whether or not Rousseau w...It doesn't really matter whether or not Rousseau was a good father. And perhaps it doesn't really matter whether Madonna is doing a noble thing or not. However, it does matter that pop stars preoccupy us so much when there are far more important things to be thinking about. Moreover, Bono may be a thoroughly decent guy with good motives. But again, in this age of increasing chaos and political Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161768259522031842006-10-25T09:24:00.000+00:002006-10-25T09:24:00.000+00:00I seem to remember Shelley being pretty appalling ...I seem to remember Shelley being pretty appalling to one or two close to him, not his kids though. The celebrity doing good thing is fine ,Susuan. It's the insane dual existence of commoner and celebrity to whom two completely diffferent set of rules apply. Perhaps Michael Jackson ought to be allowed to adopt a few unfortunates. He is very famous after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161729508399610402006-10-24T22:38:00.000+00:002006-10-24T22:38:00.000+00:00I dunno, Neil and Andrew. What's new here is that ...I dunno, Neil and Andrew. What's new here is that Madonna & Bono are trying to do *good*. As far as orphans go, was it not Jean-Jacques Rousseau who dumped his own kids at the foundling hospital? I can probably come up with another twenty examples of famous folk who were egregious parents, esp. before the invention of childhood in the 19th century. Praise be to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, and every Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161719162702106312006-10-24T19:46:00.000+00:002006-10-24T19:46:00.000+00:00I think your apprehensions are more than justified...I think your apprehensions are more than justified, Neil. I've started wondering what the hell did I do to deserve ending up on this planetary lunatic asylum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161700366194720232006-10-24T14:32:00.000+00:002006-10-24T14:32:00.000+00:00To be candid, Andrew, I think your optimism is mis...To be candid, Andrew, I think your optimism is misplaced. Many Enlightenment thinkers thought they could see the human race advancing along the path of truth, virtue and happiness (although Voltaire wasn't one). I believe the past two centuries have shown us that progress is not what it used to be and that left to our own devices we may end up back in the Stone Age, or worse. You may be asking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161634891597646292006-10-23T20:21:00.000+00:002006-10-23T20:21:00.000+00:00There's also the issues of the very quick cutting ...There's also the issues of the very quick cutting thru of red-tape in the treatment of a star's adoption process and the toruous procedures ordinary people have to go thru. I would imagine this is more than grating for ordinary folk. My parents adopted a child with spina bifida from Kazakhstan( such disabilities very common there as a result of heinous nuclear testin in the area by the Soviet Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161616121740816952006-10-23T15:08:00.000+00:002006-10-23T15:08:00.000+00:00As a recent case here in Phila. showed, it is not ...As a recent case here in Phila. showed, it is not easy in some cities for white people to adopt a black child. Adoption authorities feel this isn't in the black child's best interest and will cause him/her problems down the road when real racism raises its head outside the family.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think the above is a load of crap -- anyone willing to take and raise a child, save them from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161614424408019912006-10-23T14:40:00.000+00:002006-10-23T14:40:00.000+00:00Tim, I think you will agree that the child being a...Tim, I think you will agree that the child being abused and neglected in England (and there are many who the social services never get to and once they do don't always look after very well) will certainly not be counting his lucky stars that he is not living in abject poverty in Africa. Often, what is relative to adults is absolute to children. Ask a child who has been taken into care in England Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161613046499432602006-10-23T14:17:00.000+00:002006-10-23T14:17:00.000+00:00The difference of adopting a child in England and ...The difference of adopting a child in England and one from Africa is the dangers the African child will almost certainly face. In theory the systems set up in England protect a child (albeit the system doesn't always work). In Africa AIDS is a harsh reality which "relative poverty" will bring - tell me a child which won't notice that?<BR/><BR/>I have no problem with stars adopting children from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161591427605857852006-10-23T08:17:00.000+00:002006-10-23T08:17:00.000+00:00Like children themselves - very true, Neil.Like children themselves - very true, Neil.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1161590803435928902006-10-23T08:06:00.000+00:002006-10-23T08:06:00.000+00:00Why doesn't Madonna adopt a child from her own cou...Why doesn't Madonna adopt a child from her own country or Britain? I would like to ask her that question. A child from Malawi may have less but in my experience children don't understand the concept of relative poverty. A suffering child is a suffering child. It is not pompous to point this out. It is not taking the high moral ground to question the motives of pop stars. They are not renowned forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com