But it is the business of others if she is seen to be flouting rules that other lesser (well off) mortals have to abide by... see the original posting where it gives details of the Malawi adoption process.

She has not been a resident in the country for 18 days, let alone months. She has shown she will readily take the child out of the country. Malawi law forbids overseas adoptions, it insists on 18 months of residency, it insists on suitability checks. The child has a living parent who doesn't appear to have been correctly informed.

Regardless of her motives and other charitable acts, she is breaking the laws of the land and passing the wrong messages to couples who want to adopt but must go through the correct procedures.

This whole issue gives the impression that anyone with a big handfull of dollars can just come and take a child irrespective of due legal process. How many 'Celebs' will now want an African child (or in the words of Waynetta Slob - "I wanna a brahn baybee, every uvva muvva on the estate's go' wun") because Madonna has one?

I agree that every child has the right to a loving home, and that not every loving home is with its birth parents, but being rich in material goods does not always make one rich in spirit, heart or mind.

LTS