BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 07:49 PM

She speaks very highly of you.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: pdq
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 07:48 PM

Madonna is a sociopath. She won't lose any sleep over anything.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 07:04 PM

She did her utmost to evade the glare of publicity on this one. Whether she is rolling out of a nightclub drunk or adopting a child she is going to be hounded by the press. She chose to do the latter. Having spent the last few years and millions of pounds in Malawi she is still being criticised. Ah well she won't lose any sleep over it.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 05:59 PM

The woman makes me spit, everything she does has to be done in the glare of publicity.
Of course she wouldn't adopt in the UK, where it is unlikely she would have been allowed to adopt a black child. It is discouraged here for a child to be brought up by adoptive parents outside his/her racial heritage.
It's not what could be called a selfless act by any stretch of the imagination.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: Amergin
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 05:43 PM

Madonna only does things for publicity. Ok, so it benefits one boy....which is good...but she would not have done so if Africa were not the latest celebrity fad.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 05:36 PM

I think it is wonderful she has done this, and benefits will outweigh the negative aspects of removing him from his home etc. I think however she should perhaps have chosen someone who had no family at all, which is the case for many, so he does not feel he has to choose between two fathers, etc., if indeed he does. But I am allfor it and the more publicity the better and she is doing this in conjunction with setting up a huge orphanage in the country. mg

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 04:20 AM

I've never liked Madonna, but she is surely improvong this childs life, can't be bad.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 05:21 PM

Liz I think the one thing Madonna doesn't need is publicity. And to agree with mick - she does an awful lot for charity.

Which leaves us with the reason for her doing it, and lets not forget Guy in all this, is sheer love and good heartedness.

Some people don't like to see those traits in people they have already judged.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: Big Mick
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 03:42 PM

By all accounts she is a fine parent, as is Mr. Ritchie. They, through their charitable organization, have put their money where their mouth is for the children of Malawi. In the process, apparently they have been taken by, and intend to adopt one of the children. Good for them.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: The Shambles
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 03:32 PM

She could do a lot more with her money than just succour one boy.

I understand that she is.

But even if she wasn't - a liftimes commitment in succouring one orphan boy as one of her family, is a lot more than many of us who judge her - are prepared to do with our time and money.

Which may not be much when compared to Madonna's millions - makes us all practicly millionares compared to most of the third world.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 03:07 PM

Would it take anyone else a mere week to get everything required?

Would she get better publicity if she'd taken Shereeen off the Estate and out of Chavdom?

Probably not... I'm actually glad the authorities are questioning his future with her.

She could do a lot more with her money than just succour one boy.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 02:13 PM

No doubt materially his life will be enriched by the adoption. I am sure there will be plenty of visits to and fro his home town. She has the resources to make this happen.

I can also see hourly documentaries aired yearly to update us on his journey. This will most likely financially reward all his family back home to some extent. It wouldn't look good to pan from shots of little David in his designer gear toddling into a private nursery to shots of his grandparents starving and thirsty.

Why she didn't choose to adopt one of the many children in the UK on the waiting adoption lists is her choice it seems. Should she be forced to take on a ten year old with behavioural needs who is the result of a failing care sytem? I don't think she should.

This is one of those times it appears when money does talk. Would David's life be better if he were left in the Malawi orphanage? Probably not. Would Madonna have adopted a child from UK if she couldn't adopt David? Almost definitely not.

Good luck to David and his family. Both in the UK and Africa.

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: NH Dave
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 01:30 PM

Many poverty stricken countries restrict the adoption of their children out of their country for fear of the black eye the adoption will give their country. They fear, and rightly so, that such adoptions prove that they are incapable of providing for these orphans.

No one said it was right, just that it plays up all of their other problems.

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: Amos
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 01:14 PM

Strikes me as somewhat absurd -- given the under-capacity of social organizations in Malawi charged with protecting children -- to put any such provisos on this one lucky boy making good his escape. If I were in his shoes I would do anything to be on a plane to England.

A

Subject: BS: A little Malawi boy and Madonna
From: The Shambles
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 01:05 PM

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MALAWI_MADONNA?SITE=CAWOO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-10-13-14-36-55

A week appears to be a long time.

A week ago there was little boy in Malawi whose name few knew and even fewer appeared to want or to care much about.

Now it seems that how this little boy may be treated by Madonna and family is of great concern to the courts and the world.

At least his material needs will be met - which I suspect will not be the case with many others of his age in Africa.