Comments on: Madonna could have given Yohane Banda a cow, but took his son instead

By: millie

millie — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:13:09 +0000

Hmm.. a word from the baby’s father.. I’m not sure if this is legit (comes via Perez) but here is what he allegedly said about the adoption:
“The birth dad of Madonna’s beautiful new baby boy is speaking out against efforts by third parties trying to perevent the Material Mom from adopting his son.

He says, “Where were these people when David was struggling in the orphanage? These so-called human rights groups should leave my baby alone. As father I have okayed this, I have no problem; the village has no problem, who are they to cause trouble? Please let them stop. Orphanage life is no good. We leave kids there because we can’t look after them properly ourselves. Now my son has been taken by a kindhearted woman, these people want to bring him back to the orphanage.”

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By: marines all the way

marines all the way — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:01:12 +0000

Finally we all agree, the kids has a future.

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By: Caz

Caz — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:50:06 +0000

Keri – well said!

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By: Poor Boopie

Poor Boopie — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:51:24 +0000

Yes, this kid has a future now! If you want to worry about kids, worry about the other millions of African children who don’t stand a chance because of oppressive poverty and AIDS. Let Madonna adopt a dozen of them! And if I recall correctly, this kid was already at the orphanage because dad couldn’t take care of him, makes him fare game for adoption!

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By: Keri

Keri — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:20:44 +0000

First, to Toubrouk: do you intend to imply that Madonna is an “abusive foster parent” or just that someone could adopt a child from Africa and then abuse the child? Because I don’t think it’s fair to assume that Madonna abuses her own children, or that she would abuse an adopted child. She might be strict, but last I heard, not allowing your children to watch television doesn’t count as abuse!

And, yeah, unfortuantely kids get abused, by foster parents, by biological parents, by neighbors, grandparents, etc. Do you think this means people should be forbidden from adopting, fostering, or giving birth to children altogether? This is unrealistic.

Finally, Yes I do agree with Marines, David DOES have a future now, thanks to Madonna, and I certainly would prefer to grow up in Madonna’s household rather than in an orphanage in an impoverished country. Why assume David wouldn’t feel the same way?

And finally — the kid was not living with his father, he was living in an ORPHANAGE. As far as I’m concerned that makes him totally fair game for adoption, by Madonna or by anyone else. If you give your dog to the pound, someone else has the right to adopt it. If you turn your kid over to an orphanage, it’s the same thing! Maybe the kid’s mental health would suffer growing up in an orphanage, knowing his dad gave him away, more than it will suffer growing up in a family that will love and care for him and provide him with opportunities that even most of us will never have.

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By: marines all the way

marines all the way — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:01:11 +0000

Can we all agree that David has a future?

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By: AC

AC — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:04:23 +0000

She could have given MORE than a cow and adopted a kid with no parents at all… itw oudl have been positive all around. I doubt the father is going to fight though because he know he can’t provide right not but that doesn’t mean its not still tragic!

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By: Kelley

Kelley — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:27:38 +0000

Marines all the way, Davids father did state that he wants his son to have a better life, and because he loves him, he is not fighting this (not that he could since his parental rights were given up when he placed David in the orpahanage and I don’t think he could afford legal council) As a parent, you want your children to have the best possible life, and he knows David will get that.

The thing most people are angry about is that Madonna didnt choose a child with no parents, she chose one who does still have a father. As rich as she is, she could have adopted any number of children who had lost all family and helped David’s father to be able to raise him.

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By: Toubrouk

Toubrouk — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:24:01 +0000

Marines All The Way, as far as Wikipedia tells, Zaraha is a boda-fide orphan. Unlike Madonna, An Ethiopian Judge confirmed the validity of the adoption. Right now, Madonna’s adoption is legaly contested in Africa as well as in U.K..

Another point; at her arrival to the states, Zahara went to an hospital for dehydration and malnutrition. Her living conditions at the orphan was horrible. David din’t seems to suffer any aliment of any sort. There’s was a kid who received fresh food for his father and had a loving grand-mother, he was at the orphanage due to a local law, not because he was an orphan! If Madonna had an gram of decency in her (witch I doubt), she would had picked a trully orphaned kid.

My real fear is this: turning African adoption of kids into a fashion for the rich. It would sound like “look I adopted an African girl, she match my living room set!”.

In law enforcment, they have a saying: “If it smells like $hit, looks like $hit and taste like $hit, maybe it’s because this is $hit”. For me, that story dosen’t smell good. Can’t you smell the drift?

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By: marines all the way

marines all the way — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:34:46 +0000

Oh please, you are blowing this up way out of purportion, look at the baby, I know he melted my heart like butter when I saw that pic.

Let me tell you something else, no one would be giving a damn if it was Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, it’s only because it’s Madoona that everyone is bursting out in rage. where was the anger when the mother of Zahara came forward?

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