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#1 Oct 19 2006 at 1:25 PM Rating: Good
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I hear that transracial adoption is "the new black" Smiley: sly

So WTF is Mad Madge up to now?

It's bad enuff that she's married a brit, moved into an Castle and started sounding like Princess Anne with an speech impediment.

Now she's nipped over to Africaland and adopted a ickle Malawian kiddy-blinky so that "he can have a better life free from poverty".

The child she's adopted (a 1 year old boy) has no Mommy - she died in Child Birth Smiley: cry but he does have a Father who can't afford to raise him due to abject poverty.

So why didn't the patronising pop-**** just hand over a wad of cash to the Dad (or give him a kick-*** Armani Fishing Boat)?

FUcking do-gooders! Smiley: oyvey

What's your view on Wealthy Celebs adopting 3rd world Children?
None of my bidness. Let 'em do what they want:12 (23.1%)
It depends on the circumstances of the child:9 (17.3%)
It's a patronising maintenance of the perception of the 3rd world as a victim to be pitied:16 (30.8%)
I think Nobby is wonderful and I wish I could be as sexy and intelekshual as what he is:15 (28.8%)
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#2 Oct 19 2006 at 1:30 PM Rating: Good
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I think it comes from a place of wanting to do good, but if the child has one existing parent and you want to better his life, hell-bring them both over, and buy them a house. As for kids that need adopting, there are plenty here in the US that need good homes as well.
#3 Oct 19 2006 at 1:32 PM Rating: Good
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that fat that the kid still has a father that presumably woul dhave the child back if he could is the only issue that I have with this.


as for the rest, I think all the rich people should just buy the land in those countries and set up shop not unlike Marlon Brando in Apocolypse Now.... minus the human sacrifice and idolatry.
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#4 Oct 19 2006 at 1:33 PM Rating: Excellent
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Lots of people adopt from poorer countries (hi boss!) but when celebs do it it's a Magical New Thing. Who gives a ****? I don't care if they just adopt as a publicity stunt, as long as they raise the kid OK. And if they actually do care, it's not their fault that most people are mindless sheep who spend their whole lives worrying about what their favorite actors/etc do.
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#5 Oct 19 2006 at 1:47 PM Rating: Excellent
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Well, if we started allowing the wealthy to purchase house-servants domestically, they wouldn't need to import.
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#6 Oct 19 2006 at 1:52 PM Rating: Good
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Danalog the Vengeful Programmer wrote:
Lots of people adopt from poorer countries (hi boss!) but when celebs do it it's a Magical New Thing. Who gives a sh*t? I don't care if they just adopt as a publicity stunt, as long as they raise the kid OK. And if they actually do care, it's not their fault that most people are mindless sheep who spend their whole lives worrying about what their favorite actors/etc do.
I think that's my point Dana

I voted for the "it depends" option.

For John Q Public, it can solve a whole range of social and personal challenges in one go. I have friends whose children were originally detsined for an appalling future (or lack thereof) in Eastern European orphanages.

My two (Cynical) thoughts on the Madonna episode are:
1. I am skeptical about her motives as she's already shown herself to be prepared to do anything to raise her profile
but more importantly
2. The Child's father is apparently devastated.

Adoption of genuine orphans is different.

There are a bajillion children whose parents (tragically) can not offer them a good future, and who are glad to hand over the mantle of care to parents who can raise them in a safe environment. I can accept those circumstances easily.

But given Mrs Richie's wealth, this does seem insensitive.
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#7 Oct 19 2006 at 1:59 PM Rating: Good
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I feel for the child's father. It must totally suck to have your kid "given a better life" no matter what you say. Then again, the kid probably will have a pretty kick *** life now.

Yay!
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#8 Oct 19 2006 at 2:08 PM Rating: Good
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Well, I'm sure she'll buy off the dad, then they'll both be happy. In the mean time, the little lad will grow up strong, and soon he'll be doing his chores maintaining her estate's lawn. Undoubtably, she may even decide to try raising a crop of something. Perhaps cotton.
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#9 Oct 19 2006 at 2:12 PM Rating: Excellent
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Tare wrote:
I feel for the child's father. It must totally suck to have your kid "given a better life" no matter what you say. Then again, the kid probably will have a pretty kick *** life now.

Yay!


Hmm, yeah, no guilt for him in 15 or so years.
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#10 Oct 19 2006 at 2:14 PM Rating: Good
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Kelvyquayo wrote:
as for the rest, I think all the rich people should just buy the land in those countries and set up shop not unlike Marlon Brando in Apocolypse Now.... minus the human sacrifice and idolatry.


But that was the best part of his whole gig, aside from leading his followers out to kill.



Nobby wrote:
2. The Child's father is apparently devastated.


Wow, they did this in the middle ages to, it was called indenture, the kid learned a trade and at least the poor fucker was old enough to know his parents and could one day go back, visit them and not ask who the hell they were.


What was wrong with adopting a kid with out parents? Evidence even the rich can be stupid.
#11 Oct 19 2006 at 2:15 PM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
Tare wrote:
I feel for the child's father. It must totally suck to have your kid "given a better life" no matter what you say. Then again, the kid probably will have a pretty kick *** life now.

Yay!


Hmm, yeah, no guilt for him in 15 or so years.


Guilt schmilt. Just think of all the stuff he'll own. Smiley: laugh
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#12 Oct 19 2006 at 2:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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Tare wrote:
Samira wrote:
Tare wrote:
I feel for the child's father. It must totally suck to have your kid "given a better life" no matter what you say. Then again, the kid probably will have a pretty kick *** life now.

Yay!


Hmm, yeah, no guilt for him in 15 or so years.


Guilt schmilt. Just think of all the stuff he'll own. Smiley: laugh


Yeah just think, Madonnaland.
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#13 Oct 19 2006 at 2:31 PM Rating: Good
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If wealthy celebs want to adopt a child because they want to be a parent (the reason most people adopt children) then kudos to them. If it's a publicity stunt (like I suspect it is with the *****) then she should be drop kicked. Although the children may be financially better off living under a celebs care it's really ****** up to adopt a child then hire an army of nannies and shrinks to do your parenting for you.

Comments like:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192759,00.html
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Last month, Jessica Simpson, 25, who recently filed for divorce from her husband Nick Lachey, expressed her desire to adopt a baby from Mexico.

"I want to adopt," she told the entertainment TV show "Extra." "And I plan to adopt before I have my own kids."

make me want to slap dumbasses. Your own kids? Adopted kids are your own kids you stupid *****! You're not borrowing them, you are their parent and they are your children.

Angelina Jolie needs to be slapped IMO for saying stupid **** like:
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Jolie adopted her first child, Maddox, from Cambodia in 2002, when she was still married to actor Billy Bob Thornton. The actress told the television program "Celebrity Justice" in 2005: "I prefer to adopt. With every adoption, I save a further child from the orphanage."

Adoption IMO isn't about saving children from an orphanage. Adopt if you want to adopt and be a parent. If all you want to do is save a further child from the orphanage then sell your fleet of Mercedes, BMW's and limo's and adopt the entire country.
#14 Oct 19 2006 at 2:40 PM Rating: Good
I question whether Madonna is adopting because of her humanitarian side or because her ****** finally wore out. Either way, she's been poked more than the Pilsbury Dough Boy, right?
#15 Oct 19 2006 at 3:05 PM Rating: Good
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None of my bidness. Let 'em do what they want: 6 (25.0%)
It depends on the circumstances of the child: 6 (25.0%)
It's a patronising maintenance of the perception of the 3rd world as a victim to be pitied: 5 (20.8%)
I think Nobby is wonderful and I wish I could be as sexy and intelekshual as what he is: 7 (29.2%)

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#16 Oct 19 2006 at 3:20 PM Rating: Good
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I voted that you're wonderful, btw, Nobs. The sad thing is there are hundreds (if not thousands) of orphaned black kids here (and in England I imagine) who'd be perfectly willing to be adopted by that *****. The process by which she greased the wheels of bureacracy is more what I'd object to than her adopting anybody.

What I find funny is this latest trend of the celebrity elite doing the Africa thing and having babies over there, adopting, blah blahblah. The worst was White Trash Spears, after seeing White Trash Jolie getting major attention, annnouncing she was going to go do the very same thing. Nothing like me-too-ism to show your artistic creativity, you slope headed *** recepticle.

All in all this just proves one thing: U2's Bono is the world's foremost trendsetter-- and prolly the most altruistic of the bunch.

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#17 Oct 19 2006 at 3:25 PM Rating: Good
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Besides, with her army of nannies raising the whelp how much emotional/psychological/physical damage can Madonna do to the kid? The entirety of her parenting experience will be reading about the kid in the papers every three weeks or so. I'm certain the most parenting any of these celebs do is in the monthly photo op for the papparazzi.

After all, look at how good we turned out!

Sincerely,
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#18 Oct 20 2006 at 1:34 AM Rating: Decent
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If Bob Geldoff thought the way Madonna does, he'd have just given the first starving kid he came across a sandwich, called it victory against hunger and gone back home.

I don't even think her acts amount to a nice gesture, well not for anything except her public persona which has taken a beating in recent months. This move was probably suggested by her publicist, and carried out by Madonna with all the great warmth, tenderness and compassion for her fellow man for which she's become known.
#19 Oct 20 2006 at 1:54 AM Rating: Decent
I hate Madonna. I can't stand her fake British aristocrat bullcrap, I don't like her music, I don't like her non-existant acting, I don't like seeing her on TV, I just, really, really dont like her. Watching her on stage, i feel like I'm watching my grand-ma in lycra leggings. It's sick.

I also hate all this bnew trend of going abroad to adopt a child. There are 40,000 kids in the UK in orphanages. Pick one of those. I'm sure some of them are black too! In France we have saying, which roughly translates "You need to cultivate your garden." Meaning, if you want to make things right, start at home. Then move on to your community, etc...

So yeah, I think its kinda sick.

Having said, she apparently went through all the "normal" process to adopt a child abroad. She started that process 18 months ago. She was vetted, she filled in the forms, so it's like she woke up one morning thinking she could do with a black kid. So, knowing that, it's not completely horrible.

In conclusion, therefor, I think Nobby is wonderful and I wish I could be as sexy and intelekshual as what he is.

Word.
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#20 Oct 20 2006 at 3:14 AM Rating: Good
They don't wanna get fat and its the in-thing to do.
#21 Oct 20 2006 at 7:58 AM Rating: Good
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RedPhoenixxxxxx wrote:
I also hate all this bnew trend of going abroad to adopt a child. There are 40,000 kids in the UK in orphanages.

Quite often domestic adoption laws are severely fvcked up. In the USA international adoption is much less painful than domestic adoption usually turns out to be.
#22 Oct 20 2006 at 7:59 AM Rating: Decent
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Where is the macaca option?
#23 Oct 20 2006 at 12:13 PM Rating: Good
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Alistair McGown wrote:
Madonna is a typical British Mum

She lives on a large estate, wears tracksuits and has 3 kids by different fathers
Bam
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