tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post1977946906514290257..comments2023-11-02T09:24:37.671-04:00Comments on Review of Cuban-American Blogs: What "American-Cuban" Bloggers Really Think About "Eliana"Manuel A.Tellecheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-72378575682020197742007-08-08T22:07:00.000-04:002007-08-08T22:07:00.000-04:00Vana:We must never appease the Americans or anybod...Vana:<BR/><BR/>We must <I>never</I> appease the Americans or anybody else by becoming what they want us to be. We must be ourselves, or nothing.<BR/><BR/>There was no sympathy for Elián's plight before or after he was kidnapped. Not when he was found floating in the ocean; not even when a submachine gun was pointed at him. Nothing could move them. Beasts would have been more sentient.<BR/><BR/>Americans are just too consumed by xenophobia and nativism to recognize the claims of humanity anymore.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-35097811182729192142007-08-08T13:54:00.000-04:002007-08-08T13:54:00.000-04:00Manuel:Elian was a battle fought more by the two g...Manuel:<BR/>Elian was a battle fought more by the two goverments of Cuba and USA, I don't think we lost credibility for losing Elian to Castro, from the feedback I got from regular Americans, it was for the parade they had in Miami, where they paraded with a huge Cuban flag, just as we were critical of the illegal aliens parading with their flag, this was a battle fought in USA soil, by supposed Americans, Old Glory should have been the flag of choice, that was our biggest mistake, I had an American woman tell me, I cannot believe that they, the Miami Cubans paraded with the communist flag of Cuba, I had to explain to her, that it was our flag, not a communist one, you see when they see parades in Cuba, they see the same flag, call them ignorant if you will, but that is what America saw with their very own eyes.Vanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340793573089792646noreply@blogger.com