# Elian **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 9, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022 "2000-04-09T03:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HAIRY41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@HAIRY41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HAIRY41)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/1 "2000-04-09T03:53:00Z")
T.V. camera angles are deseptive. Are the protesters facing the house ? Who are they yelling at ? One woman was using a bull horn. Are there really hundreds of people there Is the street blocked off ? Can the mailman get through. ---
**Author:** ![Stonecutter912](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Stonecutter912](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonecutter912)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/2 "2000-04-09T04:06:00Z")
More importantly can the CNN crew get through? I would think the entire planet would be sick to death of this kid by now. One online joke I got in the ol’ inbox… Survey: Should Elian Gonzalez… A) Be allowed to live in the US. B) Be reunited with his Father. C) Be reunited with his Mother. And the winner is: C!! Subtle and cruel, yes, but very indicitive of the way people are starting to think about this bit of Klintonese election-year media blitzing… ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/3 "2000-04-09T20:13:00Z")
What’s wrong with C? I would also reunite him with his mother if just to put and end to this saga. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/4 "2000-04-09T20:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by sailor: > **What’s wrong with C? I would also reunite him with his mother if just to put and end to this saga.** Elian’s mother is dead. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/5 "2000-04-09T20:33:00Z")
Um, because his mother’s dead. If you don’t see the problem with killing a six year old boy because of the media coverage, I don’t think I can be of much help. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/6 "2000-04-09T21:34:00Z")
Wow–this is a coincidence. I was just about the post a thread wondering if there are already jokes about the entire situation. * * * “I need the biggest seed bell you have. . . no, that’s too big.”–Hans Moleman ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/7 "2000-04-10T01:14:00Z")
The conduct of Elian’s Miami relatives has been disgraceful. Useing the kid as a pawn to try to get at Castro. Making blatantly false accusations of abuse against the father. Uncle Lorenzo and kin should be deported to Cuba with Elian. Don’t be suprised if this incident leads to calls to end the special immigration status for Cubans. * * * Synonym: the word you use in place of a word you can’t spell. ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/8 "2000-04-10T04:02:00Z")
All the attention that the Media has given this boy is going to have a negative effect for life whether he goes back to Cuba or stays here in the US. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/9 "2000-04-10T04:37:00Z")
Jackdavinci… can you say “joke”? ---
**Author:** ![lindsay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@lindsay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsay)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elian/10022/10 "2000-04-10T06:32:00Z")
The local news and even the CBUT are covering this kid. I am sick of hearing about him. He belongs with his father. Oh the brighter side, if those relatives are stupid enough to get into a fight, then I want to see bullets flying and blood flowing. Think this is bad? Already the newsies are starting to yap about Columbine again. These purveyors of mass silliness get so much PLEASURE from recounting who was shot, and where, on and on. This is one good month to stock up on books and videos and avoid any TV news. * * * lindsay