tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post116126684298167648..comments2023-10-17T12:07:59.225+02:00Comments on Sam's Spot: my rant against MadonnaSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1162065979020341542006-10-28T22:06:00.000+02:002006-10-28T22:06:00.000+02:00Madonna has set up an orphan care centre in Malawi...Madonna has set up an orphan care centre in Malawi, which aparently will feed and educate about 1,000 kids a day. They will also be taught about Kabbalah. <BR/><BR/>Malawi is a dire place to live - 50% of the population do not have access to clean water, 20% of kids die before they reach the age of 5, a high proportion cannot get enough to eat, AIDs is rife, there are over 1 million orphans ...<BR/><BR/>However... <BR/><BR/>I hope that Madonna has realised that the father seems to be thinking that his son is to be adopted in the African way, which is that someone wealthier takes the child to raise and educate before returning the child to their family. In Africa, no-one would seek to replace the child's parents. <BR/><BR/>I am not particularly fond of Madonna as a "star", but I don't know her as a person to judge is she is trying to do a good thing. To hear quotes attributed to her such as "I want to mother the world now" doea make me cringe, but who can trust the media to publish the truth anyway?Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710161271683683980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1161496575809769422006-10-22T07:56:00.000+02:002006-10-22T07:56:00.000+02:00I agree 100%. As I heard one of the spokespersons ...I agree 100%. As I heard one of the spokespersons for African childen (protection from child abuse) these celebrities would do well to donate the money to the orphanages and to the families of these children (i.e., this child's natural father who only placed in him care temporarily til he found a way to care for him). Who do you think is going to raise that child anyway? Nannies, not a real mother.<BR/>I think it's getting a bit disgusting, to tell the truth!Wynn Bextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1161343791038532532006-10-20T13:29:00.000+02:002006-10-20T13:29:00.000+02:00Gabriele - LOL - who's Madonna?& John, I have to a...Gabriele - LOL - who's Madonna?<BR/>& John, I have to admit I totally forgot she "wrote" a children's book. <BR/>LOLSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1161298502250690372006-10-20T00:55:00.000+02:002006-10-20T00:55:00.000+02:00Who's Madonna?Ok, kidding, but I really don't care...Who's Madonna?<BR/><BR/>Ok, kidding, but I really don't care about those star people, am not interested in what they're doing, don't respect most of the lot one bit.<BR/><BR/>So she adopted a kid? Why? I do remember she has two of her own already. <BR/><BR/>And I agree with Sam, it's a lot better to support kids via a contribution to their education IN their countries, or build SOS villages. Heck, that Madonna woman could have given enough money to built one of these and help more than one child. Would have given her publicity, too. One of our German celebrites did that: gave the money to build a SOS village in Bolivia (where her mother comes from), went there and visited, got the media covering, and some happy kids living where they belong.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1161287995685760522006-10-19T21:59:00.000+02:002006-10-19T21:59:00.000+02:00And you didn't even mention her instantaneous fame...And you didn't even mention her instantaneous fame as a children's book author (where she won't put the illustrator's name on the cover or even mention the illustrator in her interviews).<BR/><BR/>She sure knows how to stay in the headlines... that's her real gift. I don't think I've ever really heard an entire Madonna song all the way through.John Nezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428052549806632272noreply@blogger.com