Is Madonna Bullying Her Way To A Second Adoption?
She Who Shall Not Be Denied, otherwise known as Madonna, is determined to go ahead with her adoption of another child from Malawi, despite opposition from almost every corner:
Not everyone here is impressed with Madonna's self-appointment as saviour of Malawi's orphans. Yesterday the singer was branded a 'child kidnapper' by Mabvuto Bamusi, executive director of Malawi's Human Rights Consultative Committee, a network of 85 non-governmental organisations.'We feel Madonna is behaving like a bully,' added Undule Mwakasungula, its national co-ordinator, after the court hearing. 'She has money, she has status, she is using her profile to manipulate the procedures.'
It would seem that Mercy's family have finally bowed to the adoption after two years of pressure, exerted at Madonna's behest.
Only this weekend, Mercy's grandmother, Lucy, said that Mercy was being 'stolen' from the family.
Madonna, who flew in to Lilongwe by private jet on Sunday afternoon, eventually sold the idea to the family by saying that one day Mercy would come back to see them at their village.
However, one might look up the father of little David Banda, also adopted by Madonna from the poor country, and ask him how many times he has seen his son since Madonna stole adopted him. David has visited his father, Yohane, exactly one time since the adoption, and that only a few days ago...despite promising his father that there would be contact (reportedly, David's first words to his father in over two years were, "Hello, who are you?").
It is interesting to note that Madonna does not travel as most people do who wish to adopt a child from the country of Malawi (by the way, Peons Who Don't Matter To She Who Shall Not Be Denied, otherwise known as regular people, must live in the African country for eighteen months before being considered as potential adoptive parents); she not only flew in her personal trainer (Josh; of course, what was I thinking?), but also several exercise machines including a treadmill. Because, after all, she wouldn't want to miss one minute of her hours-long workouts every day for something as insignificant as an adoption of another human being. And God forbid she should run on something like a road! Don't you know how dusty it is in Africa? Don't you read National Geographic? The people there are so dirty!
No, if Madonna wants something, Madonna gets something. She wanted to exercise, so they flew in her special machines. She wanted her trainer there, so they jetted him in. She wants another child, so who cares if there are these pesky things called laws and statutes and such? I guess it never occurred to her that it might seem spoiled to jet in all those things while people are, I don't know, dying and stuff. Plus, I'm sure she either got rid of or hid her Kablahblahblah red boogey-man-repellent string because it clashed with her outfit, not because a country which adheres to the Christian faith such as Malawi might not like it. Oh no. Why, that would be sneaky.
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