Elian has set in motion a variety of movements and campaigns that will ultimately result in referendums, bills and votes. Some politicians will win, others will lose. Voters will be motivated to give opinions on matters they never before considered. In the end, democracy will prevail. And despite the sense that we seem to be knee-deep in a media cesspool right now, we should celebrate that fact.
Dictatorships are neat and clean.
In Cuba, reactions are dictated and controlled. In China, an incredibly large and diverse group of people reacts uniformly. But in the United States, we say whatever we think just about whenever we think it, often with cameras rolling. Somehow we manage to keep its fragile fabric from unraveling. Much of what he has been studying has been a review for me.