Posted on 06/27/2004 7:34:11 AM PDT by television is just wrong
There are many couples with would make great parents, but don't have millions. They have difficulty adopting while the Paula Poundstones and Michael Jacksons are given a pass.
I don't think so. She doesn't parade him around and all that. Cynicism aimed at Hollywood entirely understood however!
Jolie is a unusual bird, but she does spend a lot of time in these poor countries. I really don't think she cares what other people think of her and isn't using the kid as a trophy. She is doing out of real compassion.
Does she still wear that blood vial necklace? Buying kids doesn't make someone very compassionate --- and just to preserve her own figure?
A child whose mother would sell him for $100 does need a better home --- but to be the new fad of Hollywood bimbos isn't good either.
"Aside from the alleged fraud, this has the aroma of a "trophy child" adoption, a "mommy dearest" acquisition. I don't like cynicism, but Hollywood tends to drive me to it."
Then put your cynicism aside. From all accounts, Jolie really loves that kid and has done tremendous things for Cambodia. She takes him everywhere with her and often takes him back to Cambodia to teach him about his culture. If you recall how much of a loon she was before the adoption and how she's lived afterwards to accomodate her adopted child, I think people will see that it's not just a "trophy" child adoption. Having a child really seems to have activated the mom instincts.
It doesn't seem to me that Jolie was in on the fraud so it would be a pity if she lost her child after raising him these past several years.
is this picture necessary? What's wrong with you?
:-)
I could be wrong, but that's the impression I get as well.
Jolie has flaky ideas, but I am not gonna judge her motivation as bad when there is no evidence to show otherwise. It dosen't appear she pawns this kid off to some nanny to raise, she takes him with her almost everywhere.
Feh. I can still remember her making out with her brother that one Oscar night. Gah that was creepy.
It was a bit large. It could be embarrassing to be paging through a thread and someone wonders by and all they see is cleavage on your screen.
I saw nothing wrong with the pic.
Yeah, she is an absolute flake, but that is a fine body attached to that flake.
I've got news for you always - ANYTIME you open a thread with Angelina Jolie in the title, you have to assume that there will be lots of lips- and cleavage... It's just a given... at least any time I happen to come across an Angelina thread.
I don't know if that makes her a good mother --- Michael Jackson took that monkey around with him everywhere for a while too. Maybe she is an okay mother -- I don't know but her relationship with her brother would make me wonder if she was raised with any values to be be able to be a good parent.
She often takes him back to the DAMN KILLING FIELDS which still have live landmines. Fabulous place for a child.
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