euthman's Comments (557)

“Zero consideration for the right of the child? He was kidnapped or did you forget that part? If that's the case, then every abducted child who chooses to stay with their abductor should have a say in what they want.

Your point would have more merit if this was a case where Sean's mother got a divorce while in the US and had full custody of him. But no, she took him under the guise of a family vacation, and her family and new husband aiding and abetted with the kidnapping.

The boy doesn't know what's going on. All he knows is what his family has told him of his father. And whatever they said can't be true, because for David Goldman to have fought for so long to have his son back, shows how much he loves him. So, let's ask Sean again when he is 15 or 16, and can fully understand the situation, how he feels about it.”

“Part 2

Now the fault of the father was letting his foreign born wife take his child out of the country. This should be a warning to anyone who marries a person who is from another country. If your marriage is going down the drain and you have children, don't let your significant other take your child(ren) out of the country.

At the end of the day Brazil is a democracy and the family used to rule of law that was available in that land. Well now this family will have to use the rule of law of this land.”

“I would agree with you to an extent. It is the unspoken policy of Americans to see things as black and white. Everyone is saying that Brazilian courts dragged their feet when in reality they aren't much different than American courts. I don't see the parallel between the Elian Gonzales either. The Gonzales situation was way more political and at the time and whole lot of Americans were not in favor of his father's rights. They all about rescuing this boy from the evils of Fidel Castro. The American public was not calling Gonzales' American relatives kidnappers (which they were.) The Miami relatives were being heralded as heroes. What seems to be the case is when some one takes a child from an American parent it is kidnapping, but when the some American family does it and they are fighting against the big evil Fidel Castro or some great evil that is try to destroy our way of life, and that is some how justified.

I also understand the fact that this boy has be indoctrinated into a Bazilian culture. It is to bad that people can't seem to understand that there has to be a better way for the sake of the child. No parent should be kept from their child but at the same time no grandparent (especially one who lost a child) should be kept from their grandchild. The only person who loses here is the child. We all need to remember that.”

“Ok, let's try this again. A child of the age is not and will not be held responsible in a court of law for making adult decisions. That is the first point you have to understand. Here in the States the court customarily appoints an advocate for the child, an advocate who is NOT responsible to either parent, either side, represents only the child. I do not know what happens in Brazilian courts, nor is it relevant in this case at this point. The child was kept from his biological paternal parent without just cause. Encultured or not that is the fact. By international law the child should return to the biological, surviving parent if there are no extenuating circumstances preventing this (i.e, dad has a criminal record, something like that). By law this is generally considered action taken in the best interest of the child, and by extension, the family unit. If the mother had acted in good faith at the outset none of this would ever have occured. Thus, no half sibblings, no stepfather, no powerful legal interests, and grandma gets to see him whenever visits occur. Get it?”

“Does the crime of kidnapping have a statute of limitations in Brazil? This family has been party to a crime which they wish to continue.”

“Euthman: The boy was kidnapped and kept in a foreign country while the father was denied his legal custodial rights. The boy is a minor. He is in no position to make decisions for himself at this age. When he turns 18 he can make his own decisions. No one has been charged with kidnapping because the kidnapper - his mother - is dead.”

“nonsense!!! he was FORCED into a life in brazil and DENIED his fathers love. Give him five years in the USA and then ask him which he prefers. That family seems to have no problem using him as a pawn by parading him down the street knowing it will cause him stress and emotional harm. Let him experience his REAL fathers love and then ask him which he prefers.”

“There is unanimity that parents and children have rights to each other (except in cases of abuse.)

This case SHOULD be very similar to the Elian Gonzales case -- in that David Goldman filed to get his child back under Hague immediately. The fact that the Brazilian courts dragged their feet foro five years does not change the basic facts.”

“Goldman has already said that he will let them visit, but only after he has time with his son. This is all the fault of the Brazilian family who dragged this out.”

“Your argument is without merit. The family was complicit in the child's parental abduction and were THE REASON for his five years in Brazil. What you say makes as much sense as Roman Polanski's back-up argument that the case against him should be dropped because so much time has passed --- even though HIS FLEEING was the reason for the lapse in the first place.”

“Hey Doc: spiritual teachings always start out free, kind of like all the actual workings of the physical or medical world. It's all free. Discovering how it works might not be free, but the information is there for those who wish to behold it. Most all spiritual information can be found in libraries for the cost of a library card, but that doesn't mean people will read much less understand.

By the way: anyone in the medical or scientific world profiting on what they "know?" I especially love patents being issued on the genome. Now that's priceless!”

“"All humans have and have always had spiritual needs"

Utter poppycock. The thinking, educated rational person does not need myths and superstition to understand the facts and events of life and the universe. As Edison said, "Religion is bunk!"”

“I wish i could disagree with you. Another insight into TransAtlantic differences! In the UK, there is an aspiration among medical practitioners (the legally protected term) to be science based, and there are potentially severe sanctions against any practitioner who harms a patient by any means including quackery, when they are meant to be looking after them. I suspect the GMC are more frightening than the average state medical board. GPs' prescribing patterns are monitored for good and bad habits by health boards as well.
Finding a woo based practitioner takes some effort, and expense, over and above your taxes, which pay for your healthcare. I imagine, that it would be easier to find someone fringy where healthcare providers are more exposed to market forces”

“There are frauds in everything -- doctors, lawyers, teachers,etc. Yes, let's eliminate fraud. I'm for that.”

“Buenos Aires is in Argentina, and yes, they speak spanish there, but not in Brazil....duh”

“Hmm... in the US he has a father and grandparents and (perhaps) extended family. David Goldman has said that he will allow Sean to mantain a relationship with his Brazilian relatives.

In Brazil he has a step-father, half-sibling, grandparents and (perhaps) extended family. Most of whom participated in his kidnapping and refused to allow him to see his father or US relatives.

In what universe is the Brazilian family more intact?”

“So wealth and power win out. These people were connected. That's how they got away with this for so long.

Did you look at the history of this case? If you do you would probably change your mind.

If they really loved him why did they subject him to the huge media frenzy? They could have driven into the garage. His dad didn't do that.”

“I just love it when people with no inside knowledge make snap judgments about which family is better. Wealth doesn't necessarily create love.”

“Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish.”

“LOL..ha, ha,ha.......those "spanish" people down there speak portuguese.....if you're going to be sarcastic, at least get the world facts straight! ..ha,ha,ha”

“It's not a matter of nationalism, as you snidely suggest. This family NEVER had rights to this child. I'm sure the fact that the Brazilian family are a group of wealthy lawyers who used their knowledge of Brazil's legal system to their own advantage simply passed over your head in favor of knee-jerk racist accusations. This case is also a clear violation, which has been stated in many news articles about it, of the 1996 Hague Convention. Had you really been following this story, you might have also been aware that most Brazilians are also disgusted with this family.

Also, Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish.”

“He will have exposure to his mother's family: The father has already said so

BTW, they aren't Spanish in Brazil: They're Brazilians... And the language they speak is Portuguese

Have you been a fan of kidnapping for long? Or is this a new form of mental illness for you?”

“Right, forget all about the father being awarded custody and then kidnapping him while the Brazilian family abuses their influence and court system to thwart JUSTICE. They have brainwashed this poor child, too so it will cause serious emotional damage upon him just because they do not respect the rule of law in the country in which the child is born and to which he BELONGS. When another country refuses to honor the Hague Convention it is appropriate to call them out on it. I am glad that this boy his back with his REAL family where he should have been all along.”

“It was kidnapping. That is against the law.”

“They speak Portugese and I am sure the father is not going to keep the family out of Sean's life.”

“So it is somehow better in your eyes that this child be taken from the father who has fought for his return for five years while his stepfather used the courts in Brazil to keep him from a father who never gave up his rights to him?

Seems the stepfamily used the court system to their advantage and their luck finally ran out.”

“Euthman, I take it that you wholeheartedly support CHILD ABDUCTIONS/KIDNAPPINGS, especially the international ones.”

“David Golman is not wealthy. His ex-wife missed her lifestyle in Brazil.”

“My goodness, did someone pee in your cheerio’s this morning? I don't understand why you would be against rescuing a child from an abductor? No matter how pretty the box it was still a box. I don't know where you are but I hope you are not in America. You have too much hate in your heart. Happy Holidays.”

“Let me guess, you don't have kids.

So much for the rule of law.”

“Euthman ...
I'm with you man ...
Probably got a pretty penny from this whole circus ..
considering he used to be supported by his ex-wife ...
this certainly assured revenue from poor Americans who fell on his trap.”

“Gee, I'm glad doctors don't diagnose on the basis of 'character'........jeez!”

“You have no empathy, you sound cold. Don't judge someone unless you have walked a mile in their shoes.

Goldman's demeaner is probably a coping mechanism because he is in so much pain. He can't get emotional anymore because it's been going on for long. He's all cried out - it's taken everything out of him. That's just a hard fight to be fought, for even the strongest person and some people would have given up long ago because of the back and forth, the traveling, the paperwork. I admire this father's tenancity to be with is flesh and blood. It's a selfless act of love.”

“Yes I think you are a misread.....stop judging by just seeing him on the TV.....GO AWAY”

“He looks darned good to me! Until he has been proven to be an unfit parent, you can hold your "intutions" in check.”

“He looks like a engaged and caring parent to me. perhaps you have never seen that look. so that would explain your obvious confusion.


The Brazilian family has just said they will not appeal. so young Goldman will be on his way home soon.

Wishing Mr. Goldman and his son all the best!”

“WRONG!!! Slick? This man is in PAIN...”

“I wonder how you look???”

“Really? And you've come to this conclusion because of how he looks? Interesting. Exactly how long have you been following this case? I think you should email the Brazilian gov't with your really insightful findings.”

“Go away”

“As a Physical Therapist who grew up in Minnesota and now live in Tennessee, I saw many more MS in the north than in the south. For some reason, MS thrives in temperate climates. What can Dr. Zamboni's finding have to to with climate?”

“As a pathologist, tell me what comes first, blood brain barrier leakage or myelin breakdown?”

“I agree, and made the same statement last week (but it was suspiciously moderated out. Hmmmm, very strange.)”

“have you seen the side effect listed on your standard rx medecine? egads. i was told i would be suffer "catastrophic circumstance" (thats a pc way of saying death) 7.5 years ago. i had no insurance so i treated myself through natural remidies, teas, reiki, goats milk you name it. now they call me a miracle. when i tell how i treated and healed myself they raise their nose up at me. nothing i did had proof. i am proof. they wernt wrong i was dying. i could feel it. my friends could see it.
if i listened to the doctors and accepted my fate there were no medicines to help me i wouldnt be here. i wouldnt have searched and found these natural healers. i am telling you this so if you or a loved one has something i want you to know not to give in and give up.”

“Straight men are so clueless!! It's the way she was standing and the angle of the lens.”

“Lactation gone awry.”

“Um. No. There's a great paper on anaesthetics and the quantum nature of consciousness. Basically, there aren't any good macro empirical models for why we can knock people out with certain drugs. In fact, it would seem that the effect is rather better explained by quantum theory. I have put the darned thing in a box, and cannot find it, but will search pub med at some point to see if I can't reference it, as the lingo is quite beyond my meagre ability.”

“This comment is spot on, the application of quantum mechanics to large biological systems is ridiculous, people who attempt to do so either have no understanding of either, are crazy or have an agenda. Since his resume presumes he understands biology, I will assume an agenda - or maybe crazy.

I can accept that Dr. Lanza is upset about his sister, but that doesn't justify labelling his wishful thinking of a quantum multiverse afterlife as "science". His education and critical thinking skills may have shown him the limitations of organized religion, but fanciful applications of non-relevant physical principles, are no better, and not worthy of coverage in science reporting.

Bodies and minds are fueled by chemical reactions. When we think or move we use the energy, and our bodies generate heat or motion or whatever, that is the energy being conserved. When the brain becomes unable to orchestrate the bodies functioning the chemical reactions cease, sometimes quickly and sometimes gradually and you die. No energy is left except the potential of energy - you become meat to be consumed.

If your body is cold worm, dog or people food, where does this mystical energy field live? Is it stored in air? In magical particles that vibrate invisibly - lucky we have never found them or we would be swamped by the ghosts of every living thing that has ever had a nervous system! Billions of dinosaur and trilobyte ghosts everywhere!

Too much wishful thinking and too many invisible sky wizards.”

“I understand you to say there is no correlation between some things and yet know better. Nothing is or can be disconnected from anything else in creation. Wake up Bro!”

“What would you know about it?”

“I wasn't planning on commenting, but when I read your sentiments about the author's reference on quantum mechanics, I just had to chime in with an agreement. I began reading this articule with sufficient interest and QUICKLY BECAME BORED AFTER THE FIRST 3 OR 4 PARAGRAPHS AND STOP READING!

Oh Well, next article!”

“"considered one of the leading scientists in the world" -- you gotta wonder, by whom? Deepak?Well, at least Huff puts them all together on one site, right? One stop shopping for all manner of woo.

Good advice, euthman!”

“Well, if his script involves a long, convoluted intellectual debate and the occasional assertion that women are crazy, you might be right. I think it's just a matter of people who want to work things out more than they want to be the "winner". But your way would work, too. Congrats to you and your wife.”

“AND MONOGAMOUS!”

“I've found that people can cross a lot of social differences like appearance, minor differences in financial worth and actual education as long as they are similar in emotional development and basic intellect.

While someone who isn't curious about the things life has to offer won't interest an intelligent person for long, someone who is incredibly intelligent and educated at all the "best" universities won't be attractive if they're emotionally immature.

It's always been my opinion that many intelligent, kind, responsible men are passed on by some otherwise smart women because they don't fit some romance novel paradigm of the perfect mate. (It's ok by me--their loss was my gain!)”