Why report news when you can editorialize?
For the past 42 years, Giuseppe Eterno has walked a straight line down the middle of a suburban life. He bought a house in Davie, grew mangos and avocados, married and divorced, took his kids bowling on weekends, and bred parrots in the backyard.It wasn't until the Italian brick mason applied for citizenship in 2002 that immigration authorities dug up the details of a drunken brawl almost half a century ago, when Eterno fatally stabbed a man with a letter opener. Instead of an invitation to a naturalization ceremony, he was summoned to a deportation hearing.
He must have forgotten to tell the judge he grew mangos, the universally-recognized sign of good character.
The article goes on to state that this is a Bush administration crackdown, and bemoans that plight of Mr. Eterno for a "long-forgotten crime." That the crime is probably not forgotten by the victim's family is not mentioned, as the reporter, the Sun Sentinel's Ruth Morris, doesn't seem to have bothered to contact them for their reaction. In fact, in this article the murder victim doesn't even rate a name.
But learning about Mr. Eterno's love of growing tropical fruit probably offsets those oversights.
Posted by floridacracker at June 19, 2006 10:43 AM