The issue of inter-continental adoption

The article, ‘Madonna and David’( is a comprehensive discussion of social issues raised by an inter-continental adoption. There are value judgments made in the press and across the internet about the relative moral worth of the materialistic Western culture the boy will be raised in, versus the simpler and mythically uncorrupted lifestyle of the indigenous African. So long as these arguments remain at the level of "talking heads", there is probably no reason for concern. However, one assumes that Madonna will share the responsibility for caring for the child with nannies and tutors who might not be so discerning. I'd feel terrible sadness for a child who was taught to yearn for a romanticized paradise were he ever to dare to complain about London traffic noise or Washington politics.