And the reason we hear about another little white girl being kidnapped is because there's video of it happening.  I imagine most kidnappings happen without any evidence whatsoever.  The video can enable people who weren't there to possible offer assistance.  And John's right, what does the race of the child matter?  It's still a kidnapping.

- Matt Small

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: John Stanley
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:01 AM
  Subject: RE: Again, and again it happens

  You are correct about the number of kids that have been kidnapped every
  year, but this is what I saw when I went to CNN.com. That doesnt take
  anything from the tragedy of the situation though.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:58 AM
  To: CF-Community
  Subject: Re: Again, and again it happens

  Oh, look, another pretty blonde white girl's been kidnapped - good thing
  nobody kidnaps boys.  It only happens "again and again" because the
  media jumps on fearmongering stories like this to get you to watch the
  5:00 updates.  Thousands upon thousands of children are kidnapped every
  year in this country - CNN/Fox/etc. have their pick of the littler of
  easily digestible "Amber Alert" stories now to farm out to keep everyone
  looking over their shoulders.

  I look at all those kids - boy, girl, white, black, asian, latino - on
  the "Have You Seen Me" mailers I get almost every day and wonder why
  they're just not good enough for CNN to do a Breaking News story about.

  - Jim

  John Stanley wrote:

  >Man, I am gonna have to drive my kids everywhere. I already do, but they
  are
  >still too young. They are gonna hate me, but I am not giving some sicko any
  >chance with my babies if I can help it. When my 9 year old daughter is over
  >at a freinds house (that we drive her to), I am concerned the whole time. I
  >cannot even imagine the absolute stark horror this girls parents are going
  >through right now. How do they even function?
  >
  >I know innocent until proven guilty, but this guy is garbage.....
  >
  >http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/05/missing.girl/index.html
  ><http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/05/missing.girl/index.html>
  >
  >Even if they find her alive(doubtful), he should still fry.....
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
    _____
[Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]

Reply via email to