Wait. This is the thread with the naked lawyer? I'm so confused.
I'm glad we had this thread so that we could all flaunt our hypothetical, broadband machismo.
While at the same time having a high-horse parade...what could possibly be better than that.I'm glad we had this thread so that we could all flaunt our hypothetical, broadband machismo.
I'm glad we had this thread so that we could all flaunt our hypothetical, broadband machismo.
I thought the story seemed a little far fetched. Who buckles thier kid in a grocery cart?
...She turns around and sees that one of the men has unbuckled the child and was lifting him/her out of the cart. She yells at the man, he drops the child, and makes a sprint to the door. ....
IMHO, this scenario is about as possible as aliens or zombies. Which are also fun to think about.
Trying to be sensitive to what's going on with that missing toddler, but stranger child-kidnappings are exceedingly rare. From a public place, even more rare. In my "experience" and reading, at least.
Putting groceries away? More likely to get robbed/carjacked.
Shopping? More likely to get purse stolen/pickpocketed.
I'm all for mental preparedness, but some scenarios are really nothing more than daydreaming. (Thank God.)
A man tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl from a Dollar General in Hernando, Florida Tuesday and it was all caught on camera.
The suspect, Craig Bonello, was seen walking over to the aisle where the girl and her mother were shopping. He then grabbed the girl and tried dragging her out of the store. A tug-of-war ensued between Bonello and the girl's mother before Bonello let go and ran out of the store.
Well, I sit somewhat corrected (and will have to be careful about my rhetorical flourishes).
If something has a one in ten million chance of happening to a person daily, 30 people have it happen to them in the US each day...
During the study year, there were an estimated 115 stereotypical
kidnappings, defined as abductions perpetrated by a
stranger or slight acquaintance and involving a child who was
transported 50 or more miles, detained overnight, held for ransom
or with intent to keep the child permanently, or killed.
I would take this opportunity to argue stats and predictive analyses with you about situations like this, but I'm trying to tone down my confrontationalism. Especially in this thread.
I'll just say that I seriously doubt there have been 30 stranger-abducts-child-from-public-place events today.
So I guess that if you nap a kid for ransom, but only take him across the street, it's not a "stereotypical" kidnapping?
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"Or" not "and".