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I agree, it was poor parenting.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: alienjuggalo
I'll stop saying you're ignorant when you stop concocting wild fantasies and trying to compare them to what happened in this case.
I know you need this to be the fault of the police, prosecutor, judge, government in general, etc but at the end of the day it's poor parenting. That's nobody's fault but her own.
Funny that you insist I don't call you ignorant, then turn around and do the same to me.
Take care now.
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
I agree, it was poor parenting.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: alienjuggalo
I'll stop saying you're ignorant when you stop concocting wild fantasies and trying to compare them to what happened in this case.
I know you need this to be the fault of the police, prosecutor, judge, government in general, etc but at the end of the day it's poor parenting. That's nobody's fault but her own.
Funny that you insist I don't call you ignorant, then turn around and do the same to me.
Take care now.
But was it really criminally poor parenting?
Those are my thoughts on the matter, yes. I was asking more for a personal opinion rather than factual statements.
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
I agree, it was poor parenting.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: alienjuggalo
I'll stop saying you're ignorant when you stop concocting wild fantasies and trying to compare them to what happened in this case.
I know you need this to be the fault of the police, prosecutor, judge, government in general, etc but at the end of the day it's poor parenting. That's nobody's fault but her own.
Funny that you insist I don't call you ignorant, then turn around and do the same to me.
Take care now.
But was it really criminally poor parenting?
That's for the judge yet to decide.
Her case is still pending and the woman said "she worried how it might affect her at her new job'.
Fair enough, jail time might get you fired.
I'd like to point out nobody knows who or why the police were called,
The kids could have been wandering about for all we know.
Maybe they decide to go look for mom, they do that too.
How about we let the judge decide what's best in this case since he will have much more of the facts than we do.
stop saying you're ignorant when you stop concocting wild fantasies and trying to compare them to what happened in this case.
veryone knows how dangerous it is for kids out in the world, right? Everyone knows that strangers can't be trusted, right? This is so sad. It's sad because what "everyone knows" is a huge steaming pile of bull#. According to all the recorded facts and statistics, it seems that children are actually SAFER with strangers than they are with their own parents! Let's take a look at some of those facts I promised....
According to the U.S. Dept. of Justice statistics on violent crimes (1973 - 2002), the rate of kidnappings perpetrated by strangers is 0.0017 percent for every 1,000 children. In real-world numbers, this means that out of every 1,000 children who get kidnapped, only 1 or 2 of them are taken by strangers.
Oh... Bet that's news to ya, eh? Maybe not. Let's move on.
According to another study done by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, of the roughly 69,000 kidnappings that occurred in 1999 only 115 of them were abductions by strangers.
But wait, there's more!
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in the year 2000, the following occurred:
• 255 children died of the flu or pnuemonia
• 452 children died from heart disease
• 1,921 children committed suicide
• 11,560 children died from accidental injuries
So, what does all that mean in relation to the topic at hand? Lemme break it down for you, dumbass. When compared to the actual statistics for stranger abductions, a little simple math shows us....
• Children are twice as likely to die of the flu than be kidnapped by a stranger
• Children are 4 times more likely to die of heart disease than be kidnapped by a stranger
• Children are 17 times more likely to commit suicide than be kidnapped by a stranger
• Children are 100 times more likely to die because of an accidental death than be kidnapped
by a stranger
Let's get even crazier with this #, shall we? Let's compare the odds of getting abducted by a stranger to some other things (cuz fact-filled documents just LOVE doing that, y'know).
The odds of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 310,000. The odds of being abducted by a stranger? 1 in 610,000! Wow, that means that a child is more likely to die in a plane crash than get kidnapped by a stranger. That isn't the coolest thing though... Check this # out. The odds of being struck by lightening are 1 in 240,000! That's right, do the math, you bitches! A child is 2 and a half times more likely to get hit by lightening than to get taken by a stranger! But, when was the last time the news made a big deal out of child getting struck dead by lightening? Apparently, it happens more than twice as often, yet we never hear about it. Hmmm.. I wonder why.
I lean toward the side of the mother, in this case. Though I too will wait for all the facts.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: ScientificRailgun
Lol!
I'll go so far as to say that at this point I'm not very sympathetic to her. There's any number of things she could've done that would have easily prevented any of this from happening.
But, alas, I'm not adverse to changing that mindset if and when further information comes to light.
scared of the world.