Posted on 06/24/2005 9:11:00 PM PDT by TheWriterTX
Man, I've been called a DU plant, a liberal-in-disguise, the "absolute height of hypocrisy", Not a Real American, a bigot, a racist, whiny, haughty, and a pathetic excuse for a human being, and I didn't bother the Mods with any of it.
And that was just today!
No, FR has a no personal attacks policy. This is about as blatant as it gets. If you don't like something another FReeper wrote, then don't stop to call her HYSTERICAL and her writing a piece of crapp. Neither of those comments contributes to an intellectual debate. If you have nothing to say except to insult the poster, then move on.
BTW, I'm criticising the published article.
Is author the same person who posted it here?
If so, better again. It's good for journalists to get real-time feed back.
If this 2003 article was posted here by the author for anything other than critical perusal, I would say...Nicely constructed sentences. Terrible content, IMHO.
Oh, sorry...we're supposed to agree with the content because another Freeper wrote it!
Ahhh...okay thanks.
Next time I write an article, I'll just say (I'm a Freeper) after my by-line, and then BINGO...I won't get any criticism in my editors mail-box. Woo-hoo! Thanks a million. The secret to editorial success!
No flame here.
Every year my wife and I put out our Halloween display for the kids. It's an animatronic witch's cauldron filled with candy, glowing lights, and a stir stick that moves on its own. The kids really love it (although it tends to freak the littler ones a bit).
We've had this out for the past 5 or 6 years, and I've noticed that every couple of years or so the media will get out their trusty "deadly Halloween candy" squeeze bag and get to work. We've all heard it before--"Bring your kid's candy down to the hospital to get it x-rayed; Better safe than sorry, even though it's never happened in this town before; etc." It's pretty effective in killing the house-to-house candy-collectors, and it's a damn shame.
It's not the kids that believe in the Boogey Man--it's the parents.
It was timely in that her experience was related to the three dead children found dead in NJ and what a parent goes through in those first minutes. She said so in the comment section of the article she posted. Why do you have such hostility about this article? If you can't relate to this mother's desperation, then just go post on another thread that you do understand.
Sadly a lot of children end up dead in this country. Twice I have had a child missing for either a few minutes or a couple of hours. It turned out ok, but nonetheless I understand this kind of desperation. Most mothers would.
We'd love to read articles that you have written.
Post the links and lead-ins and we'll follow along.
Desparation and panic is common, especially where children are involved.
I just question calling in the cops after FIVE minutes, when all plausible avenues of finding the child aren't even considered. No matter how much you want to call the moderators to have me banned from this thread, it is an hysterical response.
What a waste of public resources.
A few of them have already been posted on FR. There in my links, if you want to search for them. :-)
And your age was? In what location were you raised? What year was this?
Well stated. I can't believe the "piling on" by those two. If that is all they could say, then I feel they should have moved on to the next libertarian thread.
Typical Irish.
Can't spell.
"There in my links"
Won't provide any assistance.
"if you want to search for them."
C'mon, sober up and do yer best....
Well, thanks for playing...
Sorry, I beg your pardon?
If you're truly offended by personal attacks, maybe you should sic the moderator on ButThreeLeftsDo, who has apparently decided that she is a drunk because of her nationality. That's what a personal attack looks like.
Regarding your 52-54: you're way out of line with the personal attacks. I think it's beneath you.
Not necessarily. In my teen years, a man exposed himself to my friend and I. He was in a car, we were walking. Called police. They caught the guy via "radio net" trying to leave town. Yep, we could describe his funny underwear too.
Childnappers can walk with child, away on foot. I think a lot depends upon where you live.
You nailed it........the minutes do indeed seem like hours when your child isn't with you (and should be). This story has a happy ending.........unfortunately so many don't.
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