[BigSkyFreeper]

Political and religious affiliations are irrelevant tangents in this story, which is basically a runaway and search story.

I understand that. Trying to paint her as a 14 year old runaway victim is a stupid tangent to go down too.

[Cboldt]

Trying to paint her as a 14 year old runaway victim is a stupid tangent to go down too.

YOU are the one who put that meaning to my words. My point was the criminilization of runaway, not anything to do at all with victimhood or age.

[SunnySide]

"Trying to paint her as a 14 year old runaway victim is a stupid tangent to go down too."

Not a tangent when it's a case of a missing person who may have run away from an adult responsibility causing tax payers and authorities precious time and resources when there are real serious, child abduction cases occurring weekly.