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So apparently some seven year old... somewhere was with her mom in Walmart, and her mom let her stay in the toy aisle while she went to pick up some produce. While they were separated, a STRANGER came and tried to abduct the little girl, but she fought back and he ran off.
Cue the shocked "I can't believe somebody would let a seven year old do that!" commentary. And one very special comment from somebody who one day saw a three year old walking barefoot down the block, alone, two blocks from her home - she'd slipped out while ostensibly taking a nap. "Every day children are killed or raped or abducted, and even if you try hard something might happen!"
Notice she doesn't say that anything happened to this little girl, which was pretty much what I said. She left us hanging! Finish the story already! Was this girl killed, raped, abducted, all of the above, or NONE of the above?
But my real question is this: What the hell does a three year old leaving her house without her parents knowledge and consent have to do with a seven year old being apart from her mother with the woman's blessing? Quite aside from the fact that most likely nothing happened to the toddler at all, what do the two even have in common?
If people are going to try to use scare tactics to make me conform with them, I'd kinda like it more if they took the time to make sure their little fearmongering anecdotes were at least relevant. If it's that hard to find a relevant anecdote to make in relation to a news story about an attempted stranger abduction, perhaps this says something. And if you think it doesn't, either use google or make something up like everybody else does. Don't be so boring about it either.
Cue the shocked "I can't believe somebody would let a seven year old do that!" commentary. And one very special comment from somebody who one day saw a three year old walking barefoot down the block, alone, two blocks from her home - she'd slipped out while ostensibly taking a nap. "Every day children are killed or raped or abducted, and even if you try hard something might happen!"
Notice she doesn't say that anything happened to this little girl, which was pretty much what I said. She left us hanging! Finish the story already! Was this girl killed, raped, abducted, all of the above, or NONE of the above?
But my real question is this: What the hell does a three year old leaving her house without her parents knowledge and consent have to do with a seven year old being apart from her mother with the woman's blessing? Quite aside from the fact that most likely nothing happened to the toddler at all, what do the two even have in common?
If people are going to try to use scare tactics to make me conform with them, I'd kinda like it more if they took the time to make sure their little fearmongering anecdotes were at least relevant. If it's that hard to find a relevant anecdote to make in relation to a news story about an attempted stranger abduction, perhaps this says something. And if you think it doesn't, either use google or make something up like everybody else does. Don't be so boring about it either.
