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To: brigette; All
Listen you guys.

I understand that we have all seen the news about this story and have even commented on it in different threads, but creating a daily thread for a girl being kidnapped is rediculous.

There thousands of Children that are missing every year in this country. Why is it that many of you are following this one? Because you keep your face in the News too much.

Focusing in on one situation and harping on it, simply because the mainstream media does is pretty lame. We are by and large, conservatives who shouldnt get caught up in the hype.

We're all concerned for any child that is kidnapped but this is no longer about us commenting on the news as much as it is just plain vanity.

It smacks of Jon Benet Ramsay and OJ Simpson civil trial or the Condit nonsense as well as the other kind of stories we were focused on while Muslim terrorists were here preparing themselves to bring down the World Trade Center, Pentagon and White House and in doing so kill thousands of Americans.

I dont mean to imply that we are to not hear anything else but "Terrorism Terrorism Terrorism" but be real you guys.

We are currently involved in a War. Thousand of people have been killed so far and I am sure that thousands more will die in the days weeks and months to come. Harping on this story to the point of creating a daily thread is just nonsense.

Some of the people here have surrounded themselves with this story....get a grip.

186 posted on 06/23/2002 10:25:31 AM PDT by VaBthang4
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To: VaBthang4
I disagree - even in the midst of war life goes on. Just because we are at war doesn't mean that we can't show interest in other events going on.

I agree that there are other missing children out there that need the same attention. I think what is so interesting about this case is that with all the high profile law enforcement involvement it means that they have a good idea of what is going on... with others cases the trail seems to go cold pretty quick. Besides that the VAST majority of "missing children" more often than not have to do with custody issues - it's not every day that a child is taken from her room.

As to the issue of the daily thread - I think this is the perfect example of when a daily thread should be used. There's not a lot of clutter with other posts, and if someone's not interested in - THEY SHOULDN'T READ IT!

187 posted on 06/23/2002 10:34:29 AM PDT by pamlet
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To: VaBthang4
. Harping on this story to the point of creating a daily thread is just nonsense.

Then why are you participating in it to such an extended degree? You are like Ed saying that gay porn is sinful.
189 posted on 06/23/2002 10:41:11 AM PDT by Vinomori
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To: VaBthang4
Trust me, all of us are keenly aware of the daily Terrorist Alerts.

I lurk on these threads..and am interested in reading what others, besides CNN and FOX have to say about the case.

Suggest you change the channel.

sw

194 posted on 06/23/2002 11:12:29 AM PDT by spectre
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To: VaBthang4
Oh, chill out. This site was born as a place for research and dot-conecting, and this is a good mystery. I'd post on threads about the mysteries surrounding WTC and the Pentagon, but those threads seem to get pulled. So, gay Mormon kidnapping it is.
200 posted on 06/23/2002 11:37:06 AM PDT by Plummz
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To: VaBthang4
No doubt you're prepared for the flames. I posted similar sentiments a couple of weeks ago, commenting on the bad taste, chit-chatty aspects of such threads. I was instantly categorized as a liberal for posting my opinion. And now they're actually calling them "kidnapping - chat threads". I'm not at all surprised, but no less disgusted than when they started.
204 posted on 06/23/2002 11:41:57 AM PDT by AshleyTodd
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To: VaBthang4
Listen VaBthang4. I understand that we have all seen the news about this story and have even commented on it in different threads, but creating a daily thread for 911 victims is rediculous.

There are thousands of People that are killed or starve to death every year in this country, and there is always a war somewhere in the World. Why is it that many of you are following this one event? Because you keep your face in the News too much.

Focusing in on one situation and harping on it, simply because the mainstream media does is pretty lame. We are by and large, conservatives who shouldnt get caught up in the hype.

We're all concerned for any person that dies but this is no longer about us commenting on the news as much as it is just plain vanity.

It smacks of the OKC bombing, flight 800, the 93 World Trade Center bombing, or the China spy plane mess. As well as the other kind of stories we have been focused on about Muslim terrorists bringing down the World Trade Center, Pentagon and White House and in doing so kill thousands of Americans.

I dont mean to imply that we are to not hear anything else but "Terrorism Terrorism Terrorism" but be real you guys.

We are currently involved in a War. Thousand of people have been killed so far and I am sure that thousands more will die in the days weeks and months to come. Harping on terrorist stories to the point of creating a daily thread is just nonsense.

Some of the people here have surrounded themselves with this 911 story....get a grip. /sarcasm

Go make your own website, newspaper, TV program and you can discuss whatever you want and control what others discuss. Feel free to talk about whatever you want while on this site. Everybody else also has the same privelege of discussing any subject we want.

207 posted on 06/23/2002 11:49:02 AM PDT by Rad_J
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To: VaBthang4
Would you like to be in charge of the rest of my life too? or just what I do on the internet?
213 posted on 06/23/2002 12:19:09 PM PDT by John Jamieson
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To: VaBthang4
....get a grip.

NO!

260 posted on 06/23/2002 4:35:28 PM PDT by cherry
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To: VaBthang4
I WOULD rather be talking about Chandra right now, but there is not much going on there, sooooo I'll be here for a while. I KNOW there is a war going on & terrorist threats & the sky is falling, but we need some diversion from that. A young girl stolen from her room in the middle of the night is worthy of discussion.
270 posted on 06/23/2002 7:51:48 PM PDT by Ditter
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