Comments on: Life’s a bitch, then you die

By: Danny Novo

Danny Novo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:17:42 +0000

Feet first is too good for them, Ben. Statistics (and damn lies, I know) do not bear out our fears, but fears are, by their nature, both irrational and instinctual. Best source I could find for data: NISMART documents from the DOJ. A decade ago, in 1999, there were 203,900 child victims of family abduction in the U.S., but only 115 "stereotypical kidnappings."

That said, and with a big calming breath, these fears are just one of many good reasons to take an extra moment to hug our kids, tousle their hair, and let them know they are loved, no?

By: map

map — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:15:23 +0000

If you don't care about the life of a child, what will you care about? I suppose that's why they call these dissociative mental disorders, that someone can perpetrate an act like this and then go about their lives in the world.

By: Danny Novo

Danny Novo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:17:42 +0000

Feet first is too good for them, Ben. Statistics (and damn lies, I know) do not bear out our fears, but fears are, by their nature, both irrational and instinctual. Best source I could find for data: NISMART documents from the DOJ. A decade ago, in 1999, there were 203,900 child victims of family abduction in the U.S., but only 115 "stereotypical kidnappings."

That said, and with a big calming breath, these fears are just one of many good reasons to take an extra moment to hug your kids, tousle their hair, and let them know they are loved, no?

By: map

map — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:15:23 +0000

By: benjamind

benjamind — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:44:27 +0000

I've been following this story as well. Googling child-GPS devices, wondering what would drive someone to do such a thing. I'm not usually a big death penalty person, but whoever killed that little girl should die slowly, feet first, in a wood chipper.