"jim menning" wrote in message
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"ian field" wrote in message
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"Jeffrey D Angus" wrote in message
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Rick wrote:
Come on - you do know that's spam to get hold of your bank account
numbers...


BZZZzzttt! Wrong... this one is actually legitimate.

Jeff

Tragic as it is, and I do feel for the parents but kids get abducted all
the time and how many of their parents get lent a private jet to go visit
the Pope - having said that I don't mind offering helpful (if obvious)
advice.

If the OP really wanted to do something useful, they would upload the
pictures to all the binaries they could think of and try to persuade
anyone who opens the thread to propagate the pictures to any binaries
they can think of, the first reply after mine demonstrates the level of
reluctance to open potentially suspicious websites so the effective
publicity from a website is much less than covering the binaries.


Let me give my 2-cents worth to say I really oppose your suggestion.

Madeleine McCann is only one of tens of thousands of kids that go missing
each year. Her case is only special because her family can afford to pay
for media hype. Although I can sympathize with her family, the likelihood
that I will see their lost child running around in Grand Chute, Wisconsin
is astronomical. There are many local issues that do deserve my
attention, and even one second to click on the "Mark as read" button for
Madeleine is a waste of my time, caused by some "do-gooder" who wants to
further sensationalize the tragic story.

I'd hesitate to see the floodgates open if any/all crime victims start to
post to ALL binary (or text) groups looking for their kidnapped children,
stolen artwork, or deadbeat daddies. This particular crime was in
Portugal. Let the Portugal/European media and authorities handle it. No
need to waste the time of millions of other people around the world.

Let Portugal develop their own "Amber Alert" and look for the child that
way.


Hopefully this will act as a catalyst for Europe to create its own amber
alert scheme.