[fabsroman]

Let's not be so quick to hang and kill this guy. Yes, he is quilty of kidnapping, plane and simple. Do we know for a fact that he is guilty of sexual abuse?

As you guys probably know by now, I like to ask a lot of why questions. Why didn't the boy contact somebody about this? According to his neighbors, the kidnapped boy was over there a lot and they even saw ads about him being kidnapped while they were all sitting in front of the TV. When these ads were run, the neighbor kids would kid him about how much he looked like the kidnapped boy. The neighbors never saw any bruises on him, and according to the neighbors he was allowed to hang out and go to school. Now, if he was being treated poorly by the kidnapper, why didn't he ever say anything? It wouldn't have been all that hard.

Did he not say anything because going back to his parents would have been worse than being with the kidnapper? Something just isn't right about this entire thing.

As far as the parents going on Oprah, I figured that is what they would do. I watched the mother's initial press conference and knew right away that she was trash. Personally, I don't think things like this should be addressed via Oprah. In fact, these things should be kept within the family and the family should deal with. People watch Oprah because they want to believe that their life is so much better than the screwed up people that are on the show. You will never find me on that show or any other type of talk show like that (e.g., Jerry Springer, Montel Williams, Geraldo). Then again, I don't think that I have enough problems in my life to qualify me for those shows, or for me to be entertaining enough for the American public.

Before I form an opinion about the kidnapper, I want to know everything that there is to know about the situation, and that isn't coming from the Oprah show. It might come from a Court room, but even then you have no idea. Look at the issue with the Duke Lacrosse players. If the mob were allowed to take justice in their own hands, those kids would be dead right now, and what justice would that have been. In that case, the DA should be the one that gets hanged. At the very minimum, he should have to pay for all the attorneys fees incurred by the families.

This story with the kidnapped kids will have some twists and turns as time goes along. Whether or not we hear about them will depend on whether or not the media thinks it is a hot enough topic to get good ratings.