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Sunday 10/18/09 - 5:11:56 PM
Yes. Prison time would be a bit much, but they should be fined the full amount and a little extra. |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 5:49:58 PM
S&R, absolutely. But I doubt it'll matter, because I doubt they have the money anyway. |
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Lanoira666
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:17:50 PM
Well did they mean to? |
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romanking
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:48:30 PM
no you drating monsters |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:49:43 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:17:50 PM Lanoira666 wrote:
Well did they mean to? |
Such is the definition of hoax |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:52:11 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 5:11:56 PM HaroldtheBat wrote:
Yes. Prison time would be a bit much, but they should be fined the full amount and a little extra. |
How would prison time be a bit much? Obstructing the law, and filing false police reports are crimes. |
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Lanoira666
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:56:27 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:17:50 PM Lanoira666 wrote:
Well did they mean to? |
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:49:43 PM mynameismike wrote:
Such is the definition of hoax |
I thought they found the kid hiding in a box. How do you know the parents had anything to do with it? |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:57:25 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:17:50 PM Lanoira666 wrote:
Well did they mean to? |
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:49:43 PM mynameismike wrote:
Such is the definition of hoax |
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:56:27 PM Lanoira666 wrote:
I thought they found the kid hiding in a box. How do you know the parents had anything to do with it? |
Considering the police said it was a hoax, I'm sure they have a good reason/ |
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Holy_Crapoli
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 8:00:01 PM
The family admitted that the whole thing was just to get them a television show.
Crazy, right?
The guy was on WifeSwap, actually. Look up the episode (Hulu, YouTube, ABC?) and see what kind of nutjob this guy is. Really really funny. |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 8:01:16 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 5:11:56 PM HaroldtheBat wrote:
Yes. Prison time would be a bit much, but they should be fined the full amount and a little extra. |
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:52:11 PM JayY wrote:
How would prison time be a bit much? Obstructing the law, and filing false police reports are crimes. |
No one was hurt. It would be a waste of prison space. Also, putting both parents in prison would screw the kids. |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 8:11:03 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 5:11:56 PM HaroldtheBat wrote:
Yes. Prison time would be a bit much, but they should be fined the full amount and a little extra. |
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 7:52:11 PM JayY wrote:
How would prison time be a bit much? Obstructing the law, and filing false police reports are crimes. |
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 8:01:16 PM HaroldtheBat wrote:
No one was hurt. It would be a waste of prison space. Also, putting both parents in prison would screw the kids. |
Like the kids are well off with parents like that anyway. |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 8:29:40 PM
Maybe, but if we took kids away from every parent that you or I deem unfit, there'd be a whole lot more kids in foster care, draining the system even more.
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Midnighter98
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 10:12:12 PM
wow i dont think they need to be fined that much
overdoing it |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 10:14:26 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 10:12:12 PM Midnighter98 wrote:
wow i dont think they need to be fined that much overdoing it |
Why the hell not. Not enough people these days are held accountable for their actions. |
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Sunday 10/18/09 - 10:37:46 PM
On Sunday 10/18/09 - 5:49:58 PM birdsong4j wrote:
S&R, absolutely. But I doubt it'll matter, because I doubt they have the money anyway. |
The Dad is a scientist.. that sort of job is upper middle class. I'm guessing he makes over 60k a year. |
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aldod
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Monday 10/19/09 - 12:29:49 AM
Absolutely, and punitive damages as well.
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Monday 10/19/09 - 6:38:51 AM
that seems right if it's the normal punishment for this situation, they shouldn't get extra because it was on TV |
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mer_359
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Monday 10/19/09 - 8:55:33 AM
during the interview, after the kid says "you said we did it for a show" someone farts. |
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Monday 10/19/09 - 9:49:10 AM
They should certainly have to pay a fine. I'm not sure how much the whole operation cost, but I think the fine should be enough to sting, but not enough to ruin them. It's easy to blow a lot of money on a rescue operation.
The fine ought to be enough to teach them a lesson, enough that it deters other parents from similar hoaxes, but not so much that it deters parents who are legitimately worried about their child's safety from reporting it. |
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Monday 10/19/09 - 9:54:53 AM
On Monday 10/19/09 - 9:49:10 AM catchall wrote:
They should certainly have to pay a fine. I'm not sure how much the whole operation cost, but I think the fine should be enough to sting, but not enough to ruin them. It's easy to blow a lot of money on a rescue operation. The fine ought to be enough to teach them a lesson, enough that it deters other parents from similar hoaxes, but not so much that it deters parents who are legitimately worried about their child's safety from reporting it. |
Agreed. $500,000 and/or seems a bit much.
On Monday 10/19/09 - 8:55:33 AM mer_359 wrote:
during the interview, after the kid says "you said we did it for a show" someone farts. |
I think that's the sound of the father pooping his pants. |
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Monday 10/19/09 - 10:07:14 AM
we always need to think of the chance that there is some really weird mistake as well. Maybe not in this case but you can imagine a situation where this sort of thing might happen, and it just happens that someone is involved in a TV show and it just happens that some kid says something that looks suspicious.
It might be a chance in a million but can you imagine getting a $500 000 bill because of a massive pile of unlucky coincidences. At some point in time a mistake will happen and someone will get totally screwed. |
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Monday 10/19/09 - 10:18:29 AM
Woah, $500,000 bill? That is excessive. I doubt they have that kind of cash. Which means they'll file for bankruptcy and probably lose their house. They should be fined, not completely f*cked. |
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Monday 10/19/09 - 10:25:22 AM
as catchall said/suggested, if poor families don't trust the police and get confused and start to hestitate before using the emergency services it could result in unnecessary deaths.
So we need to think are we voting for a 'should' in the ideal world or a 'should' knowing that if people are held liable for emergency callouts more people might die per year? |
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Holy_Crapoli
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Monday 10/19/09 - 10:59:16 AM
On Monday 10/19/09 - 10:07:14 AM glennh70 wrote:
we always need to think of the chance that there is some really weird mistake as well. Maybe not in this case but you can imagine a situation where this sort of thing might happen, and it just happens that someone is involved in a TV show and it just happens that some kid says something that looks suspicious. It might be a chance in a million but can you imagine getting a $500 000 bill because of a massive pile of unlucky coincidences. At some point in time a mistake will happen and someone will get totally screwed. |
That's why we have a judicial system. |
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Guardian_E
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Monday 10/19/09 - 12:22:46 PM
Wow, I hate retarded people like that...they obviously didn't think at all of the consequences....frigin idiots, I hope they pay for the rest of their lives. |
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