[ARRL-OK] OT: Amber Alert: Baby Taken By Mother In Oklahoma City

[KE5EXY]

Hey, you know what Mac? I agree with you 100%...IF IT WAS A VALID AMBER 
ALERT that was issued! It was NOT. It was a child custody dispute. Do you 
know how many of these disputes go on every day? The agency that issued the 
alert screwed up and made a mistake and no one outside of probably those of 
us that are current or former law enforcement know that.

I don't wear panties, and if I did, they weren't in a wad. I was merely 
stating how this was a misuse of the Amber Alert system. The media reported 
earlier today that the situation was resolved anyway.

So based on what you are saying below, you don't care how valid the Alert 
is, we should flood every outlet we can with invalid alerts anyway. Real 
smart idea Mac. Ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf? If invalid 
Amber Alerts go out constantly, then people get numb to them and don't 
really perk up to them. This is why there is CRITERIA that an agency is 
SUPPOSED to follow before issuing an alert. It's not just for every runaway 
or child custody dispute.

I'm going to leave it at that. I'm only trying to educate folks a little bit 
better as to what an Amber Alert really is.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] OT: Amber Alert: Baby Taken By Mother In Oklahoma 
City


> Regardless of any supposed validity or lack thereof about
> the propriety of the actual alert, I would state that Amber
> Alerts should be given the widest possible distribution.
>
> Contrary to what some people "think" there are many
> people who pay absolutely no attention to mass media.
>
> If what somebody says or writes gets your panties in a wad,
> perhaps practice with the DELETE key is in order.
>
> Mac, K2GKK
> Oklahoma City