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I've thought long and hard about it... Still makes no difference. For it to make a difference you would have to leap to the conclusion that a woman stole the

I've thought long and hard about it... Still makes no difference. For it to make a difference you would have to leap to the conclusion that a woman stole the car, stole a kid (?), and then left the stolen car and the kid in the parking lot, which is now very conspicuous in the US (apparently). That could only make sense if you assumed average moms are child snatching car thieves. I'm told only 2 in 10 mom's snatch kids and only 1 in 10 of those steal cars. So there's only a 2% chance of that happening at once!

anigbrowl 12y ago
Considering the possibility isn't the same thing as leaping to the conclusion. It's not like the woman was pursued, arrested, and thrown in jail before she ever got near the airport. Rather, the police did the sensible thing and followed the matter up by checking with the owner of the vehicle that was seen in the parking lot. Are you saying that if there's only a 2% chance of something odd being a criminal incident, they should just blow it off?
- IanDrake 12y ago
  Absolutely, yes.
  - anigbrowl 12y ago
    I'm sure you'll be equally philosophical if you're ever in the position of needing to report a crime and they tell you not to worry about it.
    - IanDrake 12y ago
      I think you have it backwards. I would like to be able to call the police to report an ACTUAL crime...but unfortunately, they would be too busy investigating reports by paranoid folks who think they've seen a possible crime.
jack-r-abbit 12y ago
> I'm told only 2 in 10 mom's snatch kids Wow... because I know like at least 30 moms and none of them have snatched any kids. To cover the odds, there must be people out there that know a lot of baby snatchers. Those people should be calling the police. :)
- IanDrake 12y ago
  You know what they say, 97% of statistics are made up ;) I of course picked an absurdly high number because even with two absurdly high numbers it still only nets 2%.

anigbrowl 12y ago

Considering the possibility isn't the same thing as leaping to the conclusion. It's not like the woman was pursued, arrested, and thrown in jail before she ever got near the airport. Rather, the police did the sensible thing and followed the matter up by checking with the owner of the vehicle that was seen in the parking lot. Are you saying that if there's only a 2% chance of something odd being a criminal incident, they should just blow it off?

IanDrake 12y ago
Absolutely, yes.
- anigbrowl 12y ago
  I'm sure you'll be equally philosophical if you're ever in the position of needing to report a crime and they tell you not to worry about it.
  - IanDrake 12y ago
    I think you have it backwards. I would like to be able to call the police to report an ACTUAL crime...but unfortunately, they would be too busy investigating reports by paranoid folks who think they've seen a possible crime.

jack-r-abbit 12y ago

> I'm told only 2 in 10 mom's snatch kids Wow... because I know like at least 30 moms and none of them have snatched any kids. To cover the odds, there must be people out there that know a lot of baby snatchers. Those people should be calling the police. :)

IanDrake 12y ago
You know what they say, 97% of statistics are made up ;) I of course picked an absurdly high number because even with two absurdly high numbers it still only nets 2%.