Amber Alert

[SkyRider]

Can't really blame the woman who called it in but if people call in every time they see a kid kicking and screaming while an adult is trying to get them in the car then we'll have Amber Alerts 100 times a day.

Kids kick and scream all the time because that is what kids do, it doesn't mean they are being abused or kidnapped.

 

[Spacealien2]

I was going to suggest duct tapes but it would make it look like a genuine kidnapping.

 

[SkyRider]

I was going to suggest duct tapes but it would make it look like a genuine kidnapping.

Also, the liberal lefties do not approve of disciplining your kids.

Shit, the TV was on and I was dozing off when that shrill sound went off. At first I thought it was my smoke detectors and the house was on fire.

 

[Spacealien2]

Also, the liberal lefties do not approve of disciplining your kids.

Shit, the TV was on and I was dozing off when that shrill sound went off. At first I thought it was my smoke detectors and the house was on fire.

Well make him take a sleeping pill. Problem solved!!!

 

[jcpro]

That was a complete BS !!!. I was in the middle of watching Billions. The alert made the program impossible to watch.

 

[Spacealien2]

Even if the kid was really kidnapped, I hope he has a quick and painless death. I can't witness him growing up under Sharia law.

I DO HAVE A HEART

 

[AJstar]

That was a complete BS !!!. I was in the middle of watching Billions. The alert made the program impossible to watch.

Ditto;
It wasn't the fact they broadcast the alert.
That is ok if they feel it is such an important emergency.

They did a really lousy job of it.
They could have scrolled along the bottom of the screen with a complete message, every 5 minutes or so.
But NO,
Instead they wrote a few words every minute like it was 1970's technology with a large red blockout on top and that annoying siren.

 

[jcpro]

Ditto;
It wasn't the fact they broadcast the alert.
That is ok if they feel it is such an important emergency.

They did a really lousy job of it.
They could have scrolled along the bottom of the screen with a complete message, every 5 minutes or so.
But NO,
Instead they wrote a few words every minute like it was 1970's technology with a large red blockout on top and that annoying siren.

and they cut the sound!!!!

 

[explorerzip]

God forbid you miss a few minutes of a TV show. #priorities

 

[explorerzip]

Ditto;
It wasn't the fact they broadcast the alert.
That is ok if they feel it is such an important emergency.

They did a really lousy job of it.
They could have scrolled along the bottom of the screen with a complete message, every 5 minutes or so.
But NO,
Instead they wrote a few words every minute like it was 1970's technology with a large red blockout on top and that annoying siren.

I flipped channels while that Amber alert was on and it was treated differently. Some channels did not have it at all, some blocked the sound, some put the banner in the middle and others did the scrolling marquee at the bottom of the screen.

 

[Sniper Jr.]

The thing that annoyed me as much as the interruption was that this alert completely paralyzed my TV... I was unable to change the channel or adjust the volume while the red screen told us all about how a kid 100 miles away had been "abducted". Then a half-hour later the same thing happened and we were forced to stare for two minutes at a one-sentence message on the screen that told us the kid had been found "safe and sound". Turns out there was no abduction, and the kid was taken by a family member... just like in 90% of these overhyped Amber Alert cases. But since the OPP can claim that a poor little innocent kid was in danger, I guess we're supposed to happily let them commandeer our TVs.

 

[nlt76]

I loved seeing that. A small step for humanity.

 

[explorerzip]

The thing that annoyed me as much as the interruption was that this alert completely paralyzed my TV... I was unable to change the channel or adjust the volume while the red screen told us all about how a kid 100 miles away had been "abducted". Then a half-hour later the same thing happened and we were forced to stare for two minutes at a one-sentence message on the screen that told us the kid had been found "safe and sound". Turns out there was no abduction, and the kid was taken by a family member... just like in 90% of these overhyped Amber Alert cases. But since the OPP can claim that a poor little innocent kid was in danger, I guess we're supposed to happily let them commandeer our TVs.

That's weird since I had no problems switching channels or adjusting volume.

 

[John Henry]

That was a complete BS !!!. I was in the middle of watching Billions. The alert made the program impossible to watch.

Same with me . Lucky I was able to record Billions at a later time and watch it without any interruptions .

 

[SkyRider]

Turns out there was no abduction, and the kid was taken by a family member... just like in 90% of these overhyped Amber Alert cases.

Turns out the stupid kid ran away from home.

Here's the thing. When one hears and sees a screaming kicking kid being pushed inside a car or a stroller, how do we know if it is the real deal or just another stupid kid screaming and kicking?

How would we feel if they find the kid's body in a pond 3 days later?

 

[Spacealien2]

Turns out the stupid kid ran away from home.

Here's the thing. When one hears and sees a screaming kicking kid being pushed inside a car or a stroller, how do we know if it is the real deal or just another stupid kid screaming and kicking?

How would we feel if they find the kid's body in a pond 3 days later?

Well, kids die everyday. Now, if I was right there when it happened and didn't do anything. I'll just say to myself, it wasn't my fault, just move on.

Seriously no point feeling like shit if someone dies. It changes nothing.

 

[yababy1]

Well, kids die everyday. Now, if I was right there when it happened and didn't do anything. I'll just say to myself, it wasn't my fault, just move on.

Seriously no point feeling like shit if someone dies. It changes nothing.

Saying that you are a fucking idiot doesn't begin to describe you. Get some help you sick fuck and a life while you are at it

ASSHOLE!!!!!

 

[whitewaterguy]

Turns out the stupid kid ran away from home.

Here's the thing. When one hears and sees a screaming kicking kid being pushed inside a car or a stroller, how do we know if it is the real deal or just another stupid kid screaming and kicking?

How would we feel if they find the kid's body in a pond 3 days later?

How would we feel if the kid had grounds to bolt out the door, and we took at face value, the parents story, and wrote the kid off as simply being stupid?? Let's hope the cops did a dv screening

 

[AJstar]

Turns out the stupid kid ran away from home.

Here's the thing. When one hears and sees a screaming kicking kid being pushed inside a car or a stroller, how do we know if it is the real deal or just another stupid kid screaming and kicking?

How would we feel if they find the kid's body in a pond 3 days later?

That's not the contested issue.
It's the way the OPP & Rogers totally disrupted millions of viewers.
I'm sure the result & message would have been better received had they just scrolled the bottom of the screen without the siren.

 

[GameBoy27]

Ditto;
It wasn't the fact they broadcast the alert.
That is ok if they feel it is such an important emergency.

They did a really lousy job of it.
They could have scrolled along the bottom of the screen with a complete message, every 5 minutes or so.
But NO, Instead they wrote a few words every minute like it was 1970's technology with a large red blockout on top and that annoying siren.

That's what it reminded me of. What idiot thought that layout was a good idea. And the automated voice reading the alert was inaudible.

It was
like
trying to
slowly
read one
word at
a time...

Scrolling from left to right at the bottom of the screen would be far more effective.