Amber Alert

[nondescriptive]

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".......

Huh?, I was able to dismiss that alert message with in seconds as there was an option to dismiss the message by hitting the enter button on my remote

 

[SkyRider]

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

Delicate balancing act. Kids kick and scream all the time. When is it child abuse and when is it kids acting as kids?

I would feel really terrible if I saw a screaming kid in the Loblaws parking lot being pushed inside a car only to learn later they found the kid's body in a pond.

Silly question: Was anybody engaged in coitus when the siren went off?

 

[GameBoy27]

Huh?, I was able to dismiss that alert message with in seconds as there was an option to dismiss the message by hitting the enter button on my remote

Maybe it depends on the provider. I have Rogers and I was able to cancel the message.

 

[explorerzip]

I loved seeing that. A small step for humanity.

Given the complaints over such a trivial matter, humanity is taking 100 steps back for every 1 step forward. Reality check folks: they'll replay your precious TV episode again. You won't suffer any psychological damage.

 

[John Henry]

Given the complaints over such a trivial matter, humanity is taking 100 steps back for every 1 step forward. Reality check folks: they'll replay your precious TV episode again. You won't suffer any psychological damage.

That's exactly what they did . The station could have done a better job if they just had a banner going across the bottom but that's too easy .

 

[explorerzip]

That's exactly what they did . The station could have done a better job if they just had a banner going across the bottom but that's too easy .

The point of the Amber alert was to get your attention, which it did. It is also too easy to ignore said scrolling banner without sound across the bottom.

 

[nlt76]

You're always going to get complainers. I doubt they come anywhere close to the number of people who were happy to see the alert. They might be mad, but, they're definitely insignificant.

 

[alan9080]

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

Are you off your meds again?