Firstly I want to express my concern for the safe return of Zeke to Maureen, I could think of nothing better than for her to be reunited with her baby.
I know I'm going to get flamed for this post but I really am amazed and disappointed at some peoples complete disreguard for things.
My first concern is how many of you encouraged for someone to question the small child!!!!!!! WTH! How would you feel if a stranger walked up to your child and started asking them questions? Whether you feel the child's family has broken the law or not this is completely unacceptable! If that wasn't bad enough someone suggested following the child to school in an attempt to find out their name! This is soooo morally wrong yet the amount of people agreeing with it was unbelievable!
What then astonded me was how later on in the thread someone suggested contacting a medium and someone else said it was wrong in the Lord's eyes... what, and harrassing a child for information or following them isn't???
The personal information posted! OMG, someone else mentioned this and said how it was unfair if it turned out they didn't have Zeke and you've posted all this stuff about them and that person was then slandered! Certain people needed to go back and read this post... what she said I agree with 100%. Yes, we all are praying for Zeke's safe return but why do we need to be publicly, not only nationally but internationally, relay information on them? Photos of their homes, addresses... is all that really neccessary... there is NO substanial proof that these people have Zeke. Someone saying he saw a simliar looking dog and then a small child saying it was such and such a dog is not substanial - no matter how bad the look was the father gave the child! Which, btw, Maureen originally said was as if to tell the kid to be quiet, it got changed to look that could kill somewhere through the thread!
Stating that the police are useless, lazy, disinterested... hang on, they have jobs to do... as much as we all have to admit it, someones dog, whether it be living in the yard or in the home as a family member, will always be looked upon in the eyes of the law as just what it is... a dog. I'm not saying this is right or wrong but I do think that it is wrong of the amount of people that have said it is just as much as a priority as finding murderers, rapists, child aducters, etc.... I'm sorry, but how on earth does this compare?? They are or a completely different and more serious nature. How would you feel if a member of your family was murdered and the police didn't respond ASAP because they were dealing with a missing dog? Not too happy I'd imagine.
Yes, Zeke is a much loved and missed family member and I'm not disputing that with my previous comments... I'm stating how it is seen in the laws eyes as still just a missing dog and as Zeke wasn't taken from Maureen's property then it's not theft, the dog was found and not handed in, it's different and by no means anywhere near being the same. Again, I'm not stating that this is my opinion or indeed fair by any means. I'd be just as torn up as Maureen if my Gypsy was missing and someone had her... by no means is she just a dog to me.
My last point is that it turned out the houses that were being watched were not where Zeke was being held... in fact, Maureen was told by a neighbour of one that an elderly couple lived there who were both fraile and suffered from Altzehiemers and frequently falls... talk about vunerable people! There was everyone all set and ready to go jumping the fences into these peoples yards! I'm sure the police would of looked kindly on that. |