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[*] posted on 8-6-2008 at 09:29 AM


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Could this thread get any MORE off the subject?



:lol:...Are you kidding? Just wait.


We could discuss the use of verbs as adjectives.

I'm going to pretend I know something, anything, and everything. Is that pretend knowledge? Maybe feign knowledge?

The answer to the original question, "true or not?" is who the heck knows? Anybody that says they do is just feigning they know.

[Edited on 8-6-2008 by k-rico]
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[*] posted on 8-6-2008 at 09:51 AM


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The answer to the original question, "true or not?" is who the heck knows? Anybody that says they do is just feigning they know.

[Edited on 8-6-2008 by k-rico]


The test of ones character is to know when you feign instaed of believing your own lies.
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[*] posted on 8-6-2008 at 10:44 AM


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The answer to the original question, "true or not?" is who the heck knows? Anybody that says they do is just feigning they know.

[Edited on 8-6-2008 by k-rico]


Hi Ronni,

The answer to the question is yes, absolutely. Kidnapping is a common theme, though many are just scams. Many times you'll notice that news reports state police uniforms are involved. I have reported this as well to the chagrin of the old timers here.

Many cases of extortion from threat of kidnapping are not reported due to threat of the kidnappers.

Many cases of kidnappings are not reported due to threats of kidnappers that they will harm the victim.

Many police do not complete reports or submit reports out of fear or ignorance.

Officials do not maintain central tallies of reports. Cooperation between agencies is not typically common.

Reports are lost or stored and not shared.

Anecdotal story:

A common extortion technique reported to me by younger college students attending university in Baja whose well-to-do parents live elsewhere goes like this. Parents will get a phone call that their kid will be kidnapped if they do not pay. A short time later a follow-up call will announce the kidnapped occurred and demand ransom to be asap. In truth, the kid was not kidnapped, they were camping or at school. Parents desperately try to call the kid. If the kid can report their whereabouts problem solved if not they pay. Apparently coordination exists in extortion rings between local informants and their counterparts in mexico city.
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