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Sacha 05-01-2005 07:00 PM

On 6/1/05 1:37, in article , "goldfinch"
wrote:

There is a photo of a small boy on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens who has
lost his parents.

No one knows which country he comes from. Please have a look and pass it on
to people you know.

I really hope the intentions of the originators are good but is it wise to
post a picture of an unclaimed child in such an alt. group? Just trying to
get it onto my screen - I failed - brought up all kinds of alt.binary
groups which were sex or pornography linked. Thai children are already
being used and abused, bought and sold, offered for adoption. In any case,
I cannot access the group you mention.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)


Tumbleweed 05-01-2005 07:14 PM


"goldfinch" wrote in message
...
There is a photo of a small boy on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens who has
lost his parents.

No one knows which country he comes from. Please have a look and pass it
on
to people you know.

TIA.

Marina
E. Sx


Sounds like a hoax (typical wording...'pass it on to people you know') and a
very strange way of finding someone in any case; if you were from, say
Bander Aceh (sp?), and had found a kid wandering around, would you be most
likely to post the picture on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens? Somehow, I
think not.

If its a westerner, their relatives will have searched via the normal
channels (embassies etc), if its a local, chances are the survivors of the
devasted fishing villages aren't cruising the net at the moment*. Also, if
its a non-westerner, then he'll likely be from the country he was found in
(probably not many indonesians on holiday in Thailand or vice versa).
--
Tumbleweed
*sarcasm, in case you werent sure, or any Americans reading this

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
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Bob Hobden 05-01-2005 10:56 PM


Marina wrote
There is a photo of a small boy on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens who has
lost his parents.

No one knows which country he comes from. Please have a look and pass it
on
to people you know.

With that colouration I would expect him to be from Scandinavia and would
think posting to their Ng's might prove more productive or perhaps they
should even send it to local newspapers who, I'm sure, would print his
picture.

There are special sites for these "missing people" photos and any remaining
relatives or friends would be looking on there anyway.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London



goldfinch 06-01-2005 01:37 AM

Tsunami victim - Help please
 
There is a photo of a small boy on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens who has
lost his parents.

No one knows which country he comes from. Please have a look and pass it on
to people you know.

TIA.

Marina
E. Sx



Vera Squire 06-01-2005 02:34 PM

Just thought youd like to know the appeal was genuine & the little boy in
question has now been claimed by his grandfather. He is Scandinavan. Both
his parents are still missing. It was on the British News yesterday



Tumbleweed 06-01-2005 08:20 PM


"Vera Squire" wrote in message
...
Just thought youd like to know the appeal was genuine & the little boy in
question has now been claimed by his grandfather. He is Scandinavan. Both
his parents are still missing. It was on the British News yesterday



got a reference? Lots of stuff has been on the news recently including many
stories on the BBC re a 12 year old scandinavian boy abducted from a
thailand hospital. (untrue apparently)

Not this one was it? (Posted on 28th dec)
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/u...?storyid=29974

--
Tumbleweed

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tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com



Lazarus Cooke 06-01-2005 09:09 PM

In article , Tumbleweed
wrote:

Lots of stuff has been on the news recently including many
stories on the BBC re a 12 year old scandinavian boy abducted from a
thailand hospital. (untrue apparently)


Absolutely. Nasty, these foreigners, aren't they? Whereas look and see
if you can find any stories about how generous we Brits are being.

L

--
Remover the rock from the email address

goldfinch 07-01-2005 04:22 AM


"Vera Squire" wrote in message
...
Just thought youd like to know the appeal was genuine & the little boy in
question has now been claimed by his grandfather. He is Scandinavan. Both
his parents are still missing. It was on the British News yesterday

---------------------
Thankyou so much for letting me know, really good news for the family that
at least one member has survived.

Marina
E. Sx





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