Missing child

>PLEASE READ AND FORWARD TO ALL YOUR
>FRIENDS..MISSING CHILD
>
>Dear reader, I am a single parent who
>is looking for my only son. Some time
>ago he was kidnaped while on a school
>trip. Eye witnesses say they were
>attacked by two men, we believe they were
>traffickers who sell children because
>this part of the world where we live
>is not a save place. My son is disabled
>and could not escape like the other
>school childrens.
>
>He is the only family I have because my
>wife was brutally murdered shortly before
>our son was born. I am hoping that the
>kindness of strangers and the power of the
>internets will bring him back.
>
>If you see him please contact the
>authorities immediately. Here is a picture
>of my son:
>

Maybe I should have waited for April Fools' to send this to people but I'd had this idea for a long time and felt bored last night.

People who forward "missing child" emails (and now Facebook wall posts) willy-nilly drive me nuts. I don't think they use their brains to consider whether it actually helps anybody or not...like folks back home who send out fliers about kids who [purportedly] disappeared in the USA or UK...when the senders and 95% of their friends live in Malaysia.

In a lot of cases the kids have either been returned home by cops, found safely, or confirmed dead LONG ago. Some others probably don't even exist. My favourite stupid missing child alert is the "Evan Trembley" one that's been making the rounds of Facebook Super Walls. It was started by Evan himself as a prank. Little bugger's probably regretting it now.