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I didn't know adoption was so easy in Canadia - Taem - 05-28-2008
From this website:
Quote: VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A couple has been arrested in what Canadian police said on Tuesday was an apparent offer to sell a seven-day-old baby girl on Craigslist for C$10,000 ($10,100).
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A woman who saw the offer on the popular website alerted police who tracked down the 23-year-old mother and 26-year-old father using a cell phone number that was listed in the advertisement.
Vancouver police said the couple told investigators the offer was a hoax, but were arrested for public mischief with other criminal charges possible as the investigation continues.
"There are so many questions here," Constable Tim Fanning told reporters.
Police said the advertisement described the baby as "very cute" and "unexpected" and that its parents, who could not afford to care for it, wanted to give it a good home.
The child was put in the care of social workers.
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(Reporting by Allan Dowd, Editing by Peter Galloway)
There is something seriously wrong with these people. A hoax? The only thing funny here is the couple, and I don't mean "ha-ha" funny either. There might be more to this story to be sure, but in any case, I hope these idiots get what they have coming to them.
I didn't know adoption was so easy in Canadia - Occhidiangela - 05-29-2008
Quote:From this website:Did you leave your sense of humor where I left mine a few months ago?
There is something seriously wrong with these people. A hoax? The only thing funny here is the couple, and I don't mean "ha-ha" funny either. There might be more to this story to be sure, but in any case, I hope these idiots get what they have coming to them.
Yes, this was clumsy if it was indeed a joke (I wonder) but to project something beyond "man, some people can't tell a joke" onto this less than brilliant pair seems an overreaction.
It is funny, in a slightly sick way, but maybe there were trolling.
Or, maybe they lied to the police when this came up.
Hard to say.
Occhi