Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- tarquin tarquin@planetunreal.com wrote:
let's just get a grip and wipe the article. take the long-term view -- will anyone remember this in twenty years' time?
Maybe not outside of the US, but probably within it. I still vividly remember when Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") fell down that well in Texas in 1987. She should have an article too.
They are both ephemeral. Children are abducted all over the world. Just because the US media gave it so much coverage does not make it worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia which should be taking the long-term view.