update on kidnapped student

[fictional]

The department apparently takes this all Very Seriously. They have called, are reporting the incident, are concerned about suicide, etc. etc.

They have also discovered that said student's contact number is in fact, her boyfriend's (the alleged kidnapper).

Student is still MIA and has not responded.

Possibility 1: I am a cynical, horrible excuse for a compassionate human being, and this person is actually in phenomenal amounts of trouble and/or dead.

Possibility 2: I am a cynical, horrible excuse for a compassionate human being, and this person has seriously unleashed a can of worms upon themselves that I don't think they were intending to.

I feel kind of bad over the whole thing.

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[rm.livejournal.com]

Possibility 2: I am a cynical, horrible excuse for a compassionate human being, and this person has seriously unleashed a can of worms upon themselves that I don't think they were intending to.

But oh will they deserve it.

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't feel like a cynical, horrible excuse for a human being in case #2. It is of their own doing in that case, and relies upon not only your but others' compassion as well that they're trying to take advantage of.

Should it turn out to be case #1...yeah ok, might feel bad for having not believed them, but if you offered help or assistance there's not much more you could do. Don't beat yourself up.

[magnetgirl.livejournal.com]

Eh. Don't feel bad. If someone was so horribly kidnapped, how did they find the time to e-mail you and not the authorities? Or, if it's an abuse situation-mom/friend/anyone?

I can't believe for a second that this person has the time to write to you about a kidnapping, but can't contact anyone else? Um? "I'm in denial of my abuse situation to everyone but my english comp teacher...!"

...yeah. OK.

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

You are not a cynical, horrible excuse for a compassionate human being. You are paid to teach, you are not paid to be a social worker or crisis interventionist, and you did exactly the right thing by passing the info on.

Whatever you may believe is true personally, your professional action was, in my opinion, exactly right and reasonable. And hey -- we've all concocted/encountered fabulous fibs. People in trouble often deserve a certain amount of true sympathy -- and a certain amount of true disdain, too, I feel...