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[NanceGreggs]

203. There is nothing sanctimonious ...

... nor hypocritical about condemning the actions of people who seek to gain financially by lying, bilking goodhearted people out of their money under false pretenses, accusing innocent workers of heartless cruelty towards a child, and making false accusations against a corporation that many depend on for their livelihood.

To call this a "victimless crime" is despicable, and totally ignores the plight of those who have been harmed here.

You keep saying this has not been proven to be a hoax. Did you know that KFC hired an outside investigator, who viewed security camera footage from the two stores that could have been the shops the grandmother visited - (the one she cited as being the premises where this took place having been closed down years ago) - and she and the child were not found anywhere on those tapes? Did you know that the grandmother was very specific about the food she ordered - and neither store has a cash register ticket for the combination of items she says she purchased?

You have asserted that KFC has an interest in making the family look like frauds. Are you now asserting that the outside investigator is lying at KFC's behest? Are you now asserting that the staff who would have witnessed this occurrence are all lying as well? Are you suggesting that the videotapes have been doctored to delete the event? Are you suggesting that receipts have been doctored or destroyed to cover up what happened?

Had this all taken place as the grandmother claims, surely there would have been witnesses to a child being 'kicked out' of the shop - and surely SOME of them would have been horrified, if not all. And yet not a single person has come forward to say, "Yes, it happened, I was there and saw it." Or are you suggesting that all of those witnesses are also being deceitful by not coming forward with the truth of what occurred?

It would seem that the only "sanctimonious condemnation" here is your condemnation of those who have investigated this matter and found no evidence of the claims made - because if, as you assert, the grandmother is telling the truth, it can only mean that they are all lying.

This is not a matter of a corporation "getting what's coming to them", so the end justifies the means. There are many people who are truly victims here, and they are not CEOs raking-in billion-dollar salaries. They are hard-working staffers and franchise owners who have been vilified by grifters hoping for a big payout. They are truly good-hearted people who donated money they could probably ill afford to part with, but felt that this child needed whatever money they could send.

In the end, there will be more victims of this hoax in the future - those who truly are in need and ask for financial help - help that will not be forthcoming from those now skeptical of such pleas, fearing that they are just being preyed upon by yet another scam artist with a sad story to tell.

"Victimless crime" my ass. And I am truly horrified that you would suggest such a thing to begin with, no less double-down when confronted with your own hypocrisy. In your blind passion to vilify a hated big-buck corporation, you are willing to see innocent workers vilified in their stead.