Consider this scenario - Would a guilty person keep their case alive for many years?

[Lace]

I really don't think the hypothetical people, if they were guilty would go through all the trouble of hiring private investigators,   if they were guilty surely just keeping the fund open and manning the telephones for sightings would be enough to show the public they were actively searching for their child?     Then when after a few years the fund dwindled and they couldn't afford to run the telephones then gradually close it down,  they didn't do this however,  but wrote a book to keep the fund going and they petitioned  for the case to be reviewed!! 

[jassi]

I believe it's called control.

[Lace]

I believe it's called control.

They would have had control letting the case dwindle into history.

[pathfinder73]

They would have had control letting the case dwindle into history.

They aren't in charge of the case, the police are. Control freaks may think they are smarter and want more inside information/files to keep one step ahead of the police.

[Alfie]

I believe it's called control.

When you hand everything over to the police to review you relinquish control, unless you're suggesting out protagonist control the police too?

[Lace]

They aren't in charge of the case, the police are. Control freaks may think they are smarter and want more inside information/files to keep one step ahead of the police.

The police had shelved the case,    it was the hypothetical people keeping it in the public domain,  it was the hypothetical people who wanted a review and then the case to be reopened,  that is keeping control over their missing kid.

[Alfie]

Why would you ask the PM for a review, going so far as to enlist the most widely read newspaper to help publicise your request, if it was the last thing in the world you actually wanted? 

Assuming you actually did want a review then how would you be expected to demonstrate your "cock-a-hoopedness" when a review was granted?

[slartibartfast]

Why would you ask the PM for a review, going so far as to enlist the most widely read newspaper to help publicise your request, if it was the last thing in the world you actually wanted? 

Assuming you actually did want a review then how would you be expected to demonstrate your "cock-a-hoopedness" when a review was granted?

Asking for and wanting are two very different things .

[sadie]

Asking for and wanting are two very different things .

Well we know a parent who asked for / pestered for a review and got it.  He wanted it alright.

Cant see the difference with this hypothetical scenario.  End of.

[Alfie]

Asking for and wanting are two very different things .

Explain.

"I am asking for something but I don't want it" - why ask in the first place then?

[faithlilly]

Explain.

"I am asking for something but I don't want it" - why ask in the first place then?

Because you don't think your request will be granted?

[Alfie]

Because you don't think your request will be granted?

rWhat grounds would you have for thnkng your request wouldn't be granted and why even bother asking for a review in the first place?  You could always have asked in a low key way without getting the media involved if you didn't really want it to happen.

[faithlilly]

rWhat grounds would you have for thnkng your request wouldn't be granted and why even bother asking for a review in the first place?  You could always have asked in a low key way without getting the media involved if you didn't really want it to happen.

You know the evidence so far collected was not enough to bring charges so requesting a review of that same evidence would almost certainly throw up no new evidence against you. What wasn't predicted is that funding for a new investigation  would be made available.

[Alfie]

You know the evidence so far collected was not enough to bring charges so requesting a review of that same evidence would almost certainly throw up no new evidence against you. What wasn't predicted is that funding for a new investigation  would be made available.

Your answer above does not relate to the questions I asked.

[slartibartfast]

Your answer above does not relate to the questions I asked.

Why don't you tell us the answer you will be happy with and save all this messing around?