Re: FN-FORUM: Missing maddy - lets do our bit - please read!!

date posted 18th May 2007 09:24

For some people it may be about mawkish sentimentality, but for us is
this not essentially a matter of finding a new and powerful use for the
internet? If this child can be found because someone has seen her
picture on a website who might not otherwise have done so, then this
tells other people who abduct children that there is now no hiding
place. So it is not about this one child only.
Vicki

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> I work from home and I welcome a bit of debate on non work related subjects,
> or are your conversations limited to work related topics as well - I
> certainly don¹t see what harm it does and if you are not interested, don't
> look at it.
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> I personally agree with Lee's comments, as difficult as this must be for the
> girls parents, I personally cannot stand this overly mawkish sentamentality
> that the british press force onto everyone, as if we all have to 'do our
> bit' as if wearing yellow ribbons is going to make any difference.
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> There are some sick people around, and these things happen as horrible as it
> is, but the press have a field day over it - beautiful little white middle
> class girl abducted in a foreign land, if they cant blame some greasy
> foreigner for it - they will blame the greasy foreign police for screwing it
> all up, all of which time they will have countless editorials from muppets
> like Richard Littlejohn and Jon Gaunt about castrating peados and dying
> their hair blue. And predictably, every newspaper comes up with a 'save
> maddie campaign' gets some celebs to endorse it and congratulate themselves
> for 'giving something back to the community'.During which time countless
> kids go missing on the streets of Brazil, kids dye in Africa and the
> journalist could not give a toss because it does not sell papers.
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> I hope like everyone else, that the girl is returned and that the family can
> cope with however this turns out. And leave it at that
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> My 2 p
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