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

date posted 18th May 2007 09:30

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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 don=B9t 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

I agree, while I hope that any missing children are returned to their
parents, I don't think this story would have been anywhere near as big =
if
the parents weren't an attractive, professional couple with a pretty
daughter.

How must all the other parents who've lost children in be feeling in the
light of all this publicity for this one family?

Phil

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