DaveyR
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they were posting "wtf?" at the scenario.
And rightly so
they were posting "wtf?" at the scenario.
i just didn't see that attitude here.
people weren't posting angry at the parents. they were posting "wtf?" at the scenario.
thinking the parents might be involved...well...it's the cynical result of so many of those cases.With justification. As for anger, I don't quite agree - one poster went as far as implying (in a vaguely veiled manner) their complicity in the crime. Others expressed suprise that the parents were not immediately arrested. You said yourself "what sane parent leaves children that age alone?" That's fine but read a few posts up from there and reflect.
No one, except myself and DaveyR have touched on their suffering in this matter.
thinking the parents might be involved...well...it's the cynical result of so many of those cases.
the police deliberately give parent suspects a media rope to see if they'll hang themselves with it.
as for the suffering...
if i let my mind wander in that direction, as a parent, i'll fall apart.
i can't think about it without getting more emotional than is healthy.
it's self preservation.
The extreme media coverage may help there, if only every missing child were to get the same attention such things may happen far less.
but while this is grabbing front pages for weeks on end, other worthy cases are left ignored.
if i was a portugese mother of a missing child, i'd be angry!Just a small correction, so that there aren't any misunderstandings.
I wrote "Yes, it is a bit revolting to know that this case is being so mediatic while others, from Portuguese children, don't get that much attention." I don't mean by this that children (or grown-ups) of any other country are less important. Just wanted to make that clear =)
Dong, you're a twat because you regularly seek out MY posts and try with every fibre of your being to find fault with me, and I'm really fucking sick of it.
Parents ARE responsible for the well being of their kids, and parents often ARE responsible for their disappearances in these high-profile cases. I'm surely not HOPING they "did it" or that she's dead at all, just making some observations....
Why that warranted an attack from you is just beyond me. Perhaps you should ask yourself why YOU are so angry at ME lately, when I rarely speak to you at all?
if i was a portugese mother of a missing child, i'd be angry!
i'd feel like my child was worth less to the police/media/world.
Does anyone else think that this:
Ugly Girl Killed | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
makes a valid observation about the media response to cases of missing/kidnapped/murdered children?
painfully honest.Does anyone else think that this:
Ugly Girl Killed | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
makes a valid observation about the media response to cases of missing/kidnapped/murdered children?
It makes me smile anyway.Does anyone else think that this:
Ugly Girl Killed | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
makes a valid observation about the media response to cases of missing/kidnapped/murdered children?
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But does anyone else beside me and Matthew Parris in the Times think that the whole thing has been blown wildly out of proportion? Does it make me a dick for thinking it has?
It may not be much but at least it's (slightly) better (only slightly) than just sitting around not doing anything at all.I'm afraid I think he's right, more or less. Our generation's legacy will be coloured ribbons and rubber wristbands. And worse still, Bob Geldof.
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It may not be much but at least it's (slightly) better (only slightly) than just sitting around not doing anything at all.