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| Tweet Topic Started: May 14 2007, 11:33:47 PM (262 Views) | |
moneypen20
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May 15 2007, 10:50:18 PM Post #31 |
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Things got a bit heated because people were stating the obvious - that the parents were very very wrong to leave them night after night throughout the whole holiday - twins aged 2 and 3 year old Maddie. They did not trust the Mark Warner baby sitters because they were strangers as in the UK when they went out they always had their nanny there. They also left the patio door unlocked "in case of fire" Anyone who stated this view was slammed by the ones who felt we should all be sobbing and beating our breasts and how evil we all were wishing ill on the family :dunno: It was felt, by some that an open worldwide discussion forum was not the place for a discussion :dunno: I then asked why people thought everyone saying we must pray/will/dream that Maddie come back safely was going to do any good on a (and I quote) a relatively obscure internet forum and how any discussion would have any bearing on a family that no one knew or would ever know. I was not being awkward or argumentative, I just don't get it and I still don't. I think the only people it helps is those that need to make those statements but I also think that they were being naive (not the right word but I can't think of the right one) in not admitting that it was for their benefit not Maddie's family. I may be totally wrong but some of the people on BE seemed to want others to think well of them because they stated they were sobbing and not sleeping worrying about Maddie and wanted confirmation that they are "nice" people. I personally think that it's obvious that everyone wants her found fast, it doesn't need to banged on for hundreds of posts on an irrelevant australian forum page (the BE one, not this one) I probably shouldn't have typed all this but it's something that really bothers me a lot. It's like the Diana effect. I think it totally negates any death or major illness that these people have to deal with in their own familys. If they break down, supposedly over a child they know nothing about, any reaction to a death of a near one has to be doubled and it isn't - as far as I am aware. I also hate the fact that there is this media frenzy over one child when there are hundreds and hundreds of other children dying or going missing every day and they don't merit a line in a newspaper. I hope I haven't upset anyone with this because I honestly would hate that it's just something I feel strongly about and I feel better for getting it out :blushing: |
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Snappy
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May 15 2007, 10:56:17 PM Post #32 |
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Funny you mention when Diana died as the day before she died a young lad went missing and there was a mass frenzy in the papers on the telly but as the news of Diana broke that little boys news disappeared....to this day i don't know what happened. It does seem that it depends on what they have for news at the time as to what gets reported on and as to how far the news goes with it. |
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May 15 2007, 11:10:23 PM Post #33 |
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I do think because of global news systems you witness stuff as it happens, in one respect this may help find the little girl but what happens when the next big story breaks and the news crews move on?? I think because it is being beamed into your home as it occurs you can get wrapped up in the story - it`s almost like driving past a road accident - you know you shouldn`t look but you can`t quite stop yourself. You keep checking to see if anything has happened, almost a morbid curiousity, of which I am as guilty as anyone. It`s almost a feeding frenzy by the press, but if people were not too interested the press would not be there - is it the press feeding our curiousity or us feeding the press`s need for stories which sell?? I do think most people genuinely want to see Maddie reunited with her parents. |
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| Jane | May 15 2007, 11:42:35 PM Post #34 |
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GJ - I was also a forces wife often alone and a couple of times I locked a sleeping child in the car whilst I went to pay for things. My heart raced and I couldn't do it again. On holiday we used to take cards or scrabble which we played on the balcony and even in the bathroom once they were asleep. I understand why parents do it, but our baby alarms went everywhere with us (even to our parents) and now they are older we have two way radios and I still don't like them away from us. At 11 and 9 they ocassionally walk home from school and if I think they should be home I go to the end of the road and look up the hill to check if they are on their way. Once I see them I run back to the house so that they don't see me and think I'm stiffling their independance! :blushing: I hope they find her but it gets harder to hope the longer it goes on. |
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| Hevs | May 16 2007, 06:48:15 AM Post #35 |
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MP I totally agree with every word you have said. (That said the support i had from you guys was fab, but then it was special cos i "knew" you all :yes: ) The Diana thing was incrediable at the time wasn't it? Strange.... I really don't think they'll get her back, but sincerely hope they do :no: They did a stupid thing (something i couldn't comprehend ever doing...) but no one deserves their child to disappear... |
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May 16 2007, 11:38:25 AM Post #36 |
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Me too, in fact I couldnt have found better words to get it across :) |
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May 16 2007, 01:16:49 PM Post #37 |
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Thanks for that. I often think I live in a totally different world to everyone else and although I try hard to bite my tongue more often than not I say what I think don't pussy foot around - I have no idea how to do that :blushing: and lots of people don't like it, not that that's my problem but aggghhhhh I so want to slap some people when they don't read what you've put, they read what they think you've put though why I should worry what some dick I'll never meet thinks of me I don't know :crazy: |
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Snappy
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May 16 2007, 02:05:19 PM Post #38 |
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Gawd I just read BE and it was a bit OTT I'm not that bad honest my little yellow ribbon just signifies that I do hope she is safe and sound....not that I'm loosing sleep or crying my heart out as like you said she is a stranger just that it is my little way to show I have taken note and wish her a safe home coming. Still think the parents are blinking idiots though :wink: |
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Snappy
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May 16 2007, 02:05:44 PM Post #39 |
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PS I blame PR for asking for this thread :lol: |
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May 16 2007, 04:59:39 PM Post #40 |
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See, that's a normal reaction, thats cool. It's the reasoning that if you think the parents are one brick short in the commonsense department, you don't want the child found :dunno: WTF |
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May 16 2007, 05:24:55 PM Post #41 |
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With the Diana thing people were way over the top, all of a sudden she became some sort of saint. I can honestly say I could not understand all the fuss - I felt sorry for her family as you would for anyone in that situation but I didn`t know her so why should I be wailing and beating my chest?? Maybe it`s because of all the media in your face you feel as if you know these people - like on here - I`ve not met any of you but I feel I know you. I empathise with your up`s & downs as you do with mine but I guess that`s different from feeling you know someone on TV because their lives are laid before us in a glare of publicity. We all feel we know what celebs are really like and judge them as the cameras & gossip columns portray them - like the other week I was saying to my hubby "That Paris Hilton - silly slapper deserves what she gets!!" But Im judging her on info from tv & papers - it could be that Im just fat, poor & bitter and she is in fact very nice. :D |
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Snappy
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May 16 2007, 05:54:12 PM Post #42 |
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Na Paris IS just a silly slapper :lol: |
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May 16 2007, 06:02:35 PM Post #43 |
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I have no idea if she is a silly slapper or not. I think she is probably just a very very rich stupid girl. But it's all irrelevant, if someone else would go to jail for a month for the same crime then so should she. Especially as she seems to have an extremely stuck up stupid mother :lol: |
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Snappy
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May 16 2007, 06:04:25 PM Post #44 |
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Too true Pen :thumsbup: |
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gobbyjock
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May 16 2007, 06:08:03 PM Post #45 |
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:lol: :whistle: |
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| ProofReader | May 16 2007, 09:08:16 PM Post #46 |
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Thank you MP! :flowers: The fact that you didn't take me the wrong way is much appreciated. Your reply is even more appreciated. :kiss: For what it's worth, I agree with you. I think we all can associate (even kidless sheilas like me) with what those poor parents are going through, however the media do like to take on a 'cause'. People are (unfortunately or fortunately, whichever way you care to look at it :dunno: ) largely like sheep and will follow the crowd/trend. For me, the jury's still out on this one but, ultimately, it doesn't affect me personally so I can afford to be a little bit glib about it. Oh shit, the wine's kicking in! :ooer: Anyway, I wanted to say thanks for being you. :hug: |
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