McCanns going too far?

ChroniC said:
i never said it did, but a small majority of people cause a larger reaction that fuels the idiotic bnp, the child might feel that wearing the turban becomes a symbol of segregation and makes him an easy target.
Dont think ive ever seen an indian child or a muslim attack for wearing a nike hat, but we dont live in a society that see it any other way because of those stupid few. The vast majority are good, but you only ever hear about the bad.
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A nike hat isn't a religious symbol though?

I'm a bit confused about what you're trying to say in that last sentence. The vast majority of whom are good?
 
Dolph said:
Because nearly everything they are doing currently will do nothing to help get their child back, perhaps? It almost seems to be turning into a business machine.
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I don't think there is a formula for getting a missing child back, and raising money helps the effort of most things...
 
dirtydog said:
:confused: did the BNP or its supporters carry out the attack?

Are you under the misconception that the BNP or its supporters approve of such attacks? While some might, you'll find supporters of ALL political parties have people who would support such things.

Quite how you got the BNP into this totally unrelated thread is still a mystery to me :)
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I *think* he meant that BNP members are narrowminded and their narrowminded-ness would not allow them to think otherwise.

Slight bit of a tangent lol!
 
cleanbluesky said:
I don't think there is a formula for getting a missing child back, and raising money helps the effort of most things...
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Do they really need to raise more money though? Weren't they at the £800k mark already?

If the answer is yes, then when will they stop needing to raise money?
 
silane said:
I *think* he meant that BNP members are narrowminded and their narrowminded-ness would not allow them to think otherwise.

Slight bit of a tangent lol!
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Well on another forum I post on, there certainly are BNP members who DO care a lot about this issue and don't share my views. So for him to pigeonhole all BNP members like that is rather foolish :)
 
I'd have thought that actually, it would be simple minded people who generally support things like the BNP that would be pro OMG MADDY HYSTERIA, given they generally think whatever the tabloids tell them to think, and currently The Sun says we should all cry about Maddy, daily, and stick posters everywhere.
 
[TW]Fox said:
I'd have thought that actually, it would be simple minded people who generally support things like the BNP that would be pro OMG MADDY HYSTERIA, given they generally think whatever the tabloids tell them to think, and currently The Sun says we should all cry about Maddy, daily, and stick posters everywhere.
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You know nothing of psychology fox. We are all capable of holding both simplistic or complex arguments, we are all capable of adopting to emotive arguments over calm discussion

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone, those who do not wish to recognise this behaviour in themselves have been given a hint on where to look for it first
 
[TW]Fox said:
I'd have thought that actually, it would be simple minded people who generally support things like the BNP
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I would have thought it was the other way round.
Simple minded people just support what is already there while those with a bit of brains look a bit further.
 
Im a Dad. My son is 8 now and at this stage of his life, leaving him for alone here and there is no problem whatsoever. But when he was 3 even the thought of leaving him while we went out would not EVER have entered our heads, it just wouldn't have been an option, wherever we were.

Mark my words there is more to this story than meets the eye. The only innocent one in the whole story is the little lass. Releasing a record????? Get a grip.

The parents have found the energy and time to raise a million quid, hows about they took the time to take 20 euros out their pocket to pay for a babysitter in the first place? Its not like they were skint!

Something stinks about the whole thing. Bottom line is though, lets hope she gets found safe and well. There is something very very suspicious about the whole affair though...................

Albaba
 
i think they stole her! because that is a joke if they release a cover song......what next a freckin movie?! maybe endorsement with McDonalds for soft toys in happy meals!! i'm annoyed at them, for so many reasons. Mainly leaving their kids unsupervised and the young ages they are asleep or awake they were in the wrong
 
Albaba said:
Im a Dad. My son is 8 now and at this stage of his life, leaving him for alone here and there is no problem whatsoever. But when he was 3 even the thought of leaving him while we went out would not EVER have entered our heads, it just wouldn't have been an option, wherever we were.

Mark my words there is more to this story than meets the eye. The only innocent one in the whole story is the little lass. Releasing a record????? Get a grip.

The parents have found the energy and time to raise a million quid, hows about they took the time to take 20 euros out their pocket to pay for a babysitter in the first place? Its not like they were skint!

Something stinks about the whole thing. Bottom line is though, lets hope she gets found safe and well. There is something very very suspicious about the whole affair though...................

Albaba
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We have 4 kids, oldest is 10 and i won't be leaving them till i feel they're old enough to look after themselves, early teens probably. I don't care if the pub, club, restaurant etc etc is 50 yards away, kids can still have accidents. Thats before we even begin to worry about someone taking them.

Plus i agree with the other point you make, definitly very suspicious.
 
Dolph said:
Because nearly everything they are doing currently will do nothing to help get their child back, perhaps? It almost seems to be turning into a business machine.

I also can't help thinking that part of their current strategy is to keep everyone ignoring their negligence, but that may be me being cynical. I can just imagine the reaction if a set of parents on a council estate left their kid locked in a room every night while they went to the pub and something bad happened...
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If your child went missing and you felt it was your fault at what point would you stop trying to raise awareness and stop doing whatever you could to get her back? As a father of 2 young girls I don't think I'd ever stop and I'd try anything at all.
 
silane said:
It wasn't a mistake to me. They didn't happen to leave their children alone by mistake did they? They knew what they were doing, not expecting their children to be abducted obviously, but thats still not acceptable to most people.
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It's not like they left her on purpose to be abducted. They made the mistake in thinking she'd be OK on her own.

I don't see what the point is in being bitter about it now. People moaning that they should quit searching now as she's probably dead, and preaching when asked what they'd do in their position, they simply answer: I wouldn't of left my kids alone like that.

I always say to them: yeah, because, you never make mistakes do you? Your perfect android brain has never led you to make a mistake you've regretted?

They were foolish doing what they did, but it's done now.
 
iCraig said:
I always say to them: yeah, because, you never make mistakes do you? Your perfect android brain has never led you to make a mistake you've regretted?.
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It's not a mistake, is it? It's not like going out and accidently leaving the iron on, is it? It's not like accidently forgeting something, is it?

There was no mistake, it was a calculated DECISION on their part - they DECIDED that the risk of leaving their young childre on their own in a hotel room in a foreign country was an acceptable risk versus the reward of having a nice meal at a restaurant.

Show me where the mistake was? All I see is grossly negligent judgement.
 
[TW]Fox said:
It's not a mistake, is it? It's not like going out and accidently leaving the iron on, is it? It's not like accidently forgeting something, is it?

There was no mistake, it was a calculated DECISION on their part - they DECIDED that the risk of leaving their young childre on their own in a hotel room in a foreign country was an acceptable risk versus the reward of having a nice meal at a restaurant.

Show me where the mistake was? All I see is grossly negligent judgement.
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^ *thumbs up*
 
I hope they find her safe and well. I went to the cinema last night and there was an advert dedicated to it telling me to stick posters up where I live.

Cos yeah, thats gunna bring her home! :rolleyes:
 
rare said:
I hope they find her safe and well. I went to the cinema last night and there was an advert dedicated to it telling me to stick posters up where I live.

Cos yeah, thats gunna bring her home! :rolleyes:
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Exactly - this is just the sort of thing thats annoying.
 
rare said:
I hope they find her safe and well. I went to the cinema last night and there was an advert dedicated to it telling me to stick posters up where I live.
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WTF??!! Good Lord. Seriously, it's got to the point where I have no sympathy for these people. You screwed up. You live with it. Not our problem.

I hate this being made to feel guilty because I'm not doing anything about it.
 
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