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Missing Madeline - Anyone else sick of this?

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  • #662
    Crazy Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 658 ✭✭✭Crazy Christ


    Why can't they get Glenda Gilson into one of the thongs, team her up with George Hook wearing the BBQ Apron and have them hand out pamphlets


  • #663
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭StephenC_IRL


    Crazy Christ wrote:
    Why can't they get Glenda Gilson into one of the thongs, team her up with George Hook wearing the BBQ Apron and have them hand out pamphlets

    im glad to see someone checked out the whole selection


  • #664
    vorbis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭vorbis


    My comment was meant to be patronising. Someone who thinks its a good idea to make t shirts ... well deserves to be patronised.

    Also, I'd have thought it was pretty obvious than the McCann family are exploiting the media to an extent, so as to keep the story alive. Some media coverage is OTT but most of that is on Sky news. I watch RTE news and can't say its incessant coverage. If you're complaining about news coverage on a 24 HOUR ENGLISH news nation, i'd adivse you to get out more. Or swtich to CNN or BBC news 24.


  • #665
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭StephenC_IRL


    vorbis wrote:
    My comment was meant to be patronising. Someone who thinks its a good idea to make t shirts ... well deserves to be patronised.

    Also, I'd have thought it was pretty obvious than the McCann family are exploiting the media to an extent, so as to keep the story alive. Some media coverage is OTT but most of that is on Sky news. I watch RTE news and can't say its incessant coverage. If you're complaining about news coverage on a 24 HOUR ENGLISH news nation, i'd adivse you to get out more. Or swtich to CNN or BBC news 24.

    have to agree im being patronising, but thats the way i am


  • #666
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    vorbis wrote:
    If you're complaining about news coverage on a 24 HOUR ENGLISH news nation, i'd adivse you to get out more. Or swtich to CNN or BBC news 24.

    im not complaining about anything in particular accept the general hysteria and unintentional hypocrisy of the majority of the media coverage / population

    although i did almost snap and rip down a missing madeline poster in my work canteen today (i work in swords a veritable rats nest of portugese kidnapper rings)


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  • #667
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭StephenC_IRL


    ive ripped down 16 of the a4 printout posters, im taking them down all the time

    i can understand it in
    a)- portugal
    b)- england

    but not here, come on,


  • #668
    Saintly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭Saintly


    Tha Gopher wrote:
    Why are they going to Rome and other European cities when one of the few possibly credible leads suggests Morocco?

    Read that in The Sun did you?!
    THEGOPHER wrote:
    You have less common sense than her parents, and that is saying something.

    Shame on me!! I am a law abiding social worker who doesn't beat people with a giant morality stick when they leave their children overnight with.... relatives!! Shock, horror, what have I become?!!!!!!

    Trust me, Gopher dear, that comment coming from you, is a compliment!


  • #669
    StephenC_IRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭StephenC_IRL


    the store is down, somebody complained to cafepress about my merchandise, you should be ashamed whoever you are, itll be back up in an hour


  • #670
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    Saintly wrote:
    when they leave their children overnight with.... relatives!!

    are you talking about what happened this girl or someone else?


  • #671
    Saintly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭Saintly


    elviscostello wrote:
    But listening to the news this morning, the quote from her father was very odd. Surely,the search for their daughter should be first in their mind ??????

    Come on, it is hardly fair to pick apart every comment a parent makes (or any person at a time of crisis or loss). I thought in the meeting with the pope, the father looked positively ashen and I certainly haven't seen one ounce of coverage to suggest that Kate and Gerry are anything other than heartbroken. I've seen people say the weirdest and sometimes the most inappropriate things in crisis. The father's comment was one taken out of a whole conversation and I don't think it was even all that weird.

    Of course, according the TheGopher, I've no common sense :)

    Saintly


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  • #672
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    how long have you known our kate and our gerry?


  • #673
    Saintly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭Saintly


    PeakOutput wrote:
    are you talking about what happened this girl or someone else?

    Read back through the last few pages - TheGopher responded to my post about the McCanns leaving the younger children with relatives while they went to Rome, hence my reply to him. We have already thrashed out what we both think about the McCanns leaving Madeleine alone, over and over and over...

    Saintly


  • #674
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    Saintly wrote:
    Read back through the last few pages - TheGopher responded to my post about the McCanns leaving the younger children with relatives

    ok


  • #675
    Saintly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭Saintly


    PeakOutput wrote:
    how long have you known our kate and our gerry?

    Kay and Ger? Oh ages, a whole 20 odd days now...


  • #676
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    Saintly wrote:
    Kay and Ger? Oh ages, a whole 20 odd days now...

    god that long????? im suprised they didnt call you when they needed a sitter for their rome junket


  • #677
    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,945 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    I'm not trying to make this thread a pro-maddie thread you Stevie C and crazy Christ are just ripping the piss and took it over the line, I've pointed out the parents are wrong for what they did and that the media mainly Sky news have gone overboard on the coverage, but your line of humour has crossed the line. If your such the big man you wear the T-shirt and see how far you get without getting a slap from someone, probably your mammy :). And don't get all politically correct like you care if its some african child was taking instead.

    Snake


  • #678
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,840 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    vorbis wrote:
    thats a good point thebaz. This thread would have been closed long ago if the vitriol had been directed at an ethnic group. That t - shirt is distasteful but not really surprising. Bless him, StephenC_IRL probably doesn't know any better.

    What started out as perhaps a valid point regards media coverage has turned into people posting just for shock value. I have to say media coverage pales into comparison with "i said something controversal, look at me" comments.

    I agree totally, Sky and a couple of UK daily's have gone over the top, but thats there perogative , they are British after all -- we don't have to watch British tv or read British daily's -- we have freedom of choice --

    Sky's most popular downloads , are still McCann related, so i guess they are only giving there public what they want.

    What bugs me here, is that some of the mature posters have more hatred for the McCann parents, than the actual abductors or paedos .

    And i wonder would that brave man wear that t-shirt out, and flaunt his bravery on the real streets of Dublin or England -- somehow i doubt it.


  • #679
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    thebaz wrote:
    What bugs me here, is that some of the mature posters have more hatred for the McCann parents, than the actual abductors or paedos .

    Examples of this please.


  • #680
    _feedback_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    thebaz wrote:
    What bugs me here, is that some of the mature posters have more hatred for the McCann parents, than the actual abductors or paedos .

    I'm one of the few who've read the full thread here , and I don't remember any words of hatred towards the parents?! maybe criticism is the word you're looking for? As for the 'abductors or paedos' , i think most will agree that it needs to go unsaid and everybody has the same view on a person/persons who would commit such a crime.
    Saintly wrote:
    Come on, it is hardly fair to pick apart every comment a parent makes (or any person at a time of crisis or loss). I thought in the meeting with the pope, the father looked positively ashen and I certainly haven't seen one ounce of coverage to suggest that Kate and Gerry are anything other than heartbroken. I've seen people say the weirdest and sometimes the most inappropriate things in crisis. The father's comment was one taken out of a whole conversation and I don't think it was even all that weird.

    Maybe his PR advisors should brief him better before speaking to the media, because no matter what you say , the 'crisis or loss' should come ahead of themselves, and a comment like the one below seems very strange to me....
    Madeline's Dad before boarding plane to Rome wrote:
    This is a big day for us .............. <GAP> ........ and also for the search for Madeline


  • #681
    Eglinton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 992 ✭✭✭Eglinton


    BigTommyBomb wrote:
    Does there visit to the pope remind anyone of the sketch in Little Britain (I think) where the parents are using their childs illness to meet all their idols?

    Do you happen to know the name of the characters? Would be interesting to watch again. I kinda remember seeing it somewhere alright (had to be Little Britain - no one else would dare)


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  • #682
    daveirl
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  • #683
    Jonesy3110
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭Jonesy3110


    ive ripped down 16 of the a4 printout posters, im taking them down all the time

    i can understand it in
    a)- portugal
    b)- england

    but not here, come on,
    Ok so its one thing to make fun of a missing child, but to actually go out and tear down posters? What kind of person are you?
    If I had a child go missing, the trauma of imagining what kind of abuse and torture she’s going through would be traumatic enough without little morons like you being a cruel bastard about it.
    Except if my child was like you, then I’d be glad to see you gone, cos I’d be ashamed to have such a heartless son!


  • #684
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,840 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    Examples of this please.

    you yourself have been on a moral crusade against the parents , its a long thread , but here is a sample of whats been written (not by you )

    "I can't believe the media haven't been slating the parents for being two bloody morons. That, I would watch. "

    Why not stop buying the News of thw World , and stop watching Sky News , get a life and stop moaning about the parents.

    FYI -- the media are actually leaving Portugal, eventually.


  • #685
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    thebaz wrote:
    you yourself have been on a moral crusade against the parents , its a long thread , but here is a sample of whats been written (not by you )

    Sigh. Examples of hatred for the parents please.

    Besides I wouldn't say I was on a crusade against anyone. I was simply pointing out the poor parenting.


  • #686
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    In fairness, show me one parent here that wouldn't be following in the McCanns footsteps where their child kidnapped? Sure they made a mistake and left their child on their own. But show me one person here who has no memories of their parents making a mistake.

    Oh, and all this animosity towards the McCanns going to Rome is ridiculous. They are devout Catholics, so to them the highest power is God, next in line is the Pope. If the McCanns had taken a private jet to France to meet with the head of Interpol we'd be singing a different tune altogether about their priorities. Yet they head to Rome to plead with the pope to ask God to save their child and suddenly they are selfish, media whoring bad parents who are using their situation to meet celebrities.

    Just because you may have the personal belief that God can't help them, doesn't mean they don't.


  • #687
    Jonesy3110
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭Jonesy3110


    http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1268228,00.html

    An interesting article about how the media coverage of this sad story is dying down. According to Sky News anyway.

    A friend of mine was talking about an interview she saw of a known peadophile (with his face blacked out) and when the question was asked "What can parents do to prevent their children being snatched?" He replied along the lines of - the only way to prevent a paedophile from taking your child is to chain yourself to the child.


  • #688
    Keith C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Keith C


    Does anyone think shes alive?? or does everyone think shes dead??

    Just wondering from reading all your differant opinions.


  • #689
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    Keith C wrote:
    Does anyone think shes alive?? or does everyone think shes dead??

    Just wondering from reading all your differant opinions.

    tbh i hope she is dead coz it is not worth imagining what she would have been put threw the last 3 weeks if she was alive

    also i believe as soon as the media blew it up so much she was dead straight away as she became "useless" to the kidnappers with such a public face


  • #690
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,840 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    Sigh. Examples of hatred for the parents please.

    Besides I wouldn't say I was on a crusade against anyone. I was simply pointing out the poor parenting.

    sigh -- what make you the expert in good parenting conduct -- particluarly on a family you don't know -- anyway a bit like the media coverage, i don't want to open old wounds, but maybe you should be carefull with your puritanical swipes at parents who made a mistake -- and admitted it -- and suffered dire consequences as a result of this mistake-- mistakes happen in life ... sigh


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  • #691
    Blondie86Star
    Closed Accounts Posts: 408 ✭✭Blondie86Star


    Keith C wrote:
    Does anyone think shes alive?? or does everyone think shes dead??

    Just wondering from reading all your differant opinions.


    I think shes dead,if they do find her id say it'd be months even years


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