Some people have no shame ...
05 June 2007, 01:25 PM
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Some people have no shame ...
05 June 2007, 01:28 PM
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AFAIK the parents haven't registered a charity for fund raising and as such is it not illegal to be knocking door to door even if you are collecting for them?
05 June 2007, 01:32 PM
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Have to say, they don't look (to me) like parents who are anxious to get there daughter back.
To me it looks like they're enjoying the media coverage and the Holiday in the Sun too much.
05 June 2007, 01:53 PM
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Have to say, they don't look (to me) like parents who are anxious to get there daughter back.
To me it looks like they're enjoying the media coverage and the Holiday in the Sun too much.
To me it looks like they're enjoying the media coverage and the Holiday in the Sun too much.
I've spoken out against the way this has been treated and raised some questions about the parents behaviour recently .......but that's well below the belt IMHO
05 June 2007, 01:57 PM
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stilover, don't jump on bandwagons, you're reading too much of the wrong papers. You're so way off i don't think you can comprehend the issues here.
Watch the parents on Crimewatch tonight - maybe you can text in and ask them how their tans are coming along
Watch the parents on Crimewatch tonight - maybe you can text in and ask them how their tans are coming along
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05 June 2007, 02:08 PM
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At all levels of society.
How many 'celebs' and politicians have jumped aborad the 'little maddie' bandwagon already to try to advance themselves and their ailing careers? They set the moral benchmark then the monkey sees monkey does types follow on...
How many 'celebs' and politicians have jumped aborad the 'little maddie' bandwagon already to try to advance themselves and their ailing careers? They set the moral benchmark then the monkey sees monkey does types follow on...
05 June 2007, 02:24 PM
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TBH I did say in my original post that it seems that way to me.
They have said that they are going to stay there until their daughter is returned. They may never find her, and my opinion is, unfortunately, I think she's dead. I hope not.
They can't keep their remaining children away from England forever. They have to go to school. How are they going to survive once the goodwill of donations run out?
Many children go missing every year. Why should these parents not get a fighting fund to spend time away from home visiting other countries or flying off to get a prayer from the Pope?
Other posts have mentioned that people are running out of sympathy for them. Yes, I'm one of them.
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Fair enough - like many people you can't keep being interested in a story that doesn't affect you in any way, that's human nature.
But it's for that VERY reason that they're trying to do whatever it takes to keep the story in the headlines, or else you me and eveyone else would have forgotten about it by now. As i've said before, it's SO easy to be cynical and see it as some publicity machine. You're not in their position, you can't possibly imagine what they're going through, self-inflicted though it might have been. I'll tell you what, if you put £1 billion pounds on the table OR the ability to get their daughter back, i'm 100% certain they'd take their daughter, not the money. Which sort of makes these claims of fame hunting pretty meaningless, in my opinion.
But it's for that VERY reason that they're trying to do whatever it takes to keep the story in the headlines, or else you me and eveyone else would have forgotten about it by now. As i've said before, it's SO easy to be cynical and see it as some publicity machine. You're not in their position, you can't possibly imagine what they're going through, self-inflicted though it might have been. I'll tell you what, if you put £1 billion pounds on the table OR the ability to get their daughter back, i'm 100% certain they'd take their daughter, not the money. Which sort of makes these claims of fame hunting pretty meaningless, in my opinion.
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Fair enough - like many people you can't keep being interested in a story that doesn't affect you in any way, that's human nature.
But it's for that VERY reason that they're trying to do whatever it takes to keep the story in the headlines, or else you me and eveyone else would have forgotten about it by now. As i've said before, it's SO easy to be cynical and see it as some publicity machine. You're not in their position, you can't possibly imagine what they're going through, self-inflicted though it might have been. I'll tell you what, if you put £1 billion pounds on the table OR the ability to get their daughter back, i'm 100% certain they'd take their daughter, not the money. Which sort of makes these claims of fame hunting pretty meaningless, in my opinion.
But it's for that VERY reason that they're trying to do whatever it takes to keep the story in the headlines, or else you me and eveyone else would have forgotten about it by now. As i've said before, it's SO easy to be cynical and see it as some publicity machine. You're not in their position, you can't possibly imagine what they're going through, self-inflicted though it might have been. I'll tell you what, if you put £1 billion pounds on the table OR the ability to get their daughter back, i'm 100% certain they'd take their daughter, not the money. Which sort of makes these claims of fame hunting pretty meaningless, in my opinion.
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I think it is unfair to start accusing the parents of using the occasion to make money for themselves. There is no evidence of that. Their fault of irresponsible behaviour in the first place yes, but not that.
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