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AIBU?

To not want to read the graphic details of James Bulger's abduction in a chain email?

122 replies

Bectheneck · 05/12/2007 11:10

And not only have it sent to me by my, usually sensible, sister but to have to listen to it being read out on air by some numpty local DJ this morning just because he'd received it via Facebook and today's 'Time Tunnel' year (music played from a particular year) was 1993 (the year the abduction happened). He gave no warning of the details it contained and how horrific they are.

Has anyone else received it? I don't have a copy any more as I deleted it straight away but it basically recaps on the James Bulger case but goes into graphic detail of what his abductors did to him. It then goes on to say that they are due to be released, given new identities and a new life in Australia and we should add our names and forward it on to people. At some point it said it will be sent as a petition to, I can't remember exactly, but presumably to keep them in prison for ever.

It's a chain email and I found it so distasteful to post such horrific details about the poor little lads last hours. There surely must be more appropriate ways to get the point across? Am I being unreasonable? Most people already know that he was taken, tortured and left on a railway line. Isn't that horrific enough? It just seemed so pointless and it's something I can't get out of my head now I've read it.

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NomDePlume · 05/12/2007 20:01

I had it at work ! Utter vile, poisonous tosh. Went straight into my deleted items.

lilacclaire · 05/12/2007 20:01

Haven't read all the posts, I got this email sent to me at work by a colleague a couple of years ago, I was in tears at my desk and deleted it straight away, I still think about it now and it still makes me so emotional.
I wish she had never sent it, not helped by the fact that at least one of the 'offenders' is in my county

pantoinghousewife · 05/12/2007 20:01

I got this too, I just deleted it, I didn't read past the first three lines. It is sadly inevitable that this kind of thing will turn up on facebook and emails, sadly.

NomDePlume · 05/12/2007 20:10

lila - one of who ? One of the boys ? Be careful what you post.

Those boys/men have been well hidden, I would think there are only a handful of people who truly know who they are and where they are now. Just because a rumour has been started, or just because a bloke you've seen looks a bit like the boys did at 10 does not mean that the bloke is one of the boys. Vigilante-ism is not the way forward (I realise that you were not endorsing that behaviour btw).

Just think about those poor innocent women who were hounded, assaulted and victimised because people thought they were Maxine Carr.

lilacclaire · 05/12/2007 20:14

I know nondeplume, i shouldnt have said anything.

Peshanearth · 05/12/2007 20:44

I am friends with a heather on facebook who I know from mn and she has this post on her funwall but she also has the 'AAA BBB CCC etc' post from me which I did not forward to her. I think geekymummy is right and sometimes the apps automatically forward these things so its not necessarily the alleged sender being insensitive.

And if it is the same heather she's lovely

I had the post about amy bruce and googled it and the foundation allegedly sponsoring the email said it was av fake and asked people to let whoever sent it to them know and link to their site so they could see ways of genuinely helping if they wanted which I did.

I had another one promising me that if i forwarded it to 5 people within 3 minutes FUCK ALL would happen and it did! So they're not all crap!

georgiemama · 05/12/2007 21:04

I received this from a good friend, haven't said anything to her but just deleted it. She obviously hasn't noticed that amongst my groups is the "I don't care if I die at 12am I refuse to pass on your chain letter" group.

As soon as I read it I thought "what purpose is this serving" and "weren't they released yonks ago?" - glad to see there are so many like minded MNers.

geekymummy · 05/12/2007 21:28

georgiemama - I'm in that group as well as "Okay, What's The Deal With The Funwall Porn?"

I've now BLOCKED funwall and superwall

joyfulspike · 05/12/2007 22:05

O God its STILL going?? Why do people send it on? OVer the years various people have sent it to me for me to delete. Since having ds though I've had nightmares about the content of the email. I wish we could delete it permanently.

TenLordsaLapin · 07/12/2007 20:36

I just realised I was sent this as well. I'm deleting my SuperWall.

FWIW, I know far more than I'd ever wish to know about this case as I knew a police officer who was involved with it. He drunkenly told me some of the details many years ago (he was very drunk, and hysterically crying ) - it's the sort of thing you wish you could wipe from your memory.

RIP Jamie x

mintchips · 07/12/2007 21:00

I was sent this by 2 seperate people on Facebook, I found it yesterday whilst I was on the phone to my sister and just burst into tears and haven't been able to stop thinking about what happened to that poor little boy.

I only realised today that it was on my Superwall- deleted it immediately

mimi03 · 08/12/2007 11:14

i have recieved this via email and facebook and it pisses me off.............we all kno what bloody happened and i dont need the graphic details emailed to me over and over.

phoebebouffet · 08/12/2007 22:09

No YANBU at all, I've just recv'd this email and am also very upset about it,no need, especially if it's out of date. V.

jinglebells2shoessmells · 08/12/2007 23:17

i am feeling a bit pissed of. as I have just got this again on fb from a mnetter who i thought was nice. have messaged her. but bumping this in the hope that people will stop doing it.

TripleyXmasTippleTigger · 09/12/2007 15:20

I have to say for those who know me I am a 'nice' person and would never ever do something that I think would cause anyone to think other wise.

I have passed on this e-mail,very nievely,not thinking of the consequences.

I would just like everyone to know that when I realised exactly what I had done I sent a full apology to everyone who I had forwarded it to.

The Jamie .B. case is one that is very,very close to my heart and something that I feel very passionate about,for reasons I will not bore you with.
Stupidly, I sent on that e-mail in good faith hoping to raise support for what I believed to be a worthwhile cause.

I understand now,that it was wrong and I am extremely sorry for any distress I might have caused anyone who had recieved it from me,but at the time I thought I was doing the right thing and felt strongly that I couldn't just ignore it.

I hope that those who do know me realise that it was an awful,awful mistake that I truly regret and I hope those who don't know me won't judge me and the others who have forwarded this e-mail too harshly.

I am very sorry.x.

TripleyXmasTippleTigger · 09/12/2007 15:32

And can I just add,that I did not realise that it was a chain letter, I did honestly believe because of the signatures that were there it was infact a petition. Not an excuse but I don't want you all to think that I pass on chain mail normally.

TenLordsaLapin · 09/12/2007 15:33

Well said, Tripley

jinglebells2shoessmells · 09/12/2007 15:43

tripley you are lovely and i thought you must have done it by mistake..........will still dedicate awful songs to you and throw food at you thogh

TripleyXmasTippleTigger · 09/12/2007 16:15

Thanks guys

bossybritches · 09/12/2007 16:51

Bloody FB!! More troouble than it's worth I can't help feeling!

tartanandtired · 09/12/2007 17:06

I could have written SweetKitty's post a couple of pages back. Got this last Monday morning from a friend, obv had heard of the case but was still in high school so didn't know (or really want to know) the full graphic details.

Read the email and even though I was thinking "hang on, I thought this happened a few years ago" I still started crying. And I'm not a crying person (esp not in work!).

Awful, awful, awful.

MrsCellophaneWrappedGift · 09/12/2007 17:08

Now I know why I've never wanted anything to do with Facebook

maximummummy · 09/12/2007 22:46

have just seen this on facebook myself and it has made me feel sick and really upset - my ds was three yesterday and is a very trusting little boy , obviously i know this was a few years back and this kind of incident is extremely rare , but it just makes you have horrendous visions of your own child being taken.
My heart goes out to the poor mother of James and i wish people would just leave this alone - why on earth would anyone feel the need to go into the details in a chain letter

mimi03 · 10/12/2007 14:29

you ladies got me thinking on this one and i have sent out a (shitty)message to all my facebook contacts asking them to delete the msg, also pointing out how crude and totally out of date it is.......i cant believe its on so many peoples fb wall. hope it gets people thinking.

Zazette · 10/12/2007 15:38

Tripleyetc, in what way did you think you were 'doing the right thing'? What good did you think forwarding a petition that's several years out of date would do? What's the 'worthwhile cause' you were trying to raise support for? It's good that you've apologised, but I can't say your excuses make much sense to me.

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