A thread to discuss DEVELOPMENTS regarding Maddie McCann

[jampot]

We can discuss parenting styles in a few weeks

blackford, i questioned that further down the thread. it used to really upset denise bulger, apparently, the way a mawkish media misappropriated her son james' name and made him a 'jamie' to make him more vulnerable and young. i was told that the bbc have said she's madeleine, known as maddie but imo it's dreadfully over-familiar.

The papers will prefer Maddie because it's shorter. Better for headlines.

Agree conpletely with blackwoodhill A thread to discuss general child safety would have been enough

yes, that's true for a long name like madeleine. less so for jamie/james. what's our excuse, though?

Another one in agreement with Blackwood. I've seen the other thread and now this one and personally find it sickening .... everyone picking over every little snippet of so called information and criticising the parents.

I think MN should pull both these threads now. My thoughts are with the parents and their children and hope their daughter is found safe and well soon.

I requested the other thread be pulled but they said no

i'm not sure why they would need to be pulled, tbh.

Noddy.

No, I agree, I haven't seen anything offensive in this thread?

nor in the other one. we each find different things distasteful but there's been nothing outright offensive imo.

I think they are too specific to this little girl when the situation is so new.

FGS no one is picking over anything

Twig - have you seen the play 'Attempts On Her Life' - it is about this very thing - the way we now pore over Minutiae - we see the tear in Thatchers eye etc.

they really were, nutty. not much point denying that... whether it was questioning what they might have done in a similar childcare situation or the endless nothingy updates.

I don't see where the solution is censorship.

People are concerned and desperate for news, good news, why is that so wrong.

Honestly this site pisses me off so much lately.

but why not check on a NEWS website, then? why all the endless emoting on here?

Because it's a parenting board, PR.

And an emotive issue for parents.

And people come here to talk about that.

It's a public website.

well I must be a complete oddbod as I don't want to know ANYTHING AT ALL thank you very much

It upsets me, so I avoid it

what use to the family am I in my grief?

zero

I don't understand it tbh, all this hand wringing and analysis

Even the words 'discuss developments'sound wrong Sorry

well said expat

i should say that i am hopeful that the wee girl gets back to her parents too. i'm checking the bbc website, so i'm not immune to the concern. but there's a thing here that people want to be seen to be concerned, iykwim?

If you find this offensive, go and read BBC's 'Have Your Say'.

I'll show you offensive.

I agree, NM.

The level of nipiness is dead annoying.

If there was news it would be posted - we can do nothing else but wait and pray - what more is there to discuss? We (well I) don't want to see the tears, the anguish - why do I need to - that should be private.

We do not need to make this our drama - it is not. We can empathise

So what if they do want to seem concerned, PR?

Is that a crime? Why do you find that so offensive?

And how do you know whether or not they are truly concerned, or wanting to appear so?