Madeleine McCann info shown before Shrek, anyone else cross about this?

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I was. I have chosen NOT to tell my nearly 4yo about this. I haven't discussed it in detail with 9yo ds either I CHOOSE not to put the news on in our house. I really resent this being shoved at my children before a U cert movie. Completely inappropriate imo.

what? shorten lives?

Seriously - there is little to debate, and its not really being debated anyway, is it? Its just lots of shouting and the occasional slinging of mud

Come and have a 'debate' on the "good old fashioned smacking" thread..........

well I think it has seriously annoyed some people

some nice, reasonable people

therefore is worthy of a discussion - rather than feeding the smacking troll.

yes hun
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tbh I think the issue here is one of choice. Some people have chosen to become involved, have sent out emails, distributed posters, may even just choose to keep up with the news. But there are others who would choose not to be involved, who don't want to hear about it on the news any more, or read it in the papers, or to tell their children. But the problem is that for those who have chosen not to keep up to date with this case, the choice has been taken out of their hands, because even if you don't read the papers or watch the news, you can't escape from the posters, or the prayers at schools, or the yellow ribbons, and now the adverts being shown before the u-rated films.

parents shouldn't have to tell their children about this because if they don't then someone else will, they should still be able to shelter their children from this if they so choose.

"some nice reasonable people"?

LOL!

What is to discuss though? Its been said already - dont like or dont agree - complain, or, if you are planning to go - dont! Go buy the DVD when it comes out instead.

There. Problem solved. So, this troll.......

but what if oyu ahev been and waqnted to tlak abotu it

thast me!

well I put that in to differentiate them from me, obv.

off you go then vvvq

but vvv, if people weren't talking about it then those who haven't yet been wouldn't know that the advert was being shown. There are people on this thread who have now chosen not to go because of these ads. they wouldn't have known about the ads if they hadn't been discussed...

Utterly horrified at this - agree with Enid and all except MrR.
DS2 was very upset by all this when it happened and he was told about it at school.
I had to explain that this situation only arose because their parents were out in arestaurant carousing with mates leaving a toddler and two babies unattended in an apartment in a foreign country , and that the silly girl probably wandered out into the road looking for her parents. He went to the cinema on Sat to see Shrek 3 with friends, so don't know if this was shown. Would be incandescent if he was exposed to phrases such as 'snatched while sleeping'.
Of course we all feel sorry for the McCanns, but ruining the peace of mind of all other children because of their own recklessness and negligence will not help get their child back.

ABsolutely Wannabe. Job done.

Lets move on........

Because just how long can you go on and on and on about how it angered you? I mean really, what else is there to get out of it? This is just as bad as the all the 'OTT' news coverage, isnt it?

I think you are being a bit odd about this vvvq

i got a reply form teh ASA anyway

I'm very grateful this thead was started and hadn't seen this it until just now. It's given me the chance to make sure that if my children do go and see a film at the moment that I ring ahead and check this advert isn't shown. I've been really busy as in the middle of organising a house move atm, so hadn't seen this thread before now, so I'm really pleased it is still being posted on as it gives me a choice.

Well, you dont want Madeleine McCann in your face all the time, and neither do I.

I just cant get angry about it. I dont think that's odd. And I am finding this long drawn out discussion about it (hence MMC being in active convos all the time), well, long and overly drawn out.

what did they say cod?

chocolate teapot, yes will also be calling ahead as two main ones here are odeon and cineowrls.

Thank you for submitting your complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.
We have passed your complaint to our Complaints team.
A Complaints Executive will assess your complaint and will reply in full as soon as possible.
Please quote this reference number in any correspondence: 33908

but this thread is not about the McCanns or their daughter, is it? It's about our children and how we choose to look after them.

I've sent this thread to Odeon so you never know, it may act as a sort of petition.

Wish I could work out the UK distributors of Shrek so I could send the thread in that direction. I guess they'd find it pretty interesting.

lol, could they have used the word complaint any more times?

LOLOL

they do put missing people on milk cartons. there was a 17 yo that went missing local to us and her face was put on milk cartons.

thing is milk cartons and posters are different because it requires you to let your child pick it up and read it and that's only if they can read.

by showing it at the start of a film you have no choice but to let them hear it.

Did they not cover the Madeleine news story on Newsround?

See now the standard of english in the reply COD received IS on of the things I get very upset about. How much time would it have taken to re-read and rephrase it, do you think it is their standard response?

Sexist comment now, was it written by a man?