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.

I saw Shrek the Third today and no McCannery to be seen...

ahhhhhhhhhhh, just spotted that it seems to be an Odeon thing. We saw it at Vue

hatricks my middle dd2 would as well.

i am hoping small cinema isnt showing it.

I disagreed with everthing Mr ruffalo was saying until Enid said something like 'things like this makes her wish they'd find the girls body.'

WTF????

So you don't have to have cinema trips upset by it anymore?? and so your children won't ever have to run the risk of hearing about it it? Poor you.

I think it's inappropriate in cinemas, I haven't told my children.

But that comment appears crass and self centred beyond belief.

oh, and yes. I would be cross

My children, their safety, sanity and happiness come first with me. Above Madeleine and her parents.

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dead or not, I don't think they will ever find her. Tragic as it is.

[stabs self in eye for posting on a mm thread]

a lot of people feel that way (about finding a body).

I'm sure it reads crassly but it would be An End. At the moment, there's a good possibility that there will never be 'an end'.

Oh i dont want her to be dead

of course I want her found alive and well

but as that looks increasingly unlikely we all

Yes, quite Foxy.

Damn, this is all so sad.

sorry

we all need closure - even her parents

Enid is n't the only person who thinks it would be kinder if it all ended with something concrete, like a body that can be buried. Sooner or later the searching has to stop so that the grieving can begin.

I can't believe I am posting on this damn thread as well as the other one, I promised myself I wouldn't [grr]

ok, feeling better now, thanks.

btw, dd doesnt really know the circumstances at all. she knows it was abroad, but i'd never tell her she was taken from her bed, not in a million years!

I don't think that it's wrong to say that one hopes they would find the body. it doesn't mean that one hopes she is dead, but imo only the deluded still believe she isn't.

and as a parent, I would rather know that she was dead than never knowing.

Until she is found (in whatever state) then her parents, siblings, family and friends can't grieve for the loss. The thought of living in that terrible semi-hopeful limbo for the rest of my life is horrific. I'm sure I read an interview with Ben Needham's mum who said that she wouldn't wish the 'not knowing' limbo feeling on anyone.

Thankfully my 4yo DD has no idea wbout the Maddy thing, a good thing too as we are holidaying in the Algarve at the end of this month.

come on chaps, fill this out and ping it to the ASA now, let's put a stop to the madness

You know, I can see that it might be considered smug and self centred to react to the terrible and awful news of Madeleine McCann's abduction by covering my childrens ears and worrying about the effect on them more than the effect on any of the McCanns. I can. I am not heartless, insensitive or unfeeling and I feel horror at the whole thing (not suggesting it comes even close to that felt by those involved, of course). I'm sure most parents feel similarly horrified.

But I still think it's unfair to scare lots of small children and make them fear that they too could be abducted when all they're done is go to see a U rated film. I tihnk it's fair to think that any adverts shown won't be terrifying to small children.

agree totally WWW