Anyone else feel Madeline Mccann story overplayed?

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Tragic for her family and others who loved her.
I would never blame her parents for efforts they made to keep this in public mind.
The story obviously touched a lot of hearts.
But does it deserve so MUCH attention? In playgroups, schools, cinema, supermarket and street-corner notices a thousand miles away from where she disappeared?

Not trying to get on Sky news, nor am I a heartless b*tch. But I do get upset that so much attention and energy has been devoted to this topic when much worse and more important things are happening in the world.

Even among us parents, surely we should put this in more proportion?

Am I the only one thank thinks like that?

kewcumber...you're right about sarah payne, but sadly she had fallen out with her brother and went off on her own...we know the rest...

Just wondering if anyone who has posted here has had any personal experience of child abduction - and the aftermath. Sadly I have some. I cannot believe that people with no link to the situation feel they can post such judgemental comments about the whole thing. No-one but the kidnapper has any idea what has happened. It is horrific. I don't usually post "strongly", but I feel there is no place for blame-attributing speculation in a situation like this. Particularly regarding her parents. Let's just pray that the wee girl is alive, well and comes home some day.

this is a journo

flack surely?

'Kidnapper" is speculation in itself

I'm nothing to do with the media, just a mum.

I don't pray but if I did I wouldn't pray for this girl.
Of course I don't mean ill to the family but there re far more important cases of child abduction and abuse that don't even get a sliver of the coverage this story has,

What is the point in saying that, apart than just to be nasty?

that's a very odd thing to say.
If I did pray I would pray for this girl because she has not been found yet. How much coverage she's got is irrelevant because she's still missing.

Why is Katsh being accused of being a journo?

Sorry that you've had first had experience of this. And fwiw, the McCanns themselves have admitted that they are not experts in the publicity game, they have just stumbled on trying to find their daughter, using any means possible. Of course it could have been done better, of course they have done things wrong, but then they're not PR people, they are parents trying to get their daughter back. Levelling criticism at them is like kicking someone when they are already down - what purpose does it serve?

Likewise this thread I believe, has no purpose now. It has been debated, both points of view put forward, no agreements reached, so perhaps the best we can hope for is an uneasy truce.

omg,that is so nasty why wouldn't you pray for her as well as the 'far more important cases'

why is one case of child abuse/abduction more important than another?

weird

Of course there is specualtion. It is as natural to wonder what has happened to the girl as to feel sad that she is missing.

I do think there are some anomolies in the situation, some things that have happened that dont seem quite right.

But I never said that i think the parents are to blame? In fact, i have said in the past that i do NOT think they should be charged with neglect, as was actually PETITIONED for. Horrific thing to do, IMO. surely, they are suffering enough.

BUT - there are parts of the story which seem very unusual. I was simply asking everyones opinions on these facts.

TBH, if my son was stolen (god forbid) then I would WANT people to discuss it as much as possible.

I am not being judgemental, I was posing a question, which is the point of a forum.

I pray to god that madeleine, and every other missing child, is safe.

Unfortunately, as we are all too aware, the safest place is not necessarily on this earth.

again this hysteria
Why the f does this matter so much to you!?
I could list a pile of links far more upsetting.

I didn't mean I don't care . I just don't see why people care so much about this one case.

"I don't pray but if I did I wouldn't pray for this girl. "

What a very odd thing to say.

Hoping it just cam eout wrong, and you were just stating the old 'why does this case get more publicity' argument.

And were equating prayer and publicity

FFFFFS

Yes I meant if I did I wouldn't pray JUST for this girl.

I like how you jump on me as some kind of child hater over a slight misinterpretation.
Very cool.

"I don't pray but if I did I wouldn't pray for this girl."

It matters because we do know about this case. It is unrealistic to expect us to know about every other child that has ever gone missing, but we do know about this one. And because some of us, in the circumstances, feel as though it could easily have been one of our children. We feel empathy with them.

It's an unusual case, she was taken from her bedroom window whilst asleep, whilst on holiday in a "safe" resort, there has been no conclusion, no clue as to what has happened for her, so we empathise with the parents agony. Because we see something of ourselves perhaps in the McCanns.

Why would it be so wrong to feel sad and concerned about this case? Why does that upset you so much Primark? And don't say it doesn't, it obviously does or else you wouldn't bother posting.

That isn't what you said.

So I said I hoped it had come out wrong.

And it had.

Good.

Really can't be arsed to read the whole thread. Just sick of seeing these titles. If you think it's being overplayed why start a thread about it to discuss it in yet more detail. What does it acheive other than adding to the 'overpalying'???

And I just have to comment on the OP itself, you say "I would never blame her parents for efforts they made to keep this in public mind. " - but you think it's being overplayed anyway, errrr

and "surely we should put this in more proportion?" well how exactly, it doesn't get much worse than this as a parent does it, your child missing, what's worse than that?

I haven't commented on a single Madeline thread but am so bored of people starting threads moaning about the amount of Madeline coverage etc.

So stop bloody discussing it if you don't want it discussed. It's not rocket science fgs!

I didn't jump on you Primark. I just said it was very odd what you typed.
Maybe you should preview first just in case you are typing something you don't mean.

Well put Thomcat!

I said a while ago how it was bizarre that those who said it was overplayed are those who then started speculating about the parents knowing more.

Well I trust the majority of people won't just jump up and be overly dramatic, whatever i post.

But clearly I shouldn't.

but I suppose that depends on how one feels about prayer. Isn't it, in a way, the same as saying "I wouldn't spread a madeleine email or take a poster of her on holiday"? because I wouldn't. I don't feel it would achieve anything, but is saying you wouldn't spread the madeleine emails just as nasty? I don't think so.

Most people just commented that it was an odd thing to say. It was in fact more than odd, but I think the response was pretty measured, considering.

I suppose it does Wannabe. So if you're not the praying sort, then probably better to use a different analogy.

Less chance of being misinterpreted.

she missed out the "just", it happens.

But I thought her rant about why people care more odd tbh.