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Originally Posted by joglynne
If it was my child I can't imagine anything that I would not do to make sure that the search for my child carried on in as a high profile as possible.
Would you stop the search because 'other' people were getting bored of reading about your child being missing.?
Would you say "oh it's all right, don't bother publicising my child being missing any more I'll take a low profile from now on because there are other children who have gone missing and they are more important than my child"?
I truly believe that no matter what these parents are guilty of they have every right to keep the search for their child as high profile as they possible can for as long as they can. If other missing children are not receiving as much publicity then it is the media's fault not Maddies parents.
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You're quite right too. But it doesn't stop people from getting annoyed by their constant media attention, next they'll be opening supermarkets in her plight. (I know that's extreme and it won't happen but it's not far from the way people actually think).
Of course if it was my child, oh that's so easy to say isn't it, do this couple deserve their child to be abducted because of their own neglect? No, of course not. But just because people don't want to get soaked up in it all doesn't mean they are heartless either. If it was your child, maybe you wouldn't have the same attention as this couple, maybe you just don't fit the 'model' parent, maybe your girl ain't as pretty, maybe you neglect your kids and you might get vilified for it instead of. Who knows, a lot of what ifs.
All I've said was they chose to take the media up to extremes, of course there are people that will take comfort in it, but there's only so much people can take before they lose interest.
I for one do hope she's safe and returns, maybe I should say returns then her parents arrested for neglect. But I am also allowed not to want to follow the media. I hope she's safe, found, and well, that's all I can say and all that there is. Praying, lighting a candle, seeing Mr Beckham, crying ain't going to help matters and it's certainly not on top of my priority list. I don't care enough to let it upset me. What's one girl out of X amount who have / has it far worse.