Re: Public emotion : Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:42 pm  

Dead Man Walking wrote:

If they hadn't left their daughter alone in a room whilst they were out then they'd not be going through what they are going through. Child neglect pure and simple.

So because of this they should now give up?

Re: Public emotion : Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:33 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Really?

You have evidence for that?

I wonder if Phil the Greek was ever questioned over Madeleines disappearance?

After all, he did have previous.

Re: Public emotion : Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:37 pm  

Gandy wrote:

Happens all over the world to other parents but you don't hear a thing for it. Suppose when you have money to back up a massive campaign like the McCanns and Lawrence family did when Claudia disappeared you can have the story running for years though and even make yourself a "celebrity" out of it too!

WOW!!!

Re: Public emotion : Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:04 pm  

Mintball wrote:

I know we've been through this one many, many times before – but it was entirely standard practice not that many years ago, before our current culture of paranoia took hold. And it was not "neglect".

Heath and safety legislation brought in the mindset.

Re: Public emotion : Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:19 pm  

Dally wrote:

Heath and safety legislation brought in the mindset.

Even by your standards, linking parental paranoia about child abuse and abduction to health and safety is going some.

Re: Public emotion : Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:06 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Even by your standards, linking parental paranoia about child abuse and abduction to health and safety is going some.

Parental paranoia comes from a "its not safe" mindset. Where does that come from?

When we were on holiday in Turkey a few years ago we went of a chaotic "Jeep safari". At first I could see all the dangers (due to sub-conscious health and safety nannying). It took a few minutes to say "f**k it", let's take a chance and have a laugh! It was like going back 40+ years when you could do as you pleased. Utterly liberating.

Re: Public emotion : Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:20 pm  

Dally wrote:

Parental paranoia comes from a "its not safe" mindset. Where does that come from?...

From many directions ... one of which would be the very same redtop newspapers that talk about Health and Safety as some kind of a joke or onerous imposition from the EU.

Dally wrote:

When we were on holiday in Turkey a few years ago we went of a chaotic "Jeep safari". At first I could see all the dangers (due to sub-conscious health and safety nannying). It took a few minutes to say "f**k it", let's take a chance and have a laugh! It was like going back 40+ years when you could do as you pleased. Utterly liberating.

Now you're describing yourself not society in general.
For example, were you the only people on the Jeep Safari? And were the others suffering from your Health and Safety mindset ? .... doesn't sound like it.

Re: Public emotion : Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:53 am  

Thought's on the £500,000+ raised in just over 24 hours in memory of Claire Squires? Whilst it is a fantastic amount for the Samaritan's and the circumstances are indeed tragic, the cynic in me can't help feeling that the amount raised was more to do with the fact that she was young and attractive. Would the death of a "plain Jane, middle aged woman/man" have raised anywhere near as much?

Re: Public emotion : Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:19 am  

I 'joked' at work today that i bet all the charities hope their runner dies next year...lead balloon that was.

Re: Public emotion : Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:44 am  

El Barbudo wrote:

From many directions ... one of which would be the very same redtop newspapers that talk about Health and Safety as some kind of a joke or onerous imposition from the EU...

Indeed.