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Originally Posted by garinda
Perhaps you might feel differently if it was a relative, or a child you knew, that was missing, or had been abused and killed.
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There's no debate as to whether or not the McCann saga is tragic. My opinion on this issue has nothing to do with my lack of relation to the girl either. I just find it pretty silly that people are getting het up about this story.
The only reason it became a news item anyway is because of the holy grail in British media - political sleaze. Blazey, AndrewB and myself have known of people who have acted in the same way at university bad taste events and none of those people - nor the hundreds of others that have done it - have made the papers.
My only other point is that the lad in question is not sick. He was dressed as Maddy among people dressed as Bin Laden (an educated guess) and Baby P (fact). "That doesn't make it right", I hear you bellow! Well no, it doesn't, and I'm not trying to say that it does. It shows how there is only idiocy in this mans actions and a fungus of low-brow humour in acceptance around those parts.
The lad didn't conjure this plan under a swaying light bulb in a derelict room. He didn't present himself dressed as Maddy to her family. There was clearly no malice, nor was he making light of her abduction.
This type of event aims to shock and he was merely an idiotic participant who got drastically unlucky.