Angry mothers over Madeleine advert - are they right to be angry or not?

[blazey]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Oh Lilly how absolutely awful that people could be thinking things like that. It must be terrible enough for the poor parents as it is. I know people have said she should never have been left alone but someone speaking from that particular complex who works/worked there said it was quite common for people to do that and to be told it would be OK.

I think it depends on the age and maturity level of the child whether their parents will have told them much about Madeleine's disappearance. A lot of small children don't watch the news so could be quite oblivious to it. Just the idea of scaring them that someone could come in and take them from the safety of their own bed, if that point had been stated, would bother me.

I remember when the Pope died there were several irate people on here objecting to his funeral being shown on TV with an open coffin as their children had had to be subjected to the image of a dead person and they didn't want their children to see dead people.

I suppose if the cinema had given a prior warning then parents who hadn't wanted their children to see the ad could have remained outside whilst it was on and then gone in to see the film.

I thought a friend of the family said she was the last to see the little girl, not gerry?

I haven't read any of the websites on it as an over publicised story tends to grow boring very fast when its the talk of every website. As I've said before, I just think the family are focusing too much on attention on themselves rather than the job at hand.

Discussing their breakfast for the day in the blog of them finding her isn't actually relevant you see and the section of their website thats meant to discuss madeleine just says age, height, the eye characteristic, then goes on to describe her family in much more detail and their jobs and hobbies etc. Just seems weird.

Whatever the situation, the little girl is missing but seeing her face on the big screen in the cinema is a bit OTT in my opinion, especially for a U rated film.

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by blazey

I thought a friend of the family said she was the last to see the little girl, not gerry

The parents have said that Gerry was the last person to see her.They were taking it in turns to check on the children and when it was the mother's turn on the next check,Madeleine had gone.I think you are thinking of the family friend who said she saw a man carrying a bundle,which could have been a sleeping child,down the street around the time that Madeleine was thought to have been taken.It is unknown whether the bundle was Madeleine,or even if it was a child.

[blazey]

Originally Posted by Lilly

The parents have said that Gerry was the last person to see her.They were taking it in turns to check on the children and when it was the mother's turn on the next check,Madeleine had gone.I think you are thinking of the family friend who said she saw a man carrying a bundle,which could have been a sleeping child,down the street around the time that Madeleine was thought to have been taken.It is unknown whether the bundle was Madeleine,or even if it was a child.

AH ok, obviously people have been following the story with more interest than me, as I get the details jumbled up, plus with my poor short term memory, im not much use at recalling something unless i've found reason to apply it to something else.

I dont even think my 8yr old sister knows about what happened to that little girl. Dont think she's mentioned it to me anyway.