LS Media - Published On: Mon, Jul 2nd, No, I shan’t look for Maddie in Tallinn.

http://liverpoolstudentmedia.com/2012/07/no-i-shant-look-for-maddie-in-tallinn/#

I am ashamed of this country at times. This condition once again flared up on my arrival at John Lennon Airport, as plastered quite liberally throughout the airport were posters of Madeleine McCann, both her 3 year old self and her ‘photo fit’ supposed 7 year old self. It feels like a ridiculously brazen act on their part, not to belittle the loss of a child, which I imagine is the worst thing that can happen to a parent, far beyond my comprehension. Yet my sympathy is somewhat diminished in light of the self inflicted nature of the incidence; leaving your child unattended in an unlocked room is equally incomprehensible to myself.

While the media attention has undoubtedly diminished, it’s clear that the McCann PR machine continues to run strong if only in light of Maddie’s appearance at the airport. Not only did the soulless computer-generated eyes of her hypothetical self linger across the majority of the advertising space made available at the airport, but her mother’s book recounting the incidence takes centre stage at the various WHSmiths on offer. The whole affair feels like a massive post-modern joke; an unreleased sketch from Monkey Dust, where as a society we have managed accept that there be only one lost child worth our attention (or lack of, depending on your perspective), a Schrödinger’s cat of a celebrity. In the wake of the initial hype, I expected a lesser media copy to appear, a Deep Impact to McCann’s Armageddon, to which I could overhear in the streets “Aaw it’s like that Maddie thing all over again!” as if the benchmark was set in child abductions. While condescending it would still have heightened awareness, this didn’t happen, nothing happened, the continuing stream of abductions and missing children remained unreported and uncared about to society.

That’s really where my disdain lies, that this family have profited from the tragedy to such a large extent, continuing to do so 5 years on. I understand that parents will do all in their power to protect (in this case return) their children. Sadly Madeline was not the only child to be abducted that year or any subsequent year since. Where have their 5 year campaigns been? Where have their 5 years of support from respective governments been? Their book deals? Or is this level of support limited solely for the well-to-do and media-savvy families? Yes it would seem so, as they’re the first to do so and as a nation we can’t deal with too much tragedy, so we’ll allow one through and then fixate. This trend was once again highlighted with Jimmy Carr’s tax scandal. While certainly not the only one to do it and definitely not the largest offender, it’s easier to pinpoint him “coz e’s from the TV” ahead of say, major Tory contributor George Robinson, embroiled in the same scheme. We’re still waiting for Cameron’s moral condemnation of Mr Robinson.

So no, despite your last minute reminders, I shan’t be looking for Maddie in Estonia. Not till the Maddie stops being a commodity sold at the expense of others looking.
About the Author

Spencer Montagu - Spencer is a 2nd year Philosophy student from Paris, who has called Liverpool home for most of his life.

wow!!!!!!!!!

I hope the poor man is ready for the abuse he'll get now the pros will have seen it....

margaret wrote:I hope the poor man is ready for the abuse he'll get now the pros will have seen it....

they will need dpuble their meds today especally the blue forum/asylum!!!!

Wow - he`s spot on.

Like this bit - "as a society we have managed accept that there be only one lost child worth our attention (or lack of, depending on your perspective), " .............. or been made to accept !

What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

I thin it's a bit more complicated than that, snowflake. I wouldn't look for Madeleine either when I went abroad because who would I look for? The most publicised photo is that of Madeleine at age 3. Not much use. And there are several versions of what she might look like now, which are so generic, they could be any of three children who live in my road.

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

Instead of directing your disapproval at this young man, why don't direct your disapproval at the McCanns? I've never seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns cruel behaviour towards their 3 children. Nor have I seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns using Madeleine as a cash cow and along with their family, using money that was donated from hard working people, children who sent their pocket money to the fund and people who were on a pittance of a pension. These people are the salt of the earth, they wanted Madeleine to be found. Unlike Kate and Gerry McCann, who didn't want to look for Madeleine themselves, they wanted the salt of the earth to look for Madeleine and pay them for the privilage, by buying shoddy goods from their website.

All I have ever seen you do, is make excuses for the McCanns and make subtle sarcastic posts. You so remind me of another poster who has recently popped up on here and lo and behold makes the same kind of comments as yourself.

I've got no problem with anyone having a different opinion to mine, but I do have a problem with posters like yourself, who make the kind of comments that you make. Especially the comment you have made about this young man.

The sooner the gruesome twosome are brought to task the better. Judging by your posts you will think the opposite to me.

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

I hope every time you set foot outside your house you look for the all the abducted children in this world otherwise you're just a hypocrite.

AnnaEsse wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

I thin it's a bit more complicated than that, snowflake. I wouldn't look for Madeleine either when I went abroad because who would I look for? The most publicised photo is that of Madeleine at age 3. Not much use. And there are several versions of what she might look like now, which are so generic, they could be any of three children who live in my road.

nor would i

kathybelle wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

Instead of directing your disapproval at this young man, why don't direct your disapproval at the McCanns? I've never seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns cruel behaviour towards their 3 children. Nor have I seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns using Madeleine as a cash cow and along with their family, using money that was donated from hard working people, children who sent their pocket money to the fund and people who were on a pittance of a pension. These people are the salt of the earth, they wanted Madeleine to be found. Unlike Kate and Gerry McCann, who didn't want to look for Madeleine themselves, they wanted the salt of the earth to look for Madeleine and pay them for the privilage, by buying shoddy goods from their website.

All I have ever seen you do, is make excuses for the McCanns and make subtle sarcastic posts. You so remind me of another poster who has recently popped up on here and lo and behold makes the same kind of comments as yourself.

I've got no problem with anyone having a different opinion to mine, but I do have a problem with posters like yourself, who make the kind of comments that you make. Especially the comment you have made about this young man.

The sooner the gruesome twosome are brought to task the better. Judging by your posts you will think the opposite to me.

agree with what you say kath and lets face it we are here for maddie not the mcanns so why does snowflake defend the mcanns when she/it knows we dont approve of what they did ??

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

Dont be ridiculous.

Lioned wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

Dont be ridiculous.

agree isnt it funny how anybody who speaks out agains tthe mcanns pros attack them?? they even do it to eddie and keela!!!

AnnaEsse wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

I thin it's a bit more complicated than that, snowflake. I wouldn't look for Madeleine either when I went abroad because who would I look for? The most publicised photo is that of Madeleine at age 3. Not much use. And there are several versions of what she might look like now, which are so generic, they could be any of three children who live in my road.

Hello,
Those are not his reasons for not looking.
He believes Madeleine was abducted but won't look for her because of her parents
Sory thats sad.

Claudia79 wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

I hope every time you set foot outside your house you look for the all the abducted children in this world otherwise you're just a hypocrite.

I wouldn't deliberately not look which is what this young man seems to be doing.

kathybelle wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

Instead of directing your disapproval at this young man, why don't direct your disapproval at the McCanns? I've never seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns cruel behaviour towards their 3 children. Nor have I seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns using Madeleine as a cash cow and along with their family, using money that was donated from hard working people, children who sent their pocket money to the fund and people who were on a pittance of a pension. These people are the salt of the earth, they wanted Madeleine to be found. Unlike Kate and Gerry McCann, who didn't want to look for Madeleine themselves, they wanted the salt of the earth to look for Madeleine and pay them for the privilage, by buying shoddy goods from their website.

All I have ever seen you do, is make excuses for the McCanns and make subtle sarcastic posts. You so remind me of another poster who has recently popped up on here and lo and behold makes the same kind of comments as yourself.

I've got no problem with anyone having a different opinion to mine, but I do have a problem with posters like yourself, who make the kind of comments that you make. Especially the comment you have made about this young man.

The sooner the gruesome twosome are brought to task the better. Judging by your posts you will think the opposite to me.

I do.

Justiceforallkids wrote:

kathybelle wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

Instead of directing your disapproval at this young man, why don't direct your disapproval at the McCanns? I've never seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns cruel behaviour towards their 3 children. Nor have I seen one criticism from you regarding the McCanns using Madeleine as a cash cow and along with their family, using money that was donated from hard working people, children who sent their pocket money to the fund and people who were on a pittance of a pension. These people are the salt of the earth, they wanted Madeleine to be found. Unlike Kate and Gerry McCann, who didn't want to look for Madeleine themselves, they wanted the salt of the earth to look for Madeleine and pay them for the privilage, by buying shoddy goods from their website.

All I have ever seen you do, is make excuses for the McCanns and make subtle sarcastic posts. You so remind me of another poster who has recently popped up on here and lo and behold makes the same kind of comments as yourself.

I've got no problem with anyone having a different opinion to mine, but I do have a problem with posters like yourself, who make the kind of comments that you make. Especially the comment you have made about this young man.

The sooner the gruesome twosome are brought to task the better. Judging by your posts you will think the opposite to me.

agree with what you say kath and lets face it we are here for maddie not the mcanns so why does snowflake defend the mcanns when she/it knows we dont approve of what they did ??

SHE definately she.
No meds required

snowflake wrote:

AnnaEsse wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

I thin it's a bit more complicated than that, snowflake. I wouldn't look for Madeleine either when I went abroad because who would I look for? The most publicised photo is that of Madeleine at age 3. Not much use. And there are several versions of what she might look like now, which are so generic, they could be any of three children who live in my road.

Hello,
Those are not his reasons for not looking.
He believes Madeleine was abducted but won't look for her because of her parents
Sory thats sad.

Hi Snowflake, as always you appear with a
bang, but this is bang out of order!
How do you expect young people to look for
Madeleine when her own parents failed on
that score? Furthermore, did you agree with
last years campaign by TM to encourage
students and youngsters to search in strange
and foreign lands? Can you not see the danger
in this? Can you not see the futility in it?

Hello

"Look out for"not search.
am not getting into the ridiculous discussion of her parents never searching
five years on...............opinios will never change.

snowflake wrote:

Claudia79 wrote:

snowflake wrote:What a sad young man.
He won't look for a child he believes was abducted because he disaproves of her parents actions.

I hope every time you set foot outside your house you look for the all the abducted children in this world otherwise you're just a hypocrite.

I wouldn't deliberately not look which is what this young man seems to be doing.

You either look or not. If that is your opinion, every time you go out the door and you don't look for all missing children then, by your own standards, you're a sad individual. Either that or a hypocrite.

No wonder i rarely post.
I'm not a hypocrite
I would always hopefully be aware of all missing children and if i ever saw a child who resembled a missing child i would report the incident.
I would never say as this young man did that I would not look for a missing child because i didnt approve of his/her parents actions.
I hope i have made myself clear.

snowflake wrote:Hello

"Look out for"not search.
am not getting into the ridiculous discussion of her parents never searching
five years on...............opinios will never change.

How dare you say that because the McCanns are criticised, when they admitted they never searched for Madeleine, the discussion is ridiculous. Why don't you admit that you are only here to disrupt?

If there was a way of blocking you so I can't see your posts, I would do so. However I can't, so the next best thing I can do is ignore you, which is what I have done with the other windup merchant who recently popped up on here.

snowflake wrote:No wonder i rarely post.
I'm not a hypocrite
I would always hopefully be aware of all missing children and if i ever saw a child who resembled a missing child i would report the incident.
I would never say as this young man did that I would not look for a missing child because i didnt approve of his/her parents actions.
I hope i have made myself clear.

You just called someone you don't know a sad young man based only on what you read. Based on what I read from you I concluded that you are either equally sad if you don't actively look for missing children every time you leave your house or a hypocrite. You're free to post your opinions. I'm free to post mine. And this is mine.

kathybelle wrote:

snowflake wrote:Hello

"Look out for"not search.
am not getting into the ridiculous discussion of her parents never searching
five years on...............opinios will never change.

How dare you say that because the McCanns are criticised, when they admitted they never searched for Madeleine, the discussion is ridiculous. Why don't you admit that you are only here to disrupt?

If there was a way of blocking you so I can't see your posts, I would do so. However I can't, so the next best thing I can do is ignore you, which is what I have done with the other windup merchant who recently popped up on here.

if you ask me it is disgraceful people like snowflake care only about gerry and kate and their innocence and dont give a crap about how maddie was a 3 year old innocent child who was abandoned and who knows what bloody else!!!

Claudia79 wrote:

snowflake wrote:No wonder i rarely post.
I'm not a hypocrite
I would always hopefully be aware of all missing children and if i ever saw a child who resembled a missing child i would report the incident.
I would never say as this young man did that I would not look for a missing child because i didnt approve of his/her parents actions.
I hope i have made myself clear.

You just called someone you don't know a sad young man based only on what you read. Based on what I read from you I concluded that you are either equally sad if you don't actively look for missing children every time you leave your house or a hypocrite. You're free to post your opinions. I'm free to post mine. And this is mine.

You don't know the mcCanns but judge them all the time
that is your right.
I called him a sad young man because he has publicised his intent not to look for a missing child whom he believes was abducted because of the actions of her parents . that is sad. t hat is my right and my opinion.
I would never make that choice.