tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288000153753902960.post5351875766684839827..comments2023-04-02T10:36:48.653+01:00Comments on Wandering Naval Gazer: Middle Class Doctors = Responsible Parents?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684400154894645235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288000153753902960.post-61656195484244242752007-05-19T16:55:00.000+01:002007-05-19T16:55:00.000+01:00Nice one Laura- my thoughts exactly! If the kid ha...Nice one Laura- my thoughts exactly! If the kid had been anyone else would anybody of even noticed. Typical selective media crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288000153753902960.post-89510201264078315502007-05-19T14:36:00.000+01:002007-05-19T14:36:00.000+01:00Thanks so much for posting this! When the story fi...Thanks so much for posting this! When the story first broke, I couldn't believe what I was reading. The parents stress that they took turns going to check on the children but for god's sake, it only takes a moment for a child to be snatched away. And I hadn't yet read that there had been nine adults in this particular group, which makes me even more peeved. I agree that at least one of them could have stayed behind with the children, or they could have all taken turns staying there so everyone got a chance to eat, if going out to eat was so important to them.<BR/><BR/>Another thing which pisses me off amazingly about this is that the family is trying their best to portray this incident as a result of poor police work, not as a result of the fact they acted totally stupidly.<BR/><BR/>This case recalls to mind a lot of the media swarm in the US when children go missing. There is a lot of criticism (and rightly so I believe) that when white children (particularly girls) of well-off families go missing, the media goes into a frenzy. It is rare for us in the States to hear anything about minority children going missing or children from less well-to-do families.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288000153753902960.post-23583100970208911732007-05-15T12:36:00.000+01:002007-05-15T12:36:00.000+01:00I have been thinking along similar lines as you. ...I have been thinking along similar lines as you. I wonder if the media were expecting the child to be found, and were gearing up for a scathing attack on the parents once the child was found, after a few days of sympathy. As it has turned out, they are still looking and are slwly coming to the position that it might not be likley that she will be found. I really hope shre does get found, but my point is that the papers might have set them up to be scapegoats once the child was found, but now they have shaped the whole countiry's position of dissappointment and horror at what is a pretty mediocre and been-told-before story.Mark Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905601957297757873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288000153753902960.post-20204636016608299022007-05-11T13:47:00.000+01:002007-05-11T13:47:00.000+01:00Really good points Laura. It's interesting the way...Really good points Laura. It's interesting the way the media who are blaming the police (who have everyone out looking for this girl, would the same be done for a Portugeuse child?) and snapping the grieving parents at every opportunity. It was stupid and lazy parenting, children should be with them in the resteraunt experiencing culture and new food or an adult should be doing their job. <BR/><BR/>The class issue is a good point too. Media are going barmy, but it is a good distraction from the Scottish parliament and hits that maternal instinct of every mother to be more paranoid.Mark Bucklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768276061717716441noreply@blogger.com