BF2S Forums Shannon Matthews found alive

Mek-Izzle wrote:

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Children go missing everyday, some meet worse fates. Why is it that people care about this particular child than the other hundreds possibly thousands who go missing?

I see on the Bus (those LCD TV's they have on some buses)/Around the city all sorts of ads about missing kids, where's the media circus for them?

I mean, good for the family/the girl. But I hate these cases that seem so big, yet happen every day anyway.

You have a point, and what you say is true, doesn't mean you shoud'nt care though...

1927 wrote:

SgtSlutter wrote:

1927 wrote:

If my child went missing (god forbid) I would want her face and name splashed all over the press.  I care about my family first, myself second, my country third and then Darfur last (Why Darfur btw?)

wikipedia wrote:

There are many casualty estimates, most concurring on a range within the hundreds of thousands. The United Nations (UN) estimates that the conflict has left as many as 200,000 dead from violence and disease. Most non-governmental organizations use 200,000 to more than 400,000; the latter is a figure from the Coalition for International Justice that has since been cited by the UN. Sudan's government claims that more than 9,000 people have been killed, although this figure is seen as a gross underestimate. As many as 2.5 million are thought to have been displaced as of October 2006.

Thats just one of the many tragedies (sp) in the world today and I can't wait to feel delighted when that comes to a happy ending (if it ever does/can).

I thank you for the facts and figures and hope you appriciate that while I don't belittle the problems in Darfur at all, I am thrilled for a fellow parent to have their little girl safely returned, and hope you see why it was bottom of my list of four things?

I would still feel upset about the poor people in Darfur even if this 1 child story had ended in tragedy but thankfully this child has been returned safe and well and thats something to celebrate.

Dont get me wrong im happy see's ok too. Hey at least we can have a happy ending in the news for a change I guess.

Last edited by SgtSlutter (2008-03-14 18:06:34)

1927 wrote:

SgtSlutter wrote:

1927 wrote:

Thats just one of the many tragedies (sp) in the world today and I can't wait to feel delighted when that comes to a happy ending (if it ever does/can).

I thank you for the facts and figures and hope you appriciate that while I don't belittle the problems in Darfur at all, I am thrilled for a fellow parent to have their little girl safely returned, and hope you see why it was bottom of my list of four things?

I would still feel upset about the poor people in Darfur even if this 1 child story had ended in tragedy but thankfully this child has been returned safe and well and thats something to celebrate.

Dont get me wrong im happy see's ok too. Hey at least we can have a happy ending in the news for a change I guess.

Very rarely do we get happy endings like this in the UK when it comes to missing children, we have had some high profile tradegys in recent years well not just recent years its just a sign of society and the fact we are in 2008, sad isn't it?

Doesnt matter where it happen's, they usually dont end well which is very sad.

Mek-Izzle wrote:

\_/ - CARE CUP EMPTY

Children go missing everyday, some meet worse fates. Why is it that people care about this particular child than the other hundreds possibly thousands who go missing?

I see on the Bus (those LCD TV's they have on some buses)/Around the city all sorts of ads about missing kids, where's the media circus for them?

I mean, good for the family/the girl. But I hate these cases that seem so big, yet happen every day anyway.

holy shit, TVs on the bus?!

I hate DC's buses.

-Most of them are the shitty old buses. They're dirty, kinda ugly, and probably burn more fuel than an Abrams tank

-A few of them are natural-gas based and their interiors are usually made of win, but who gives a shit... unless the majority of the buses are natural gas, we might as well just keep using gasoline

-There's a small amount of hybrid electric ones as well, but again unless that's deployed around all of DC who gives a shit?

-There are also some very modern-looking buses... slap hybrid engines on those babies and DC's transport system would be

And that's notwithstanding the fact that the buses here are incredibly unreliable in terms of showing up. I can drive to school in 10 minutes. It once took me an hour (mostly waiting) to get home on the bus.

Im happy to give my thoughts on other sad events all over the world but 1, I dont poke my head into the Debate section and 2, this is a thread about Shannon Matthews being found, not other sad events around the world.

I personally never said anything about other events in the world, when I say this shit happens to other children all the time, I'm still talking about this country.

Yeah Hurricane, some of the buses here have LCD screens on the upper floors. They usually just have advertising and stuff, no sound otherwise it would piss everyone off. And they sometimes display missing kids etc..

Last edited by Mek-Izzle (2008-03-16 09:22:28)

Mek-Izzle wrote:

\_/ - CARE CUP EMPTY

Children go missing everyday, some meet worse fates. Why is it that people care about this particular child than the other hundreds possibly thousands who go missing?

I see on the Bus (those LCD TV's they have on some buses)/Around the city all sorts of ads about missing kids, where's the media circus for them?

I mean, good for the family/the girl. But I hate these cases that seem so big, yet happen every day anyway.

+1.

Usually it's only the cute kids who get media exposure, too. It's disgustingly obvious what people sympathise with. It isn't just their situation, that's for sure.

Good to see a missing kid back with her family, though.