Is it just me ? - Shannon mathews

[Pablo]

Before I get started let me say that it's great that she is safe and well.BUT!!!. Can't help but feel that this whole thing stinks to high heaven. My spider senses tell me that it wasn't just the one family member up to no good and that some little game possibly to do with fundraising money or something like that was going on. And to top it all off did you see how they celebrated after she was found spraying cheap champagne and listening to Westlife give me a F#cking break. I bet there isn't a job amongst the lot of them and that bubbly was bought with their Giros (our tax). This is the shortened version I could go on for a while. The whole thing is leaving a really bad taste in my mouth. Scum I reckon.

[Dave_L]

I, like a few others over the weekend have thought the same..........:rock:

[seanandruby]

I was born and bred on estates just like theirs. we had no sense of deprivation, pomagne, bubbly whatever you could get your hands on was good enough. in areas where there is hardly any or limited chances of a job you learn to make do. never judge people by where they come from or what they listen to on the radio. Ive seen many a person battered, stabbed even shot because someone got the story wrong. if they find out others are involved then in my opinion they are "fair game" and i for one wouldn't lose any sleep over what would happen to them. beasts and nonce's should be beaten daily.

[Pablo]

Fair point about judging people Sean. I haven't come to any conclusions though just have suspicions. And the point about the booze was that I didn't think it was a very appropriate way of celebrating a 9 years olds release from abduction. That along with the fact that they all got pissed afterwards and the parents had a celebratory snog (there were tongues) for the cameras. Who was looking after all the kids when they were pissed and not able to watch out for them especially after a possible molester had just been caught. Like I said the whole thing just seems really inappropriate. And on a serious note anyone listening to Westlife needs shooting regardless of the circumstances.

[lutonlagerlout]

i grew up on an estate,but in those pre register days the "dads" would just have a quiet <chat> with any suspect persons,we had a mental list of who to avoid, nowadays they move around more and are harder to spot
i note the mcann's weren't castigated as much ,
1 rule for middle class and 1 rule for the non working class
its not illegal to have multiple kids by multiple partners,but it doesnt help your media image thats for sure

main thing is the little girl is safe
i kinda assumed she was dead like so many end up in these circumstances


LLL

[seanandruby]

I'm not a boozer. but if i had gone through the agony of a child going missing, even i would get "pissed." Lets not begrudge the family and neighbours a celebratory drink. I think the rest of the kids would of been looked after that night, don't you? after all it was a celebration. Multiple births by different fathers are not just confined to the slum areas, take Ulrika for instance. those were the days lll when the paedos mysteriously disappeared. :;):

[Edgecraft]

I'm glad the little girl is OK (alive)

But to think their families lifestyle is caused through the deprivation of growing up on a rough estate is B****cks, it's caused through natural evolution of their families !

The feckers are too bone idle to get off their arses and look for work because the government allows them to (nice safe labour votes), there is always work, yes it might not be pleasant or easy work but it's there none the less ( the immigrants working here are proof of that).

They don't work because it's easy to get up midday and collect a Giro, their parents did the same so the kids don't know any better, they grow up on the estate marry other lazy feckers off the estate and breed because that's all they know, the whole system is self perpetuating !

Anyone with half a brain trys to better themselves.

Nuter the feckers I say !

Complaints in writing to : POINTS OF VIEW BBC........

Darren

[Pablo]

I don't know if the 2 rules per class is true I reckon the McCann thing can be accredited to photogenicness (Hope thats a proper word). Certainly if you are successfull financially or proffessionally then there are certain privelliges in life but you have worked for them and deserve them. If you could have the same lifestyle by doing or not doing something then whats the point. You need rewards. I think there's some dodgy spelling above but I can't be arsed I'm tired. To end with my final point about The Mathews. They and people around them were asking for payment for any media interview etc. The media is the most powerfull tool they had in raising awareness so why would you risk them refusing to pay and walking away resulting in less exposure of your Child meaning less chance of finding her. These people are maybe castigated because people think that they have acted inappropriately.

[matt h]

CHANCERS I CALL THEM, BUT I THINK THAT IF MY CHILD WAS MISSING THE LAST THING I'D BE INTERESTED IN WAS PAYMENT FOR INTERVIEWS...I'D WANT MY PLEA GOING OUT THROUGH EVERY CHANNEL AND BE GREATFUL FOR THE SUPPORT...BUT THEN I am a bit of a dinosaur...

[Pablo]

This whole thing has gone a bit FUBAR over the last week difficult to tell what's true and what's not from all the tabloid stories the trial should make interesting veiwing. The neighbours must feel like right mugs.

[matt h]

I've a feeling we're only getting half the story at the mo. Stinks to high heaven and very incestuous iyam: