Mikaeel Kular > Three-year-old boy missing from a house in Edinburgh.

[Carana]

Almost everybody in the country will be completely unaware of any of that gossip, Carana.

And sensible people know every case of a disappearance is obviously not the same.

My issue is not with "gossip". It's with a fatalistic attitude that a missing young child is probably dead and not worth public vigilance.

It may turn out to be the case, but it seems far too early, IMO, to encourage the public to switch off as a "déjà vu" scenario.

[Victoria]

How long does the boy have to be missing before they send in the pope?

Are the family Catholic?

[Carana]

Only 10% of UK population live in Scotland and only10% of that lives in Edinburgh, so most people will only have a passing interest.

Possibly. That wouldn't exclude family members or friends, work colleagues, etc., who may have been aware of a family feud, for example, reporting concerns to the police. Or who may have been contacted to state that there wasn't one to the best of their knowledge, whether the extended family members lived nearby or at the opposite end of the world.

[Redblossom]

Good to see the forensic officers searching the scene are properly suited and conducting themselves professionally:

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-01-16/forensic-officers-at-the-home-of-missing-mikaeel-kular/

Zzzzzzzzzzz

[Lyall]

My issue is not with "gossip". It's with a fatalistic attitude that a missing young child is probably dead and not worth public vigilance.

It may turn out to be the case, but it seems far too early, IMO, to encourage the public to switch off as a "déjà vu" scenario.

You have a point there. But that's certainly not going to be a factor after just a few hours is it?

[Redblossom]

You have a point there. But that's certainly not going to be a factor after just a few hours is it?

Of course it isnt and for carana to suggest that people on the internet saying stuff will stop the search or come forward with info is ridiculous, not that ive seen anything in that regard either

[AnneGuedes]

Nope. Where did I say that I wasn't concerned? In what way?

In a geographically way, as you perfectly know 
Have you done 1. after being alerted this morning by the breaking news ?
CARANA I don't live anywhere near this child. It is therefore somewhat unlikely that I might have spotted him, or have any other information that could be useful.
What do you call "not near" ? Abroad ?
CARANA Within a physical proximity to where he disappeared or a social sphere in which I might have been aware of any family issues which may - or may not - have been of any significance.

[Wonderfulspam]

Are the family Catholic?

Should that matter? 

Surely his prayers would help regardless of the family's religious beliefs.

[jassi]

Of course it isnt and for carana to suggest that people on the internet saying stuff will stop the search is ridiculous, not that ive seen anything in that regard either

I though only a handful of us nutters read these sites anyway, so hardly much of an influence.

[Redblossom]

I though only a handful of us nutters read these sites anyway, so hardly much of an influence.

Exactly, sad argument for events on the ground right now..this aint the amaral trial and its accusations of people being put off ! Alledgedly, searching !

[AnneGuedes]

I thought only a handful of us nutters read these sites anyway, so hardly much of an influence.

So did I. I didn't even suppose Carana used to visit that kind of site.

[Redblossom]

So did I. I didn't even suppose Carana used to visit that kind of site.

Whch kind of site?


 


the poor boys been mising for less an a day I doubt there is any site to influence people before they decide to help or not...caranas argument is totally vacuous and void in this case

[AnneGuedes]

Whch kind of site?

Sites of hatred, of course.

[Lyall]

I think the sad case in Wales showed that people do not stop searching in any case.

But there is a good point: the media doesn't give anywhere near the same coverage to cases that have good outcomes as it does to those that don't. So people are perhaps conditioned to think fatalistically.

[Redblossom]

Sites of hatred, of course.

Oh, OK, I misread...yes the dedicated hatred sites ..but none in this case, let alone anything near it which is why I found caranas comments ridiculous! Suggesting people might be influenced by the internet and not go help...