Why don't the McCanns put up Madeleine posters abroad like they ask of others?

[xtina]

Note the use of the word "stripped" by the way, the implication being that these have been forcibly removed.  Why would residents of PdL strip the town of posters of Madeleine - it's not a very caring or considerate thing to do is it?




perhaps they dont believe the abduction theory ...or i should have said obviously they dont

you started off be saying "perhaps" and then moved on to saying "obviously they don't"?

yes i should have left out the perhaps ...quite obvious what i meant though i would have thought ...

[faithlilly]

Even if some don't believe the abduction theory, does that give them the right to destroy posters of Madeleine?

These posters could even act as a trigger to remind someone in PdL who saw the poor child being carried through the streets by _moderated on the evening of 3rd May couldn't they?!   

If the posters are being removed it's because the people of PdL just don't want to be reminded of a horrible incident in their recent past.  Many residents may even harbour deep resentment  and/or suspicion towards the McCanns.   Maybe that's why any posters Kate and her supporters may have put up didn't last very  long.

May have ? 

[faithlilly]

so you are an Express believer then ?

Most of the newspapers reported Kate's recent visit to PDL yet not one of them mentioned her putting up posters while there. Praying aplenty and catching up with SH but no raising awareness by the pinning up of posters.

So in answer to your question, no I'm not an Express believer but I am a believer in weight of evidence.

[John]

If Kate McCann wants holidaymakers to keep Madeleine in the forefront of people's minds why didn't she, on her recent trip to PDL, take age progressed posters with her and put them up wherever she could ?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/404297/British-holidaymakers-can-help-in-the-hunt-for-Madeleine-says-Kate-McCann

We are told in the article above that there are no reminders of Madeleine in the town so why wasn't that rectified by Kate when she visited ?

We had a rather more subtle suggestion last week that the family were still carrying on with their own investigation, which of course would need money to fund it. This week there's no subtlety. You can download posters, for free, from the internet, yet we are not told this. What this article seems to be about is bringing money into the fund, and with the SY review now taking place and  no expensive awareness initiatives planned you have to ask yourself why the money is needed ?

A timely article Faithlilly, thanks for putting it up.

Some very good points are being raised about this whole issue.   I especially like the comment attributed to Gerry where he allegedly said SY were doing a "brillant job".   Brillant at what exactly?



_{Kate and Gerry McCann want people to take posters of Madeleine when they go on holiday.}

[amaraltheofficeboy]

If Kate McCann wants holidaymakers to keep Madeleine in the forefront of people's minds why didn't she, on her recent trip to PDL, take age progressed posters with her and put them up wherever she could ?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/404297/British-holidaymakers-can-help-in-the-hunt-for-Madeleine-says-Kate-McCann

We are told in the article above that there are no reminders of Madeleine in the town so why wasn't that rectified by Kate when she visited ?

We had a rather more subtle suggestion last week that the family were still carrying on with their own investigation, which of course would need money to fund it. This week there's no subtlety. You can download posters, for free, from the internet, yet we are not told this. What this article seems to be about is bringing money into the fund, and with the SY review now taking place and  no expensive awareness initiatives planned you have to ask yourself why the money is needed ?

A timely article Faithlilly, thanks for putting it up.

Some very good points are being raised about this whole issue.   I especially like the comment attributed to Gerry where he allegedly said SY were doing a "brillant job".   Brillant at what exactly?

 time will tell

until then - enjoy The Express.

[faithlilly]

The tabloid failed to report something happening ergo it could not have happened.  This is the crazy logic we are dealing with here.

When the article is about posters and raising awareness you would think that that newspaper, or any other that reported Kate's visit, would mention if she had put up any herself.

[Mo Stache]

The tabloid failed to report something happening ergo it could not have happened.  This is the crazy logic we are dealing with here.

When the article is about posters and raising awareness you would think that that newspaper, or any other that reported Kate's visit, would mention if she had put up any herself.

What if she did put up posters but it wasn't reported?

[sadie]

Even if some don't believe the abduction theory, does that give them the right to destroy posters of Madeleine?

Am I remembering this correctly?

That certain 3A's [ censored word] were actually gloating about the defacing and ripping down of these posters?  How many they had defaced?

ETA:  Have reread old info and find I was wrong about then boasting of having defaceed them themselves.  My apologies

[Redblossom]

There is nothing *new* in that Express article, seems to me to be rehashng what KM said a month ago usng identical phrases

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGdA-gjDPfY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCPj0h4cTow&feature=youtube_gdata_player
From 6.30

Puzzling why Mitchell would comment on this and why the paper didnt give a link to the OFM FB page where you can also download free posters in various languages under the HTFM link

While I understand the argument that millions were given to the fund to help the search but the Mccanns decided it was a good idea to actually charge people for things like tshirts bands and posters, somethng they started to do in June 2007 when the fund was over a million quid, it would actually turn out cheaper if anyone wanted to put up posters, to pay the 1.75 as printing off 10 posters in colour and the other items on their home printers probably costs more

[faithlilly]

don't ya just love these speculative "I don't know but let's comment on it anyway" threads

The tabloid failed to report something happening ergo it could not have happened.  This is the crazy logic we are dealing with here.

When the article is about posters and raising awareness you would think that that newspaper, or any other that reported Kate's visit, would mention if she had put up any herself.

What if she did put up posters but it wasn't reported?

And what if she just didn't put any up ?

[sadie]

BUMPED and AMENDED  My apologies

Have re-read old info and find that I have remembered incorrectly ... my apologies

Even if some don't believe the abduction theory, does that give them the right to destroy posters of Madeleine?

Am I remembering this correctly?

That certain [ censored word] were actually boasting about defacing and ripping these posters down?  How many they had defaced?

Has Luz any ideas ... he lives fairly close.

Luz, where are you?  Can you remember?

[faithlilly]

Even if some don't believe the abduction theory, does that give them the right to destroy posters of Madeleine?

Am I remembering this correctly?

That certain [ censored word] were actually boasting about defacing and ripping these posters down?  How many they had defaced?

Now who was it who boasted that? 

Has Luz any ideas ... he lives fairly close.

Luz, where are you?  Can you remember?

Does it really matter sadie ? In all probability the person does not post here.

[amaraltheofficeboy]

Even if some don't believe the abduction theory, does that give them the right to destroy posters of Madeleine?

Am I remembering this correctly?

That certain [ censored word] were actually boasting about defacing and ripping these posters down?  How many they had defaced?

Now who was it who boasted that? 

Has Luz any ideas ... he lives fairly close.

Luz, where are you?  Can you remember?

Does it really matter sadie ? In all probability the person does not post here.

quite the opposite

the poster destroyer did post here

[faithlilly]

Even if some don't believe the abduction theory, does that give them the right to destroy posters of Madeleine?

Am I remembering this correctly?

That certain [ censored word] were actually boasting about defacing and ripping these posters down?  How many they had defaced?

Now who was it who boasted that? 

Has Luz any ideas ... he lives fairly close.

Luz, where are you?  Can you remember?

Does it really matter sadie ? In all probability the person does not post here.

quite the opposite

the poster destroyer did post here

Welcome back ! So not so much a forum suicide as a cry for help eh ?

[amaraltheofficeboy]

She wants tourists to put up “present-day” pictures of Madeleine, who vanished in 2007, in resorts across the world.

“Please take posters of her when you go on holiday,” she said.

“We haven’t lost hope.”