Should The McCann Twins Be Tabloid Fodder ?

[Carana]

Beat me to it.

Has abuse already been directed at the twins?  When?  By whom?  Why?

I can see a bunch of ignorant teenagers doing so at secondary school.  That is what ignorant teenagers are capable of getting up to.

Do you think that constant accusations against their parents on social media inhibit or facilitate potential bullying?

[carlymichelle]

why would 11 year olds be looking up the mcanns and shouldnt children have internet supervison??

[Miss Taken Identity]

Now they are using the twins as a ' good marketing strategy ' it seems.

Yeah, like the Maddie 'LOOK' eye... They seem better at Marketing and making money, than they do at child rearing it would seem.

Nice she mentions that children make them money for the 'Fund' at school,this will be 2 fold marketing;
 1. to encourage people 'give to the fund'
2. great PR for the company which should be known as Madeleine Beth McCann investment company.
( if she is found dead, the money dries up, lets give out the story 'we do know she is alive')...

Ah the Sun, great newspaper choice of the dregs as some on here say....says it all really when some bemoan about trashy tabloids comment sections...*snigger's*  pots n kettles.

Those twins will one day come face to face with actual facts and one being where their 3 year old sister challenged their parents about leaving them alone, crying....Yes. That day will come. Will they shrug it off as a lie? Will they blame Amaral or Brenda or internet trolls? Hmm

I do hope the twins being used as marketing/advertising tools get a share of the money. How much does the CEO make again?  hmmm

The other thing to think about is

[Brietta]

Beat me to it.

Has abuse already been directed at the twins?  When?  By whom?  Why?

I can see a bunch of ignorant teenagers doing so at secondary school.  That is what ignorant teenagers are capable of getting up to.

Carana and Davel beat me to it.

Anyone in the future who wishes to abuse the twins has such a stack of ready made material available they will be spoilt for choice ... and they will be able to keep up the abuse for an indeterminate period without once repeating themselves.

I have already seen on-line comment from what I presume are adults with suggestions for what the twins should be contacted with.

If you do not think the twins have already been targeted ... may I refer you to the serial abuse of a fragile parent which could have had serious repercussions for their stable family life ... or the failed endeavours to take action against their parents for child neglect ... for what purpose??? ... to heap more stress on an already unbearable situation? ... or to really triumph by having the twins taken into local authority care?

Make no mistake about it ... the twins photographs have been circulated on the internet in the past, that was abuse and when they come across a pornographic image of their mother - which they will - because I have and nowhere near anything to do with anything McCann ... that will be further abuse.

[Eleanor]

why would 11 year olds be looking up the mcanns and shouldnt children have internet supervison??

Children listen to their parents chatting, hence raising the next generation of people lacking empathy who might see fit to torment The Twins.
Very few children are actually bullies, mostly from families who have raised them to be so.  Although the odd one or two take it upon themselves.
But the school that The Twins attend will be very aware of this.

[ShiningInLuz]

Do you not think the abuse directed at their parents upsets the twins
It absolute must do

I would have thought that some of the comments directed at their parents, should the twins have heard of it, almost certainly would upset the twins.

I certainly would not have been comfortable if this had been directed at my parents.  And I came from a family whom I felt loved me and strove hard to get better for me than they had themselves.

And this is the nub of the problem.  Who wins in a battle, IF that battle is the twins v the world, or even just some elements of the world?  Let me think.  12 year old immature, inexperienced brains v fully grown, experienced and hostile brains?

Or even 12 year old, immature, inexperienced brains v other 12 year old, inexperienced but hostile brains.

I wouldn't let my kids go into either situation.

Which is why I would not be letting my kids run Madeleine cash-raising schemes in secondary school (they haven't done that yet, I know).  Which is why I would insist with the media that they had a right to privacy (it's not their fault they got headlines, is it?).  Which is why, in advance, I would be putting other safeguards in place with their school.  (Not crossing fingers and hoping.)

As a person with a near-total lack of empathy (that's me), I can see it all coming.  Some of it is unavoidable.  Much of it is.  I may not do empathy, but I do do foresight combined with action.

The twins deserve at least that. They should not be tabloid fodder.

[Miss Taken Identity]

The other thing to think about is the affect on their mental health and well being. Kate n Gerry are adults, very media savvy and have an agenda. They told the twins at an early age that a bad man took Maddie. They are probably telling the kids that people round the world believe them and nasty trolls are liars...but the twins will suffer, they are being exploited in a cruel,disgusting way much the same as they exploit the name of a then 3 year old child.

Kate wants to be very famous and very rich, her behaviour is making sure of that. She wants to bring her children on board to validate that she is the best mum ever.Big sister Maddie would have something to say about that! She wants people to believe that if Maddie is found alive: they will be reunited and Maddie will be very happy that her family paid people to look for her- mibees not so happy about being'abducted', and Maddie will tell the world it was not her parents fault at all... Could Hans Christian Andersen beat this one?

[jassi]

I would have thought that some of the comments directed at their parents, should the twins have heard of it, almost certainly would upset the twins.

I certainly would not have been comfortable if this had been directed at my parents.  And I came from a family whom I felt loved me and strove hard to get better for me than they had themselves.

And this is the nub of the problem.  Who wins in a battle, IF that battle is the twins v the world, or even just some elements of the world?  Let me think.  12 year old immature, inexperienced brains v fully grown, experienced and hostile brains?

Or even 12 year old, immature, inexperienced brains v other 12 year old, inexperienced but hostile brains.

I wouldn't let my kids go into either situation.

Which is why I would not be letting my kids run Madeleine cash-raising schemes in secondary school (they haven't done that yet, I know).  Which is why I would insist with the media that they had a right to privacy (it's not their fault they got headlines, is it?).  Which is why, in advance, I would be putting other safeguards in place with their school.  (Not crossing fingers and hoping.)

As a person with a near-total lack of empathy (that's me), I can see it all coming.  Some of it is unavoidable.  Much of it is.  I may not do empathy, but I do do foresight combined with action.

The twins deserve at least that. They should not be tabloid fodder.

Perhaps a super injunction will be attempted, though it would have no affect on the internet.

[Eleanor]

Perhaps a super injunction will be attempted, though it would have no affect on the internet.

Harassment Charges might.

[slartibartfast]

Harassment Charges might.

Judging by the Dossier results, probably not.

[carlymichelle]

Judging by the Dossier results, probably not.

it isnt illegal to have  a opinion online or  not

[ShiningInLuz]

Do you think that constant accusations against their parents on social media inhibit or facilitate potential bullying?

Facilitate.

It is not the twins fault that they may be bullied by the actions of people on social media.  The problem to solve is - they may be bullied.  How does one solve this problem, as best one can?

Surely not to pop them in the tabloids.  That's the bit I simply don't get.

[sadie]

The other thing to think about is the affect on their mental health and well being. Kate n Gerry are adults, very media savvy and have an agenda. They told the twins at an early age that a bad man took Maddie. They are probably telling the kids that people round the world believe them and nasty trolls are liars...but the twins will suffer, they are being exploited in a cruel,disgusting way much the same as they exploit the name of a then 3 year old child.

Kate wants to be very famous and very rich, her behaviour is making sure of that. She wants to bring her children on board to validate that she is the best mum ever.Big sister Maddie would have something to say about that! She wants people to believe that if Maddie is found alive: they will be reunited and Maddie will be very happy that her family paid people to look for her- mibees not so happy about being'abducted', and Maddie will tell the world it was not her parents fault at all... Could Hans Christian Andersen beat this one?

Para 1.  The twins are being exploited by people like you. 
People who dont care what they say about their parents, and even Madekleine has had crude and cruel jokes made about her.  This is bound to affect the twins , maybe psychologically as well.

I predict that if the twins do suffer psychologically then you guys will blame it on the parents .... and duck any blame yourselves by twisting words and facts.  As we so often see on this forum

The second para is pure tommy rot and souinds likie the rantings of a woman jealous of Kate.

IMO.

[Eleanor]

Judging by the Dossier results, probably not.

Targeting The Twins would be a whole new ball game.

[Eleanor]

it isnt illegal to have  a opinion online or  not

Several people have recently been convicted for that.