Don't get me wrong, I hope and pray she is returned to her family, safe and sound, very soon. I cannot imagine what they must be going through and if there was anything I could do, here in London, I would do it.
But how is making this the headline news story every day in the UK helping the situation? And call me a cynic, but why is so much more media attention paid when the missing and/or murdered person is young, blonde and female ?
I know I'll get the usual cretins, calling me a paedophile (and spelling it wrong, and using inappropriate capitals) but I do wonder why certain victims are somehow more attractive to the media.
To reinterate, I thing this is a terrible thing, I have 3 beautiful grand daughters and would be on the floor with grief if one of them went missing. However, I have a sneaky feeling that if we were a black family and this happened to us, it would not make headline news for days on end.
What do you think ?
2007-05-12
05:31:50
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