I mean I keep wondering if Mr and Mrs Mccann lived on benefits and tattoos like me and lived in a council flat somewhere in a city - would they have been treated in the same way ? Would they have met the pope and had so many donations and received such media attention?
Can class differences be used to explain why other children missing in just as terrible circumstances have never received such wall to wall media covereage?
Personally if I left my child now to nip to the local pub round the corner for booze and a meal while keeping an eye on the bedroom window I would be strung up shot and my child would be taken away - or is that because I live in a poor area and am an unskilled manual worker? If I were a doctor would that be ok?
2007-10-20 09:19:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
It' been said before. any single parent would be in prison and their kid's put in care.
2007-10-20 09:23:34 · answer #1 · answered by louise d 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not really, the difference is in the education. Two doctors are obviously "intelligent" people (this is not the same as commonsense or even streetwise, but you know what I mean).
This is the same reason that biggest beneficiaries of the NHS are the middle classes who can express their requirements better, are used to complaining and not taking no for an answer.
It's the same reason that there few, if any, "working class" politicians ( a few claim it, but it's not true).
Who's going to have better knowledge, red top reader or a broadsheet reader?
It's the ability to examine the pros and cons of any given situation - although this also comes under the heading of commonsense - see my comment above!
OTOH You are right a doctor (i.e. Dr Shipman) can get away with things longer than an unskilled working class.
2007-10-20 09:34:28 · answer #2 · answered by Luke Warnes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I do think the media's interest is about class difference. The media are extremely transparent, madeleine was an ideal candidate for extreme press attention - she was very young, a girl, white, and went missing abroad so you can see why her situation arouses so much interest. I think there's definately some class and race issues with how much attention the media give different missing children, alot of poor black children go missing and we don't hear that much about it.
2007-10-20 09:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by stardustlost87 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but you wouldn't be that stupid! However it doesn't mean that Maddy's disappearance whatever the circumstances is anything other than tragic! Any child missing is truly that regardless of class!
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It has been stated that they may well be charged in the UK court for the 'home alone' aspect.
2007-10-22 00:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by christmas_me_merry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you 100%
What happened is dreadful and I don't think they are in any way connected to her disapearance, but as you say if they had been of ordinary working class or unemployed then there is no way would this case would have got the attention it has.
2007-10-20 09:35:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a case a few years back when a single mother had left her kids in a caravan park while she went out and the media pulled her apart,so there is truth in what you say
2007-10-20 09:26:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
the Madeleine Mccann case is not yet finshed, neither has the outcome of her parents. on a personal level I hope she is found, and her parents are totally innocent... but that is just me.
2007-10-24 07:02:59 · answer #7 · answered by Robert M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Class differences will always be an issue, with anything. Unfortunate but that's the way it is.
2007-10-20 09:27:51 · answer #8 · answered by red lady-bird 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋