The difference is, Shannon was found alive and well. I hate to say it, but I don't think that will ever be the case for Maddy. Plus, Maddy's mom's way hotter. A real MILF.
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Quote: EllieJP @ April 10 2008, 3:45 PM BSTOn the matter of Shannon, I can't help feel terribly sad for this poor little girl, whose Mother alledgedly (along with the help of her child, peado boyfriend) hatched a plan to hide her in a Devan bed and get as much money out of it as possible on her "kidnap". That poor little girl will be messed up to f**k all thanks to that selfish woman! It makes me really angry.
paedo*
Quote: chipolata @ April 10 2008, 3:55 PM BSTThe difference is, Shannon was found alive and well. I hate to say it, but I don't think that will ever be the case for Maddy. Plus, Maddy's mom's way hotter. A real MILF.
Well, comparitively. But then, against Shannon's mother, Cherie Blair is pretty MILFtastic.
Christ, I can't believe I just said that. 
Quote: sootyj @ April 10 2008, 3:50 PM BSTBy the way note how there's been no "you sick this, " or "you unfunny that," about shannon. in the same way there was about poor maddy. what a bunch of hypocrites most of us are.
And I, sat on my high horse, laugh at the lot of you for it!
May I hop on the back for a bit?
Quote: EllieJP @ April 10 2008, 3:51 PM BSTIn my defence I was living in Aus when the Maddy thing happened, and missed most of the press...so I don't feel that interested... god I'm fickle!
I understand that. It's not fickle. It's just detachment. I was in Denmark when the whole Soham thing was going on, so don't really care about it at all. *shrug*
I to sit on my high horse as I take the piss from all and sundry.
I am the dialysis machine of comedy.
Where as shannon may be alive (thank goodness), the symbology, abuse, kidnapping, children in danger, paedophilia etc is similar.
Quote: zooo @ April 10 2008, 4:00 PM BSTMay I hop on the back for a bit?
Of course you may, oh Great One! 
Quote: Jack Massey @ April 10 2008, 3:48 PM BSTI don't know if anybody has read this- or it has turned up on this site- but the kidnapping of Shannon is a copy from an episode of Shameless days before she was 'kidnapped'
I thought this was another joke - but have just heard it from someone else. Whether true or not, it's just utterly barmy.
Wow. So Shameless is actually aspirational viewing for some people?
It looks quite possible, yes!
Wikipedia says, of series 5 episode 4 (transmitted January 15th):
"After the news announces Frank has won £500,000 on the lottery the estate being asking him for favours. Debbie doesn't believe it, and kidnaps Liam, holding him at ransom. Meanwhile Karen and Jamie discover Ian is gay and Ian reveals Karen's sexual past to Jamie. Mickey buys Ian a bed and the two are put in prison for using a stolen van to transport it."
They tried to get money from the Maddy fund to find her too. This family are truly outrageous.
I remember once reading about a mother who made out her daughter had cancer. Shaved her head & everything.
Its appaling!
Did she try and sell the rights for the movie? It would be the icing on the cake of utterly f**ked up parenting.
Quote: Charley @ April 12 2008, 11:52 PM BSTI remember once reading about a mother who made out her daughter had cancer. Shaved her head & everything.
Its appaling!
So how much did you get?
And you haven't got a daughter. The extremes some people go to cutting their own son's cock off.
The daughter with cancer was real, she was giving her drugs to make her ill, and all sorts.
Munchausen by Proxy is a very real and disturbing condition.
It's not unknown for parents to kill kids for the attention. Check out that guy who jumped off the balcony in Greece.
And they're benefit-cheating dole scum too.
Just a way to round themselves off into ticking pretty much every single box of what I detest.
Quote: Aaron @ April 13 2008, 10:12 AM BSTAnd they're benefit-cheating dole scum too.
Just a way to round themselves off into ticking pretty much every single box of what I detest.
And they have family in France, Aaron.