I had this letter printed in my local paper:
How will ribbons help find Maddy
I AM bemused that someone inquired about a yellow ribbon for Madeleine McCann.
I must admit I wondered whether feeling like this rendered me heartless, but I think you can feel the compassion and want her returned without buying into the whole media hoo-ha, which is becoming less of a drive to find a little girl and more a mechanism for certain groups and individuals to get a load of good PR.
The thing that annoys me about it is that the �Find Madeleine� initiatives seem to bear little relation to what�s actually happening in the search.
How does wearing a yellow ribbon or playing a montage at the Cup Final give the Portuguese or other police forces more ability to be able to find her?
My overriding feeling, though, is that this has become a bandwagon that a flood of people are jumping on, to make themselves feel or look good under the mask of compassion.
What about a yellow ribbon for journalist Alan Johnston held by a terror group in Gaza? � Mass Hysteria.
*sits back and waits for backlash from readers*