Comments on: Website attracts enormous response…

By: missfitz

missfitz — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:11:59 +0000

Qubol
There is no doubt that in the cold light of day, and from a purely analytical viewpoint, you are correct.

On the other hand, this could also be seen as an attempt by a desperate family to use whatever means they feel they can access to highlight their problem and beg for help. All too many families have gone through the belak and harrowing journey of death without closure. No body to bury, no grave to visit, no comfort of final christian ritual.

So yeah, it’s a bit simple, and yeah the thugs wont be leaving messages of sympathy, but from a humanistic and compassionate point of view, it allows all of us to support this family and provide an anonymous channel for anyone who may wish to illuminate the situation

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:37:16 +0000

If it performs a function to let the family know how many people sympathise and support them at this difficult that is good in itself. Someone knows something out there.

By: bertie

bertie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:00:43 +0000

qubol

as I said there may be ;essons to be ;earned from it, what they may be I do not know.

By: qubol

qubol — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:59:25 +0000

Bertie & missfiz
I would have serious questions as to the usefullness of the website. if we analyze it soberly its not really that sophisticated and is probably more of a tool to help people feel that they are doing something rather than nothing. Lets face it how many LVF hoods are going to pop online and check this site: zero

By: bertie

bertie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:37:34 +0000

Thanks for updating me. I’m glad the family feel supported. A by-product of the site will be the chance that it give for people to just express solidarity.

By: missfitz

missfitz — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:42:35 +0000

Bertie
Dont know if you’ll see this, but I heard Lisa’s sister on the radio talking about the website. In addition to the useful leads they feel they may have gotten, the family genuinely appreciated the support that this attracted.
You’re right, a very powerful and useful tool

By: qubol

qubol — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:15:39 +0000

Well – good for them but the figure of 5M+ hits is kind of misleading – not sure who designed this website but look how many images there are to each page – any wonder the racked up 5M hits in such a short space of time, hopefully their hosting isn’t too expensive – wonder how many Unique Visitors they got…..

don’t get me wrong though, don’t want to make it sound like this isn;t an achievement, hopefully they’ll get their justice.

By: bertie

bertie — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:26:03 +0000

missfitz

Indeed, and apart from them getting peace of mind, there may be lessons learned about how effective this means of information gatthering is.

By: missfitz

missfitz — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:47:08 +0000

Wow….. I heard about this on the news this morning, but that was extremely powerful. I hope that one day the family will get some peace of mind