Madeleine McCann

Originally Posted by melody

I find the McCann's new celebrity status very disturbing. There was a news clip a while back when the parents flew to Morocco- private jet- and on arrival, a street lined with children waving banners with Madeleine's picture on!!!!

+1

and when the dad flew to the states to see how the yanks deal with these cases!! Like that is going to help. The portugeese police are capable of looking at how other forces do it on their own.

I bet he did not pay for that flight( probably first class) either??

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Ed

I think this is one of the harshest statements I've ever read on this board.

Harsh, yes, but I stand by it.

I think that unless they were instructed to not leave the country by the Portugese authority (which due to flights to Rome etc they obviously were not) they should have been back in Britain weeks ago looking after their other kids and helping THEM to deal with it. It must seem, I would imagine to the other kids that at the moment they have lost their parents as well as their sister, and it might make it harder for them to come to terms with their loss when their parents return but she doesnt.

Its just the way that this has played out causes me to be suspicious of the situation.

They could have still kept her in the public eye with other methods.

Originally Posted by Ed

I think this is one of the harshest statements I've ever read on this board.

I take a fundamentally different view of this to everyone else on this thread. The McCanns have done this media circus thing to keep their daughter in the public eye, precisely so that she doesn't slip out of public view. I can't blame them for that, in fact I admire their energy and devotion to the cause.

Yes they were downright stupid to leave their children unattended. What if there had been a fire - they could have lost all three children, not one.

But these people are not self-serving self-publicists. There is no evidence (in the public domain, anyway) linking them with abduction, murder, or anything else beyong stupidity and carelessness. Yes of course they should have known better, but fact is it's happened. You might say that they're closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, but if they did nothing they would be labelled as callous and uncaring.

I applaud their efforts to find their daughter. Were she mine, I would do exactly the same.

Death is natural. That's a harsh truth of the world.

Child abduction, however, is not.

Well said.

2 points:

1) You are innocent until proven guilty, the day that fundamental part of our society changes we are all doomed

2) The Portuguese investigative/criminal system is a joke. Why did British police have to go in and deal with evidence ? There is pressure on the Portuguese Authorities to find an answer, and they may well do that any way they can....

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Originally Posted by SoulKiss

They could have still kept her in the public eye with other methods.

Agreed, and to be fair with all the latest developments appearing on SKY, BBD, papers etc , surley it must be eaiser for who ever has done this to hide, get away, etc??

Hmmm ... the sad thing is that in cases like this it is very often someone from the close family/friends who gets involved. I am not saying they have done it but surelly they were guilty of neglect at least?

If the same happened to a low income family from a council estate they would slaughter them in papers for not being responsible parents. However as they were "well off" parents they were shown as victims instead!

Yes they suffered a terrible loss and will have to live with it for rest of their lifes. But what cheeses me off the most is that there never was and never will be the same rule for everyone. It seems pretty similar to the OJ Simpson case where instead of concentrating on the base of the problem all the lawers did was divert the attention of the media to something totally irelevant to save their client.

I just hope that there will not be a massive turnaround and we will not hear they did it themselves for whatever reason. Unfortunatelly I think that's what the press and TV is waiting for. Another story to shock us all!

On the one hand, whilst I think they were negligent in leaving them alone (particularly not locked in), I don't think they killed her and I completely understand the way they have used the media (very well, I might add) to keep people on the look out for her. On the other, I am a bit bored of the story now and it just keeps regurgitating the same old thing, covering old ground, because there hasn't been any news or breakthrough. Also, as Melody says, there are lots more worthwhile things that press could be covering (where the coverage might solve other crimes).

Originally Posted by melody

This story has dragged on for far too long and its most unfair to all the other parents who've had their children kidnapped too. Why should one missing child get so much more publicity compared to another? Especially when some blame can be put on the parents- they should never have left those children on their own.

I find the McCann's new celebrity status very disturbing. There was a news clip a while back when the parents flew to Morocco- private jet- and on arrival, a street lined with children waving banners with Madeleine's picture on!!!!

My sentiments exactly.

Too early for humour?



I know, very bad taste, I'm probably going to hell for that...

I feel a poll coming on...


"mods!"

I agree totally with Mr Ed's comments on this. If it were my child I would want the world to know as it can only increase the chance she could be found alive or otherwise. Yes the parents were a little careless, but this could easily happen to so many of us. I think we forget the real crime here is how the media use the story. They care upto a point but to them it's much more about making money, which is the real evil of our time.