Madeleine McCann

[stony]

They should just accept that they will never see her again.











Unless they need to move the body...

 

[Swales lives]

They should just accept that they will never see her again.




Unless they need to move the body...

I shouldn't laugh, but WTF, that's funny.

 

[NPBlue]

About a month or so ago, BBC Parliament screened one of those all party committee meetings with Madeleins father and another person whose name I forget, but he was the man in charge of the investigation.

The meeting itself was called by Parliament about the press, and listening to them explaining their case in calm and measured tones made some of the most thought provoking TV I have ever watched, frankly.

Some of you on here have made sweeping assumptions about what went on that night, and your opinions are based on what you have read in the papers and seen in other media.

As Madeleines father explained to the committee, the biggest hurdle they had to overcome was how the case was being reported, and how it made the task of trying to find their daughter so much more difficult.

If you can find a web site where you can watch them being interviewed, and it was on BBC Parliament for about two hours, then I suggest you watch it. The reality of what they were trying to achieve in the face of overwhelming prejudice against them in the media really does open your mind.

 

[johnny on the spot]

Yes mate they are.

OK.

Should that be punished by law.

I know whatever happened to them in a court of Law would never ever punish them as much as what they no doubt punish themselves.

Have they broken any law? They haven't have they?

They have broken the law and should be prosecuted and trialled accordingly.

 

[Bluemoonbaldboy]

Got a feeling this will be another Ben Needham the lad that vanished on Kos in 1991 every once in a while there will be a picture of a girl that could be her but nothing will come of it sad as it is.

 

[mancitygaz]

I pray to some God that little girl is ok

but I fear not.

Would do the same if she was mine

dont do religion but i pray she is ok.

 

[mancitygaz]

I pray to some God that little girl is ok

but I fear not.

Would do the same if she was mine

dont do religion but i pray she is ok.

fuck hypocrycy,

 

[denislawsbackheel]

About a month or so ago, BBC Parliament screened one of those all party committee meetings with Madeleins father and another person whose name I forget, but he was the man in charge of the investigation.

The meeting itself was called by Parliament about the press, and listening to them explaining their case in calm and measured tones made some of the most thought provoking TV I have ever watched, frankly.

Some of you on here have made sweeping assumptions about what went on that night, and your opinions are based on what you have read in the papers and seen in other media.

As Madeleines father explained to the committee, the biggest hurdle they had to overcome was how the case was being reported, and how it made the task of trying to find their daughter so much more difficult.

If you can find a web site where you can watch them being interviewed, and it was on BBC Parliament for about two hours, then I suggest you watch it. The reality of what they were trying to achieve in the face of overwhelming prejudice against them in the media really does open your mind.

Saw that. At least the one where a self serving McCann still couldn't accept how mind numbingly stupid and criminally irresponsible he and his wife were abandoning their kids to go on the piss.

 

[Llewellyn Dowd]

I can't work out why they haven't had their remaining kids taken into care? Surely they would have been if they had been discovered abandoning their children to enjoy an evening with their friends and non had come to any harm? It's as if the powers that be reckon Madeleine's disappearance is punishment enough, but surely the remaining children's welfare is paramount so the McCann's should be investigated as to their suitability to parenthood and whilst that is going on, the children should be put into care.

 

[stony]

I can't work out why they haven't had their remaining kids taken into care?

Simple, they are professional people. They have the benefit of a decent education and are seen as decent people. Hiring a PR company helped as well.

If they came from a council estate and lived off benefits, they would have been crucified by now.

 

[chrisi]

hughes out

 

[Damocles]

I can't work out why they haven't had their remaining kids taken into care? Surely they would have been if they had been discovered abandoning their children to enjoy an evening with their friends and non had come to any harm? It's as if the powers that be reckon Madeleine's disappearance is punishment enough, but surely the remaining children's welfare is paramount so the McCann's should be investigated as to their suitability to parenthood and whilst that is going on, the children should be put into care.

They did that IIRC and found them suitable.

I'm not a McCann apologist, in fact, I'm pretty convinced that there are no new suspects, and the McCann PR team just keeps trotting it out to raise exposure from it. I also think that the McCanns have acted highly suspiciously in their interviews/statements and there is something that they aren't exactly telling us here.

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

Parents are way to protective these days and are raising usless playstation playing fat kids.

 

[buzzer1]

Obviously it's horrific what happened but if they hadn't left her on her own to have dinner with their mates she wouldn't be gone and thats a fact. I'm not a parent but i don't know any that would leave a 3 year old on their own whilst they went to a restaurant.[/quote]

If it would have been a single Mum from a council estate or somert like that, she would have been the scum of Britain and condemned from the bias media.

 

[BlueBeenie]

I can't work out why they haven't had their remaining kids taken into care?

Simple, they are professional people. They have the benefit of a decent education and are seen as decent people. Hiring a PR company helped as well.

If they came from a council estate and lived off benefits, they would have been crucified by now.

I wonder if that PR company was paid for by donations to the fund they set up

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/support/donations.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.findmadeleine.com/support/donations.html</a>

Or wether that would have been morally objectionable to donators should the press bring it up, so they paid for it with money they made from the shop they have set up for all the t shirts posters and wristbands they sell.

<a class="postlink" href="http://store.findmadeleine.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://store.findmadeleine.com/</a>

I hope the poor little girl never finds out how her parents whored her tragedy to milk peoples feelings and make money, its a fucking disgrace. None of this goes towards helping other abducted children, but to fund a search and financially support the McCann family. Of course by not being a registered charity and not having to adhere to the same strict rules as other registered charities there is nothing to force them to show how they are spending donations, which they dont seem to say on their website.

Regardless of if they were at fault, would anyone feel comfortable taking money from donations to support your family (bear in mind their profesions) or would you want every penny being paid to investigators or whatever else they spend it on, if you were in this position? Would you feel comfortable with SELLING posters and T shirts which are there to try and find your baby or would you take the costs from donations and freely distribute them to whoever wants one??

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/about-us/madeleines-fund.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.findmadeleine.com/about-us/m ... -fund.html</a>

Fund Objectives

The full objects of the Fund are:

To secure the safe return to her family of Madeleine McCann who was abducted in Praia da Luz, Portugal on Thursday 3rd May 2007;

To procure that Madeleine's abduction is thoroughly investigated and that her abductors, as well as those who played or play any part in assisting them, are identified and brought to justice; and

To provide support, including financial assistance, to Madeleine's family.

 

[buzzer1]

Soprry Stony, didnt see yer post.

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

Simple, they are professional people. They have the benefit of a decent education and are seen as decent people. Hiring a PR company helped as well.

If they came from a council estate and lived off benefits, they would have been crucified by now.

I wonder if that PR company was paid for by donations to the fund they set up

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/support/donations.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.findmadeleine.com/support/donations.html</a>

Or wether that would have been morally objectionable to donators should the press bring it up, so they paid for it with money they made from the shop they have set up for all the t shirts posters and wristbands they sell.

<a class="postlink" href="http://store.findmadeleine.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://store.findmadeleine.com/</a>

I hope the poor little girl never finds out how her parents whored her tragedy to milk peoples feelings and make money, its a fucking disgrace. None of this goes towards helping other abducted children, but to fund a search and financially support the McCann family. Of course by not being a registered charity and not having to adhere to the same strict rules as other registered charities there is nothing to force them to show how they are spending donations, which they dont seem to say on their website.

Regardless of if they were at fault, would anyone feel comfortable taking money from donations to support your family (bear in mind their profesions) or would you want every penny being paid to investigators or whatever else they spend it on, if you were in this position? Would you feel comfortable with SELLING posters and T shirts which are there to try and find your baby or would you take the costs from donations and freely distribute them to whoever wants one??

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/about-us/madeleines-fund.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.findmadeleine.com/about-us/m ... -fund.html</a>

Fund Objectives

The full objects of the Fund are:

To secure the safe return to her family of Madeleine McCann who was abducted in Praia da Luz, Portugal on Thursday 3rd May 2007;

To procure that Madeleine's abduction is thoroughly investigated and that her abductors, as well as those who played or play any part in assisting them, are identified and brought to justice; and

To provide support, including financial assistance, to Madeleine's family.

Yes bash a family desperately trying to find a missing child. Crow.

 

[NPBlue]

About a month or so ago, BBC Parliament screened one of those all party committee meetings with Madeleins father and another person whose name I forget, but he was the man in charge of the investigation.

The meeting itself was called by Parliament about the press, and listening to them explaining their case in calm and measured tones made some of the most thought provoking TV I have ever watched, frankly.

Some of you on here have made sweeping assumptions about what went on that night, and your opinions are based on what you have read in the papers and seen in other media.

As Madeleines father explained to the committee, the biggest hurdle they had to overcome was how the case was being reported, and how it made the task of trying to find their daughter so much more difficult.

If you can find a web site where you can watch them being interviewed, and it was on BBC Parliament for about two hours, then I suggest you watch it. The reality of what they were trying to achieve in the face of overwhelming prejudice against them in the media really does open your mind.

Saw that. At least the one where a self serving McCann still couldn't accept how mind numbingly stupid and criminally irresponsible he and his wife were abandoning their kids to go on the piss.

No, you were not watching that programme. You would not write your prejudiced views if you had.

It is a shame the press took the line they did, as the press could have helped the family try and find their daughter, but they chose a different line, one which portrayed the McCanns as the family from hell, where opinion in the Portugese press was reported as fact in Britain, where lie after downright lie was written about them.

Like I wrote, watch their interview with the parliamentary committee. You may have read in some paper they were drunk and had abandoned their daughters, but that is not a fact. It was wild reporting in the papers, and as Gerry McCann said, 'I was told having Maddie as the headline increased circulation by at least 100,000 copies'.

All they want to do is find their daughter, and the way they have been portrayed in the press has hampered their efforts.

They successfully sued a national newspaper for reporting rubbish, and that money is now helping them towards their goal of finding their daughter.

They are not bad people, they are an ordinary family who went on holiday, found themselves in the spotlight, and that spotlight illuminated the wrong areas.

 

[stony]

They are not bad people, they are an ordinary family who went on holiday, found themselves in the spotlight, and that spotlight illuminated the wrong areas.

Ordinary my fucking arse. The very best thing you can say about them is that they left their children alone at the mercy of any passing paedophiles. While they themselves enjoyed a pleasant evening with friends.

 

[NPBlue]

They are not bad people, they are an ordinary family who went on holiday, found themselves in the spotlight, and that spotlight illuminated the wrong areas.

Ordinary my fucking arse. The very best thing you can say about them is that they left their children alone at the mercy of any passing paedophiles. While they themselves enjoyed a pleasant evening with friends.

Again, No. You are responding to how they were commonly reported in the press at the time.

They did not abandon their children to any passing peadophile.

Your mind has been coloured by the way the press reported the case, and that has been the problem since day one of the incident.