General Chat

I'm with Yvette and Deanna in this. I just hope to goodness Madeline is safe somewhere and is returned to her family as soon as possible. Personally I find this public judging of a family, based on the writings of journalists, very cruel Just my opinion.

Yet again another interesting article Kriss. Whatever side of the fence we sit on, people want answers. Things don't add up. The parents like it or not were neglectful. Their comment that they were 'at worst naive' is insulting to their daughter. At the end of the day they were neglectful of not just Madeleine but Sean and Amelie too. They placed their own entertainment ahead of the safety of their three little children. That doesn't mean they were operative in her disappearance, I have to believe that no parent would do that whatever social class or level of education they were from. I think it is safe to say that in view of the social class these people are from and their level of education you would expect that they would never contemplate putting their children's lives at risk. I do feel as some have said earlier if they were a less middle-class family and would go further if both parents from Liverpool the public feeling would be completely different. Regarding the comment that 'it is the job of newspaper to report NEWS' I have to agree with Rose and others, you only have to look at Watergate, one of many incidents where INCVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM sought out and exposed the truth. The two journalists from the Washington Post Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were diligent in their research and they got the answers that people were asking. They were then able to report it as NEWS. We have to have investigative journalists, they can poke and dig where Joe Bloggs Public can't and they are extremely good at getting answers. I personally don't believe, or really I HOPE they didn't have anything to do with the disappearance of their daughter but things don't add up, like it or not there are going to be accusations, printing of half or completely untruths equally as there will be printing of the truth of this situation. I suppose one way of looking at it is this, if they did hypathetically manufactured her disappearance which I must emphasise again I doubt for one second they did, then at least their little daughter stands a chance of being cared for and not coming to any harm. As far as the McCanns suffering the loss of their daughter and their guilt over her disappearance, sorry to say this but so they should be. What on earth has their little girl gone through in the last hundred days, you can bet it hasn't been a walk in the park for her. If she is still alive, she knows her mummy and daddy and her brother and sister, she knows she is not with them rather with some strangers. However well they may be treating her, she knows they are not her family, her grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles and her friends. She is suffering and she never put herself in the position she has found herself in. My sympathy rest entirely with little Maddy. This topic will rage onwards on this and other threads, in newspapers and in conversations around the world until the truth comes out, until Maddy is found, until the parents and their friends give a full and honest account of the events of that night. My sympathies to little Maddy, I hope you are well little one. Lyn x

I don't know that the Portugese police have been lax as such, but I do think that because this event was so unexpected, so rare in fact, that the local police just didn't act as if a crime had been committed at all. They presumably thought, initially, that Madeleine had just wandered off.

It does make me wonder, if Madeline's parents sat quiet and did nothing, leaving the police to get on with it, during the last 100 days, if they kept a very low profile, did no more interviews other than the first plea for help, Would they have been accused of killing their own child ? We all make mistakes, some worse than others, we are human. They are also human and have feelings, as do their family. They have not been convicted so are innocent until proved guilty, My prayers go out to the McCannes and their family.

Well, one theory of mine iwas... what if she'd wandered off and fell into an uncovered man hole?. There were lots of road works going on at the time. Sounds extreme perhaps and you'd like to think that someone may have seen a little girl wandering off on her own. If she was 'abducted' and there is no real evidence to support the theory, I hope & pray she is ok. If something sinister happend that night, then I just hope the person(s) is/are bought to justice! Another good thread Kris, as usual!!:)

I'm still astonished that they Trademarked Madaleine's name 15 days after she went missing!

wei think its perfectly normal for anyone be it papers/police/public to speculate.. i think we also have a right to have our views. and mine for what there worth are....... it was wrong to leave children unattended. its come at a huge cost.no i will not show sympathy for the parents,theres many children been abducted for a number of reasons.they have no fund to help the parents find there children. maddie is the one who has all my sympathy.

Joyous Joy, my feelings exactly. In all the interviews/statements by the McCanns they sound as tho they are talking about a possession, they barely touch on the fact that Madeleine is very probably suffering hugely whether just mentally or physically too, maybe because they cannot bear to put it in words, but I am darned sure if it was me, I would not be as cool and calm as they always appear, so controlled, that there seems to be little emotion over this lovely little girl. All I hope for is for Madeleine to be found safe and well, and then for her and her sister and brother to be made subject to care orders or whatever so that if/when they return to normal life in the UK they are watched so that they are looked after properly in future. That should go for the children of the rest of the adults in the party, they should already be subject to scrutiny now they are back in the UK. Liz

It's about time. I wish they could have done it from the start.(British press asking questions that is) Marion

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hi lesley for me the fact that the children were left on there own was enough,sorry.xx

Whats happened Rose? Marion

BBC spokesman has released fron Portugal Police from signafficent finding that they now belive Madeline is dead and was killed,,,,,,,,,,which I dont think will come as a great shock to people,,,,

david,im influenced by the fact they left there children unattendedxx

I wish people would stop acting like it's all the press' fault for the speculation around the Mcanns. It's human nature to be critical of the facts and to search for alternative theories. It's not just the Mcanns that have to face prejudice views - any person who would have to stand trial has to face some degree of prejudice from the jury since the people on the jury are people from different backgrounds with different opinions on different subjects - that's why we have a jury! So we don't just have one person telling us what is and what isn't the case.

well said elizabethxx also......... when it first happened my first thoughts were,how did whoever know that she was left unattended?? and would someone follow them to see if they had a chance at getting maddie,??? then i thought who outside of the family and friends would have access to this info.could it be a waiter working with an outsider??x

The point about juries is that they are not allowed to speculate. They are presented with evidence and facts. Gwynne

Sorry, took some time to think! There is no new info as such , Portuguese Chief Inspector ...'In the past few days there have been some developments, Some clues have been found that could point to the possible death of the little child'

I would just like to say re whether or not it is in bad taste to speculate on what actually happened,we are a curious species.........My personal speculation and theories are based on such facts as have been confirmed by numerous sources,coupled with the life-experience of 49 years and my 'gut-instinct'. If anything I have said (on any thread) offends please tell me and I will delete Rosex.

You have not offended me Rose. We are all entitled to our opinions,even if some dont like it. Marion