General Chat

I'm always amazed that anybody would think the McCann couple were involved in the disappearance of Madeleine.

They paid a heavy price for leaving their children unattended. Like bob says, many like my own parents did the same at Butlins in the 60's, I remember being left myself.

I've certainly never thought for one moment that they were guilty beyond leaving them unattended. Cannot those that wish to heap blame upon them not stop to think how much they have already suffered, and if they are not guilty how traumatic it must feel to be blamed when innocent? I've said it before; having one's own child die suddenly I know how it feels, one certainly doesn't need others saying one has murdered one's own. Were they to have committed suicide through their grief, there would be many who should feel deeply ashamed.

Ok Stray
You can be my favorite tonight :-D :-D :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D. Stray.

I have 3 stepkids as well the age ranges are 46 down to 29. We also have frequent visits from12 Grandkids from 25 down to 16 months so we have to have eyes up our *** :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Im her favourite tho ;-)

LaGooner
I Congratulate you on been a true parent
We have had two of our own and 9 of other peoples
and we love them all
Even though some are in their late 40s now

we are proud of every one of them :-D :-D

Cant say its always been a easy ride but we got there :-D :-D

To right Joy. I have had four all of who we have loved, cherished and protected. We have gone without many things ourselves to make sure they have always been fed and clothed.

All children are precious and should be looked after
If your not willing to put them first

Don't have any

:-D :-D

Never ever ever, its beyond me, i just dont get it.

Young children should never ever be left unsupervised anywhere especially in a hotel complex for example where you never know who is lurking waiting for an opportunity to pounce.

So do i, if its no fault of there own, iv friends who have lost children in tragic circumstances, but i could never ever support a parent who left there child to go for a drink with there friends in a bar leaving them alone in a room.

i have abslutly no empathy for there pain, i feel sick at the thought of what could have happened to maddie, there is many different reasons she could be gone, each n everyone makes my blood run cold, n each n everytime there is only 2 people to blame.

If they had wanted a adult only holiday they shld have found a suitable person to mind the kids at home, id maybe have a bit of sympathy if they had used the babysitting service, but no they didn , they choose to leave them 3 babies ALONE! There to blame end off! N any pain they feel they whole heartidly in my opinon deserve, they choose to have children they then choose to put there own enjoyment before the safety of there children. And for some reason there protected, but why did no one protect maddie??

And how many of those Parents
have had 13 million thrown at them by this Government :-( :-(

Maybe they should be but in that case there are a lot more parents whose children are abducted, disappear or die in accidents who should also be charged with neglect. Our law tends to be merciful in such cases.

They don't have Madeleine what worse punishment could there be for their neglect?

The irrational hatred shown towards the McCanns is disturbing. Other negligent parents seem to find sympathy. I don't understand why.

As I said before it couldn't have happened to my child, I would never have left him. But he wouldn't have drowned in a garden pond or disappeared when I was out shopping.

I feel sorry for all parents whose children go missing, die or disappear.

Id personally charge them with more than that,

my heart is with maddie, i pray one day she will be found,
And that someone heard her crys and took her to love her,

Well said Stray ;-)

LaGooner your so right :-D :-D

Hear , hear stray. They should be charged with child neglect

My heart bleeds for maddie and maddie only!!! that poor little girl who cried for her parents, but was left again the next night. Alone in a room with 2 babies in a foreign country. The McCanns deserve everything they get! There is only 2 people responsible for maddie disappearing, and that is her parents, there actions alone are the reason she is "missing".

Mind he has never neglected his children

As far as we know ;-)

That doesn't excuse him, though, does it? They aren't particularly likable people but they don't deserve what's happened to them or the abuse hurled at them by the ignorant trolls.

As for the disgraced cop - read that Guardian article again. Not someone to admire or feel sympathy for.

And neither did Kate when she wrote hers
Kates is far more shall we say graphic

I pray to god they never read
i think it was page 129
Because it nearly made me sick and i am a grown up :-( :-(

So what? He didn't give a stuff about their children's feelings when he wrote the book. My heart does not bleed for him.