Madeleine Mc Cann.

[patsyann]

The Mc Cann Parents are once again whinging that the British police have given up searching for Madeleine.The search cannot go on for ever using our Police.The Mc Canns have funds to carry on their own search in Portugal but why expect our police to be used when Madeleine went missing in Portugal. She would not be missing if they had not left her in the flat I hasten to add.I so hope that she is safe and well looked after somewhere bless her. Other children have gone missing I do not remember Ben Needhams Mother expecting help when he went missing in Greece many years ago.I am tired of them complaining.

[4getmenot]

so everytime they tuned over then they would go check on them? Would be not much more noise, and a person taking a child wouldnt go out a public entrance there would be others for fire purposes. The hotel I worked in for 2 days had tv monitors for any parent that wanted to dine without the kids

[sara3]

I've let my kids sleep with their bedroom windows open.. am I a bad mother?

[joggerjayne]

4get ...

Are you suggesting that baby monitors are a waste of time?

That sitting in a bar listening to your child breathing, snuffling, snoring, is pointless?

That it would not have helped the McCanns ?????

If so ... I beg to differ.

And ... Maddy's abductor did not leave by a back entrance.

There was only one door. They walked in, and walked out.

[DrFilth]

whoever took that child must have had knowledge of the area, no cctv etc and must have been watching the family.

[Mosaic]

Seemed to be some nasty stuff going on here - about a bereft mother having a miserable face etc etc - one simple point from me: the child is a British citizen. We should look after our own and never give up 'lost causes' - John McCarthy? Terry Waite? A defenceless child?
If the relatives of a missing person give up all hope, agencies (and concerned members of the public) have many other cases to pursue.
I don't suppose a minute passes without the McCanns regretting their every action, so let's not get all witchy-burny hey?

[4getmenot]

No I'm not saying there a waste of time if baby is crying etc. But I dont think they would have helped mccanns. Would seem no one heard a thing, child was still sleeping and some have thought that the man was hid behind door when the dad checked the last time. the place they were staing wasnt like a hotel with one entrance it was lots of villas and a big wall. No front desk job.

[4getmenot]

lots of what ifs

[B00]

I'm appalled at some of the replies on here...

Society I think? Katie's miserable face? Really? God forbid she might be slightly upset her child is still missing!

Whether we agree on the British police being used or not, you cannot blame the Mcann's for asking for their help. Whinging really? Please see my point above directed towards Society. I'f my child had gone missing, i'd be begging for help off anyone i think might be useful.

none of us are perfect parents. And once again, whilst we can mull over again and again whether they were right or wrong in believing their children were safe- the outcome is still the same- a missing child. I don't know how those of you with children cannot fail to empathise with the choices they made that night and their horrific consequences.

[4getmenot]

jogger - Madeleine disappeared from a ground floor apartment, where the family was staying, on the evening of 3 May 2007. The apartment had been rented by the holiday company Mark Warner for the summer season as part of its Ocean Club. The layout of the Ocean Club may have contributed to the disappearance of Madeleine as its buildings are spread out across the village, such that anyone can wander in and out of the holiday areas.[13]

Not just one entrance. But I still think whatever they did or didnt do I dont think anyone should blame them, someone took a child it is them to blame.

[society]

Unless it's a dire emergency I would never leave child / children alone at home.

[B00]

And? What you or I would do is irrelevant.

As I said, they made that awful decision to leave those children alone. The consequences are just beyond my comprehension as a parent.

I fail to see the necessity to kick this couple whilst their already down, at rock bottom in fact.

[society]

That's true, but, the topic is up for discussion so why not patronise. This has been discussed umpteen times on here but it still goes on.... It's has become an 'easy-target topic'

[cazzz1975]

I have had a moan about this topic over the last few years but really, I do hope they find madeline where ever she is. its pointless having a pop at the parents. it wont change what has happened.

lets just hope for some news.

[bunty39]

something in the human nature reacts to peoples appearance., whether it's attractive, unattractive, pathetic or arrogant. admittedly i don't 'take' to the mccanns attitude somehow but for Gods sake have compassion for them . you may inadvertantly find yourself in a similar situation someday., God forbid!!

[B00]

Sorry, once again can't agree. I can't see the fun in patronising a couple who are probably going through hell, and have been for 3 years.

[karenmac60]

4get - you seem to be using the layout of the hotel as an excuse - all the more reason they should not have left not one, but THREE children alone!!! I was a single mother for years so I didn't even have the luxury of leaving my daughter with my partner or taking turns to wait with her, but I never left her alone! If they wanted a family holiday they should have stayed with their family. If they wanted to go drinking with friends they should have left their children with a responsible adult. It's one thing to sit in your garden with the child in the house, but not a long way away, in an unfamiliar area, leaving the doors unlocked while you down wine with friends. Their other kids should have been taken into care and they should have been charged with neglect, end of story.

[society]

Me too Cazzz, I do hope she's eventually found or turned up.

I feel sorry for Maddy, not her parents.

[B00]

Ahhh yeah, excellent plan there Karen. Why not torture them further? You don't think they've suffered enough? And lets give them jail sentences too whilst we're at it. The twins will be alright, they can be farmed out to foster parents....

[karenmac60]

But it's not about them Boo - it's about the children. The twins seem to have been farmed out to whoever anyway, while the McCanns do their world tour.

[webbo3]

agree with Karenmac, we are talking about responsible, clever adults here who put some wine and a meal before their children.



Dave.