So she is at it again!!

[I.Don No]

Kate McCann now thinks it was possibly the clothes that her daughter was wearing that led to her kidnap....according to The Sun.....I know, I know not the most reliable of sources, but please.........

It is about time that this woman faced up to her part in this tragic affair.

Update:This Thread Is Closed. It was Closed Using First-Come-First-Serve Democracy

[missnemesis]

toldyaso............not in my opinion, no.

[Davethedog]

There is a division here that will never resolved.

I wish Kate McCann closure and would love Maddy to be found, but remember Ben Needham his mum is still looking.

Genuine question - What files does she want the PM to open isn't this a Portugese thing.

[Booldawg]

theres been a few occasions when my daughter was younger, about 2 or 3 when I've literally ran to the garage to get something out, leaving her alone in the house. This is a journey of about 100 yards which would less than 2 minutes.

What if something happened to her in that time? What if someone snatched her, she did something to harm her? Even at the time I know it isnt correct to leave her alone. I know this isnt comparable to spending the evening in a restaurant but people would still be pointing the finger at me if something did happen.

Unfortunately, they took a chance which led to disasterous consequences. Maybe they'd done it before and it worked out OK, and this led them into a false sense of security.

[flip_flop]

Then you would be wrong missnemesis.

[missnemesis]

In your opinion flip-flop, in your opinion.

[jackthehat]

.....and very self-serving.

[Bbbananas]

And how do you know they were 'sedated' then Pinki? What tabloid rag did you read that in? Or is it a fact revealed by Kate and Gerry themselves?

[flip_flop]

Are you serious missnemesis?

Do you really, honestly believe Kate McCan is doing this because she likes the fame?

If you do then you are wrong. Not in my opinion but in fact.

As a rule I generally believe that all opinions are valid...........until I read yours.

[arwyn]

When My Son was 3 1/2 years old we went to a hotel in Spain on holiday.
Our Son went to bed at 6pm, so one night we went 20 yards away to the holel's bar, we could see the room door, we knew He was fast asleep, the door was locked, the room was'nt on the ground floor and we checked on Him every 15 mins.
I was uneasy about it and so we went back to the room after about an hour. It NEVER entered My head that some one would take Him, It was the fact that if there was a fire could I get to him in time. This was in 1994.
It was'nt until the McCann's story came out years later that I felt sick at what could have happened.. Every time they are back in the news I think that could have been Me.
My Son will be 21 soon and tells people that He had a good unbringing and has really good parents and We agree with Him.

[missnemesis]

Are you seriously telling me she doesn't flip-flop?

Because 'my' opinion does not coincide with yours then I am wrong? Sorry flip-flop but that's not the way it works:

o·pin·ion
   [uh-pin-yuhn]
–noun
1.a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
2.a personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
3.the formal expression of a professional judgment: to ask for a second Medical opini on.........................

irrespective of which side of the fence you sit or what you personally choose to believe.

[flip_flop]

I'm shocked, and saddened, that anybody could hold such a perverse opinion.

I'm out.

[missnemesis]

and stating your opinion flip-flop certainly does not make it FACT

[andy-hughes]

The passions driven by this tragic situation lead to some polarised and hotly debated views on here - as they always have.

I think it is a characteristic of the British as a tribe to take the moral high ground over issues which are only conveyed to us by mass media - and that has been more than ably demonstarted on here by some opinions.

I also like to think that there is a deep level of compassion that can see past any moral judgement through to the agonies these poor parents live with every day.

On balance, I feel that jKate McCann is doing what ever she can to assist in locating her child - and every mother would do the same in her situation. If she receives a portion of derision and hostility, I am sure she feels that is a price worth paying - as has been advised, none of us can flay her alive with guilt whips any more cruelly than she does herself.

To return to the original Question - I am sure I.Don No that KM faces up to her part in this tragic affair every moment of every day - but that is not going to help find her daughter. I am sure she has learned to deal with this guilt as best she can, which is probably not at all - but to assume that she does not feel responsible is patently wide of the mark, based on her ceaseless efforts to find her daughter.

Those of us with children will no doubt hug them a little closer today, and thank whomever that we are not in that position - the circumstances are not the issue any more - the grief and guilt are, and we should steer clear of ladeling moral superiority - even amongst ourselves on the AB - to do so diminishes all of us.

[sandrajo]

I honestly don't think she is doing all this for the fame, I think it is more guilt than anything else. (just my opinion)

[arwyn]

I agree andy as I said In My last post "It could have been Me".

[Bbbananas]

Well said Andy. I had ducked out of this thread a while ago because I was becoming too emotional and irate - my emotions about this issue prevent me from probably putting things in words as well as you have just done.

Can we let this thread lie now please?

[andy-hughes]

Thank you salla - and I would be inclined to agree - unless anyone has anything different to say, I would suggest that everything around the original Question has been explored sufficiently.