Comments on: Madeleine McCann: Have You Seen David Beckham?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:31:00 +0000

Yeah - great message that, Savannah.

But I bet you don’t love the thousands of children living in “3rd World” countries who are dying every day because they can’t eat or have something like HIV - simply because the media don’t ram it down your throat.

Sure, it is a bad thing this little girl went missing. But with the Madeleine “fund”, why not save a million lives and put it towards food for those who cannot afford.

The UK and it’s “publications” are a joke.

Why doesn’t Beckham come out with a plea to stop world poverty? Of course, this is far more important…

Some of the “grieving” comments on this topic make me want to be sick.

By: savannah

savannah — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:49:48 +0000

U CANT BLAME THE PARENTS THEY DIDNT KNOW THAT WAS GOING HAPPEN MADDIE I HOPE U ARE OK AND I DONT KNO U BUT LOVE U AS U WERE MY LIL SIS ITS SO SAD TAKEN AWAY ON HER 4TH BIRTHDAY.THAT SICKO NEEDS TO RETURN HET TO HER MOMMY AND DADDY SO SHE CAN CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY AND BE WITH HER FAMILY AS A CHILD AND MABE EVEN AS A GROWNUP SHE CANT DEFEND HER SELF OR SHE WOULD PROBLEY BE HOME RITE NOW I LOVE U MADDIE HOPE U MAKE IT HOME SAFELY

By: abby

abby — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:04:15 +0000

abzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz says who eva has done this is sick and should return madlin safe and sound.im surer that madlin is very confussed and wants to go home to see her mummy and daddy.
And surly her mum and dad are missing her and want her back safe,sound and unharmed so if the person who took this buitiful and inicent girl gets a chance to read this then plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz give her back wot she done to u and think how scared and uncomfortable she feels.And also she had to spend her 4th birth day with out her family and not forgeting that her brother and sister are missing her very much as well.

By: Ade Mcabe

Ade Mcabe — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:09:11 +0000

My feelings exactly, terrible as it might seem this case is just one in a million, I dont care any more or less about this poor child than one some poor child thats been abducted in say South Africa. No one cries for them, there plight is not on international TV every day. Is their life not worth as much to all you who shed so many tears for this one child!

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:22:45 +0000

And this -

Child Trafficking

• According to the latest estimates in for 2002, some 1.2 million children are trafficked worldwide every year.

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_35903.html

Now, perhaps you were ignorant of the extent of the issue.

Hopefully now you will understand why there is an element of racism and class bias in the reporting of the case.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:19:25 +0000

Flic -

Please feel free to read this;

“…A child goes missing every 40 seconds in the U.S, over 2,100 per day

In excess of 800,000 children are reported missing each year while

Another 500,000 go missing without ever being reported…”
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

http://missingchild.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/the-worlds-fair-not/

That’s 1.3 million children. I am sure that if you were to have a look at UNICEF statistics they would support this.

By: Flic

Flic — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:18:59 +0000

Talk about over exageration, Ross.. A million cases a year?!! We’d all be giving birth and having them snatched immediately to fulfil that many abduction cases.. I think you need to study the crime figures again. Yes, there are other abductions and no, they do not get this attention. Why? Because generally the children are older, this child is little more than a baby. a lot of other children that are ‘missing’ are pissed off teenagers who run away from home to live with their boyfriends.. hardly the same as a tiny three year old girl being snatched from her bed.

The pictures of the family are purely to keep Madeleine’s story in the media; the more media awareness there is, the more chance someone will recognise her and get her back to her parents.

God Bless you Madeleine, may He keep you safe and protect you from harm. You will soon be home, little one.

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 20 May 2007 09:35:50 +0000

I totally agree with Angry.

What are the new pics of the family relaxing at home all about?

This case is very strange, but someone please explain - Why is this case in the press. Why not any of the other millions of cases each year?

By: LittleOlivia

LittleOlivia — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:50:48 +0000

Oh You Lot.. Come On, Give The Parents A Chance. We All Make Mistakes And Now They Regret It, How Could You Blame Them? They’re Crying Their Eyes Out! Come On, They’ve Been Great. Making Appeals..

By: bringmaddieback

bringmaddieback — Sat, 19 May 2007 20:31:28 +0000

well done to angry for saying what most of england are thinking

i agree 100%

maddie’s parents will probably get a slap on the bak for leaving 3 toddlers on their own

they should be charged with neglact and the twins taken off them

By: tammy

tammy — Sat, 19 May 2007 12:25:57 +0000

i hope madelyn is found safely the police arent doing as good as they should but lets all keep our hopes for maddie.

By: Angry

Angry — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:25:24 +0000

I hope they find that poor, frightened little girl, and that she gets home unscathed and able to get over her experience eventually. But I can’t help thinking that if this had been the child of some single mother, from a poor housing estate, who’d left her kids while she spent half an hour drinking in the local pub, there would have been very little support for her. In fact she probably would have received a prison sentence and had her remaining children taken into care. But they’re doctors, so they get treated with kid gloves! Aside from child snatchers, what if there had been a fire, or one of the children had woken up because they were sick?! I don’t think the the parents are involved in any other way though. It was just astounding stupidity on their part, and I’m sure they are aware of that. I have little sympathy for them, but I can’t stop thinking about that poor child. Somebody find her please!!!

By: bringmaddieback

bringmaddieback — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:32:27 +0000

what an dreadful thing to say commonsense.

you are truley an awlful person to say something like that about the poor girls father.

you should be hung up for saying that.

By: smudge-05

smudge-05 — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:13:56 +0000

they made a bad decision like everyone else does in life they’re not perfect and they shouldnt be judged as you dont know what would happen of you were in the same situation.

all im saying is that i wouldnt i personally think they did wrong.

By: smudge-05

smudge-05 — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:11:58 +0000

yes i can blame the parents i have my own right to my own personal opionion and in my eyes they have done wrong.

i know they will live with this for the rest of their lives, especially if maddie doesnt come back, but it doesnt change the fact they were left in that situation in the first place!!!

would you feeling leave your child unattended in any country?

By: commonsense

commonsense — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:08:56 +0000

the parents laft three toddlers under the gae of four in a room on their own in a strange country that says it all really.

i reckon the father did it, tried having his way with her or something and she fought back so he killed her.

By: debby reynolds

debby reynolds — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:56:55 +0000

listen peep you cant blame her parents, dont you think they are going through enough right now!!!!! i lost someone close once he wont be coming back as he died my mum and dad went through hell and back, and people said to them you should have done something i truely believe maddie will be ok, and who ever has got her will return her safely.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

By: Kirsty.w.

Kirsty.w. — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:42:26 +0000

Oh my god why is everyone arguing in here all i have to say is her parents no they did wrong n there going to have to live with it for the rest of there lifes lets just think about poor maddie and hope the poor little girl gets home safe and sound i can’t stop thinking about her and i don’t even no her imagine how her parents are feeling give them a break this is driving me insane i just want to wake up turn the news on and it say shes home safe with her parents please come home maddie were all praying for you xxxxxxxxxxxx

By: smudge-05

smudge-05 — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:17:05 +0000

its also true that women can be just as evil as men. look at rose west who pinned down her own child while fred the child’s father raped her and that was in england.

women can just be as evil as men, if not more so

By: smudge-05

smudge-05 — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:15:23 +0000

i’ve just been reading all of your comments.

maddie’s parents were wrong in leaving three children under the age of four in a room on their own while they went out to eat. im sure they know that now and will live with that for the rest of their lives. i personally wouldnt leave any child of mine in a room on their own especially in another country while i went out. but different people have different ways of bringing up their children.

you can tell that maddie and the twins are not neglected or abused in any way. this probably sounds horrible as i do think they have been punished enough, especially if maddie doesnt come back alive or at all, but i do feel that if this was in england that they should be charged with leaving the three children.

parents are there to protect their children and her parents have failed and will blame themselves forever. i have already said that i wouldnt leave my child alone but you never know until you are in that situation yourself. she may have simply walked off, though i dont think this is possible. its more possible that sickos did take her, did what they did and got rid of her, or they have sold her on.

i dont think we will ever get our maddie back. the police have been too slow in stopping cars and vans and maddie could be miles away now, living another life. all we can do is hope and pray that she is safely returned or have a very peacful life if she is still alive with her new parents if she has any.

the parents shouldn’t be judged for what they did, they have their own guilt to live with and as i have said before, no one knows what they would actually do if they were in the same situaion for example women always say that if they got raped they would fend off their attacker, but most of my friends who have been raped have said you just freeze and think that its not happening to you.