“Maddie” could have been disposed of shortly after conception without so much as a tear from her mother or father who as doctors would know what IVF involves. She just happened to be the embryo that got picked out of the petri dish, while her brothers and sisters were incinerated.

No fault of hers, of course but her parents seem to have a twisted sort of morality.

No, i wouldnt have left mydaughter either. I do think it was a serious error of judgment. But to be honest, what;s the point inj going over that now? I’m pretty sure that the McCanns have learnt their lesson and people spouting nasty, viscious comments about them wont help. At the moment the family need love and support. They do not need their noses rubbing in it.

With regard to their actions now, all I see them doing is cluutching deperately at the hope that raising the profile will help them find their little girl. They firmly believe that if everyone in the world knows madleiens face, then she (if she is still alive and walking around in public somewhere, at some point in the future) may get recognized.

How can you possibly criticise them for that? They are trying to raise money through an utterly transparent method, or asking the public for help. This money will allow them to focus on finding their little girl, rather than having to worry about rushing back to their jobs. that’s if they could concentrate on their very important jobs anyway, which I doubt.

Is their behaviour odd? I doubt it. In fact I dont think any pattern of behaviour could be considered completely odd at the moment. They are in a very very hideous situation. As she hasnt died (as far as we know), they cannot just grieve and move on. They cannot sit there doing nothing. They cannot just go back to work and general life. They have to start looking.

I personally dont find anything odd in the fact that they are spending every waking hour trying to find her.

This article is twisted and sick, and tries to stop any sympathetic feelings you might have been having. It’s up to you. You can forgive them their foolish mistake and offer some compassion, or you can carry on hating and throwing nasty comments around.

I choose compassion. I would probably feel compassion for you as well one day if the same thing happened. When people are in the shit they need help, not kicking when they are down.

rant over.

No I would not have left my children, however when I was a child we used to go to a holiday camp in the uk called Butlins and like any child or parent of the 70’s or 80’s i well remember the ‘child crying in chalet 6′ call from the wardens, this was common practice, and the world is no more full of predatory peodophiles now than it was then.

So you go on blaming the parents all you want to, but me personally I think it’s pointless !

“we are guilty, if anything, of being naive’.”

I respect the right of those defending the parents to do so, but I have
yet to see those who defend them tell us how they feel about the parents making comments like the above..

Do the parent defenders agree with that statement?

Do those who defend the parents not see something odd about the parent’s behavior as noted in the article this thread is the result of?

I live in Chicago and happened upon anorak news and forums after seeing the story of Madeleine on MSN’s homepage and searching on webferret for any stories about her, since the Chicago newspapers or news stations on tv have not been covering the story.

I have to applaud those who post here for being respectful of the opinions of others. I’d first come upon a forum - Watching the Parents
and was appalled at the rude, verbally abusive behavior of two women there. If one did not agree with them their comments were horrendous
verging on psychotic.

I’d really like to hear from someone who finds nothing odd about the parents’ behavior because to me, everything the article that prompted these comments said relates my perception as well.

Perhaps someone could say something to change my mind.

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that is so true, from what i can see being a christian today is all about oneupmanship and blame. Being a christian doesn’t make you a better person. having a good christian attitude does!

Also Beckham is an internatiional Icon and thi siwll raise awareness worldwide, not just america and spain.

A few years ago I went backpacking in malaysia and threkked through the jungle in borneo.

Some of the tribes we came lived extremely basic, yet had posters of beckham on their walls! We chatted with national park wardens in the jungle and all they wanted to talj about was beckham. It was quite surreal, but he is an internation phenomenon. If he gets involved, the world will know about it.

And a quick message to all you so called Christians who are busy slating the McCanns.

How about a good old bit of Christian forgiveness and compassion? At what point do you think they will have suffered enough?

Some of the nastiest people I know are christians. Where are all the kind hearts these days?

No they’re not. They’re guilty of rather more than that. They made a point of emphasising how they chose a family-friendly resort, then went against their apparent instincts, used none of the family friendly services, and left the kids alone with the window unlocked. They haven’t begun to feel as guilty as by their self-stated high standards they should be feeling.

“jesus said “suffer little children to come unto me” and I wonder how many paedos have thought the same..”

The context of the verse was that the crowd tried to stop the parents interrupting the preaching by bringing their children to Jesus to be blessed by Him. The ’suffer’ means ‘let’ (let the children be brought unto me..it’s no problem).

I agree with the comments about the Catholic church and some priests turning pervert and betraying their career.

“long after the McCanns have been forced on top of everything else to acknowledge their mistake publicly”

When did they acknowledge a mistake? I have only read that they felt thousands of people would have done the same…and that they felt that all they are guilty of is being naive !

I often watch Fox News when I’m working and today Madeline is headline news because of the meeting with the Pope. Previously her disappearance had been mentioned only on the UK part of the headlines.

If it works………….

’s’…… the Moroccan connection was found to be false. I guess that’s the problem with a huge reward.

as if to prove my point