Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann’s Message And McCann Posters For Mari Cortes Luz
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DAILY EXPRESS: “I feel your pain – Kate’s note to kidnap parents”
Kate McCann has delivered a “heartfelt message of support” to the parents of missing girl Mari Luz Cortes
Writes Kate, a “GP”: “I feel your pain, as parents we know what you’re going through…I am praying that Mari Luz is found quickly, safe and well”
Not that it’s all about the McCanns, a Maddy 2. Although: Says Juan Jose Cortes, Mari’s father: “Only now I understand what Madeleine McCann’s parents are suffering”
Neither Mr Cortes nor his wife are named suspects in their child’s disappearance
The McCanns have offered to equip posters of Madeleine with a shot of Mari – 12,000 of them are to be put up in Spain, the Balearic and Canary Islands
Mr Cortes says thank you but “We don’t feels strong enough to make a decision”
Says Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns’ spokesman: “The posters could lead to vital clues in both cases. Mari Luz’s face would sit along Madeleine’s… We just want to help”
Help who?
DAILY STAR: “’I KNOW THE PAIN YOU ARE FEELING’”
“Madeleine McCann’s mum has told the parents of a child feared snatched by the same abductor: ‘I feel your pain.’ GP Kate, 39, sent her words of comfort to the parents of five-year-old Mari Luz Cortes when the McCanns’ private detectives met them to investigate links between the two cases”
How did the papers come to know of this message, and how can knowing help either child?
“POLICE reject claims of link” – Portuguese police do not “believe” there is a link between Mari and Madeleine
Kate McCann is a “GP”
DAILY MAIL: “McCanns comfort lost girl’s parents”
Kate McCann has sent an “emotional message” to the parents of Mari Luz Cortes
THE McCanns will have to wait until September this year to discover why they were made suspects
THE MIRROR: “KATE’S PRAYER OF HOPE”
“I FEEL YOUR PAIN – Kate’s message to parents of missing Spanish girl Mari”
Reports are that police are seeking a “local sex pest” in Huelva
“70,000..the number of kids under 16 that go missing in the UK every year. Only 10 per cent vanish for more than five days”
Any more room on those posters? How are they remembered?
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “McCanns tell lost girl’s parents: We feel for you”
Says a friend of Mari’s parents, Irene a
nd Juan Jose Cortes: “They have been touched by the fact someone who is going through her own turmoil can find the strength to think of their moment of need”
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January 18th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
FIRST!
rite.
so what’s going on in the world?
January 18th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
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BabyJane Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
709 Julie, do you feel the same when you look at pictures of Robert Murat? I always think, oh, a middle aged man, tending to forget that he is ‘aproximately’ ten years younger than me. I still don’t “feel” like a grown up. Do you?
— it may not state so on my birth certificate, but I’m still very young at heart!
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I feel desperately sorry for Robert Murat. In the beginning he was a conveniet target to label (by some wonderful British journalist as being “creepy”), and this led to him being made an arguido. I’m still waiting for the day, where I feel I need starting to act like a woman of my ago —- but the younger years are still much more fun for me!
January 18th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
ps to 723 post
Or they could have chosen to have dinner with their children.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
722…catkidd
What ?…Mr Rebello being a possible lurking reader ?
January 18th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Living entails risks. However, leaving young children alone is most certainly a risk that can be avoided by thinking adults. They could have hired a sitter, dropped their kids off at the creche near the Tapas bar, taken turns staying in to watch each others’ children each night (not just stopping by for a moment to check in) or staying home altogether if they didn’t want to bother with any other child care arrangements.
But, no, they took the most unreasonable choice of all–abdicating their parental responsibilities to their children.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
matt find that hard to believe
January 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Logic
‘Medical care is now defunct’
I for one am happy to dispute that: last March I awoke one morning with a grandfather of headaches and vomiting and the runs,certainly unable to work or care for any dogs here, I rang my husband who came straight back home. By then I was rapidly losing the plot, he called our GP who came very quickly, diagnosed meningitis and called an ambulance. Rushed straight into the HD unit, where I was put immediately onto an antibiotic drip, a cat scan and alumbar puncture confirmed it was bacterial. Some 11 days later I was discharged after really amazing care and dedication. By June I was 100% recovered
January 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
717…mama scots
I doubt if Mr Rebello posts on here.
But he might be a lurking reader.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
612 Garth Says: January 18th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
592 Matt. Says: January 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
590…Garth
Er….sickness…possibly inhaling vomit….wandering….falling…
….just for starters.
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Hmm. Firstly, lets just assume the McCanns know their own tots sleep patterns a little better than the likes of you or I.
Now with that in mind, the liklihood of them inhaling vomit whilst not sick is pretty much nil. And to add, even if that did happen, you may not hear the commotion even if you were sat in your own front room.
Wandering? Where? Falling? From what?
The point is, the McCanns obviously had their tots in a routine. They knew the risk (if any) was very small. And like Gerry McCann has stated, to him it was like being in his back garden. Now, if that were the case, what harm would a child come to in their own home that would be different to the apartment? Bearing in mind of course, they were checking every half an hour which would be no less frequent that the checks you’d make in your own home.
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Garth… My children are in a routine… They sleep every evening from about 7.00 PM through to 6.00 (Praise the Lord! That’ll be the one I don’t believe in!). Neither my wife nor I would consider stepping outside our front door and leaving the children unattended despite knowing that there is very little chance they might wake. I don’t think we are in any way the exception to what most sensible people would consider to be “normal” parenting.
What the McCann’s allege to have done, and what their supporters and apologist keep making mealy mouthed excused for, is stark raving bonkers, in my opinion.
Of course, it’s quite likely that not all of the children were left unattended on May 3rd, that’s just what the McCann’s would like us to believe, in my opinion.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Julie 705
Yes, some people have medical cover in the UK but they are the minority (not sure of the figures). Some people (like myself) have taken it out independently and some people have it with the companies they work for and may, or may not, pay something out of their wages. It is possible to get emergency care fairly quickly on the National Health Service if you have a heart attack or suchlike as, when you reached A&E, you would be rushed through (or at least one hopes so!). For more routine things, such as a broken finger for example, you would probably wait a good few hours.
However, in the UK, even if one has full private cover, it doesn’t usually cover you for emergency treatment and, in fact, there are virtually no facilities for private emergency treatment anyway, which is quite incredible. At my son’s boarding school, where they do a lot of sport and hence have a lot (++) of sports injuries, the school has an arrangement with a local private hospital for such injuries, and a consultant will see the boys quickly. That is covered by private medical insurance which it is compulsory for the boys to have. However, if someone has appendicitis, for example, which requires absolutely immediate intervention, they have to use the local NHS hospital Accident and Emergency Department, which the school hates because it means a member of staff has to sit in the hospital with the child until a parent/guardian arrives, which can be a long time as, being a boarding school, parents may have a long way to come.
There is also a lot of dangerous infection in hospitals nowadays, mainly the NHS hospitals, because of long term lack of hygiene. It is truly frightening.
Am I right that you are in South Africa? When I was holidaying in Durban a few years ago, my son developed a rash and I asked the hotel for the name of a doctor. I went along to a clinic at South Beach and was amazed at the lack of knowledge displayed by the doctor I saw - on questioning, he didn’t know the difference between measles and German measles (rubella) which I found quite amazing. Not surprisingly I paid the bill and left - but did not give my son the medication I’d paid for because I didn’t trust the diagnosis. Good thing too, as the rash had cleared up by next morning and we were able to continue our holiday in that most beautiful country. I was actually born and spent my early years in SA and medical care then was excellent. I fear not now. What do you think?
January 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I wish someone posting here had some decent inside information on who did what and why - or- at least - who did what.
I’m beside myself with anticipation but I feel the case will die a death for a while. Both sides perhaps hoping public opinion will ease off as the less fragrant amongst us lose interest, or not..
January 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
713…catkidd
All mere teenies, virtually, to me.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
700
Logic
The place I described isn’t emergency care. They have an ER department at most hospitals. What I described was a normal doctor’s practice that works 7 days a week from 9am to 9pm. There’s really no comparison because Britain never had a service that good. The place I’m talking about doesn’t treat cases that a normal hospital casualty/ER dept. would.
Oh…and it’s normal for a doctor’s office to have x-ray facilities too so you see them while you wait. Like I said before, the two systems in the UK/USA are both good and bad in different ways. Pity there’s nothing in between.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
702 Marie Nicholas Says:
“Chenier, I like your definition of risk, it says it all.”
It’s not Chernier’s definition. But anyway, it’s not about risks, but about the perception of risks.
There are thousands of deaths every year in car accidents. There are a couple of plane crashes every year. So the children were at a higher risk during their journey to Portugal, than during the time their parents had their dinner in Portugal.
And of course, the travelling risk was easily avoidable. There is no need at all to travel to Portugal for leisure purposes. But nobody would ever say that parents who travel with their children endanger them in an unacceptable manner. How comes?
January 18th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
well matt whats your sums we know logic baby jane myself all have about the same sums
January 18th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
709 Julie, do you feel the same when you look at pictures of Robert Murat? I always think, oh, a middle aged man, tending to forget that he is ‘aproximately’ ten years younger than me. I still don’t “feel” like a grown up. Do you?
January 18th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
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James
Too much of a coincidence for my taste.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
691…Logic
Surprised me too…..and as a parent frightened the life out me.
And I admit that as a parent I wasn’t aware of such an amount
of tragedies when my children were young…and they were only
the ones which died…many others would have had close calls no
doubt.
And for the McCann’s to imply that leaving youngsters alone is an
almost non-existant risk is quite disgraceful.
And even worse, for them to try to give the impression to other parents
that it is ok to do so…is quite criminal. IMO
January 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Oh, ok Baby Jane, my sums add me up to that “almost” as well!
January 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
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Logic Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
697 BabyJane
Are you really only 16? You seem very sensible for that age!
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Was wondering that too! And very polite as well might I add?
January 18th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
703
Matt
But Clarrie will be there…
Maybe…
January 18th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
704
Logic! Oh God, is this embarassing to be such a bad mathematician! I meant 4 x 10., four times ten, of course! Approximateyl!
January 18th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
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Logic Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
You are right that emergency medical care in the UK is now defunct. It’s almost impossible to get a GP to visit out of hours (or in hours as well), so the only option is to wait for several hours in an A&E Department. There is also virtually no private emergency care either. We are in a dire state here.
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Do you have Medical Aid over there? Over here, if you do not have Medical Aid cover, you may as well write your own death certificate! You then need to go to a government hospital, and you can wait in the Casualty section for literally days (if you’ve got the patience!). If you have Medical Aid cover, you can go to a private hospital (there are various “business” private hospitals who are very efficient).
January 18th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
697 BabyJane
Are you really only 16? You seem very sensible for that age!
January 18th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
694…Annie_M
Blurb…as usual….very lax with the facts….
“”"”"Justine McGuinness is a PR guru who manages the Find Madeleine campaign.”"”"
Didn’t Justine get the sack back in September ?
January 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
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Chenier, I like your definition of risk, it says it all. The probablilities aren’t too high that something wrong happens to the children if you leave them unattended, but the risk is huge. (Besides, it is a callous stance).
Suppose it was the policy of a creche or pre-school to say : “we don’t supervise the children when they are in the playground, because usually nothing serious happens, and it is good for them, it makes them streetwise”. We would all think the pre-school principal is crazy, and dangerous, and has to be sued. Why would parents be allowed to do at home what is not allowed to childcarers?. Do parents have a right of life and death over their children? Can they decide that a few risks are good for the child regardless of the law?
Anyway, in the present case, I think mostly they were stingy, and unable to understand the feelings of a scared child. (IMO, of course). Anyway, their abduction story, if it is true, is the unquestionnable proof that the risk they took for their children was ill-calculated and enormous.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
garth do you not see that the only rea argument you bring is that you believe drs mccann were is the evidence of abduction ,
January 18th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
670 Stevo
You are right that emergency medical care in the UK is now defunct. It’s almost impossible to get a GP to visit out of hours (or in hours as well), so the only option is to wait for several hours in an A&E Department. There is also virtually no private emergency care either. We are in a dire state here.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
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Hope you have a good evening with your buddies, you can let off a bit of steam.
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Garth Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Hmm, especially if you dont actually know them……….
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Don’t need to know them personally …. there’s loads of recordings …. would you like me to point you in the direction of some of them? Guess now you’re going to call me “pompous” again!
January 18th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Little Mari still not found
Local rubbish tips searched in the hunt for missing Mari Luz
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_14671.shtml