Madeleine McCann: Tabloid Columnists On Harry Potter, Frtizl And Bile
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to the columnists’ views on Madeleine McCann and family:
JANE MOORE (Sun): “Silence is not an option for the McCanns”
“Just suppose little Madeleine is trapped in a cellar somewhere, hidden from view while her warped captor conducts a seemingly normal life upstairs.”
Like Elisabeth Frtizl? It’s Tabloid Bingo. Eye down…
LORRAINE KELLY (Sun): “They deserve sympathy, not condemnation”
Since my daughter Rosie was a baby, she has always come everywhere with us when we go on holiday, especially to child-friendly countries such as Portugal, Spain and Greece. We wouldn’t have dreamed about leaving her behind to go for a meal because we go away to spend as much time as possible together as a family.
JON GAUNT (Sun): “I have little support for them”
Do you remember when you put your first baby to bed with a listening monitor and sat downstairs watching the box almost with subtitles on so you could hear every heartbeat?
If you heard an unexpected cough or belch you would sprint up the stairs faster than druggy Dwain Chambers on steroids to check on your little angel. That’s called parenting, isn’t it?
I wonder if the McCanns were as casual with their passports and valuables when they went out at night because as far as I am concerned there is nothing more precious than your child and they appear to have had scant regard for their safety.
ALLISON PEARSON (Mail): “The McCann campaign must NOT go on for ever”
Since May 3 last year, how many parents have mentally run the “Maddie safety test|” before daring to turn away from their children even for a moment? That may be her lasting legacy and our greatest burden.
Still, my small boy is not satisfied. “Maddie” is the big story of his childhood, bigger even than Harry Potter and infinitely more disturbing.
Harry Potter is Madeleine McCann? It’s all just stories. Any others?
There is a fascination in a momentary mistake that can never be undone, no matter how much a mother persecutes herself. In Greek tragedy, Antigone, the daughter of King Oedipus, cannot rest until she has recovered the body of her brother after his death in battle and given it a proper burial. One suffering leads to another. And there is some of that obsession, and that remorselessness, in the case of the McCanns.
But:
Do the two doctors really deserve two whole hours of prime-time when so many other people’s kids are lost and thousands are dying in Zimbabwe? Even those, like me, who have never doubted Gerry and Kate’s innocence must feel a flinch of unease.
Madeleine McCann: A year of easy copy
Posted: 30th, April 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (544) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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April 30th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Clarence is so stupid he will probably get the FBI to question the poor singer I am named after!!!
M and A
BF really! not at my lunch time!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Brandon,
Is that really you? I dont give out my email since Nosey started grooming me.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
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brandon flours Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Has My Heroes K & G gone to work out the fax machine?
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I do hope so; that would give us a week or so of blessed quiet…
April 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
stevet
Aye!!! Dont play are sado games on here!!!! email me
April 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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Dr. Watson Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Solomon ES,
PJ might have no evidence that it was K. But they may have decided to present it for her as if they thought it was her. This would have made her more likely to crack,
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What do you think she is a bleedin egg? Are you saying Kate is eggwoman?
April 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Mods and Admin
My Heroes are K and G
is now temporarily unavailable. its not Ian, I think his keyboard would jam having to type all that sentiment, but we think the keystrokes are dear old fwicks. In which case he/she shall be back on another IP when she has rebooted……
April 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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pat
A loveley world indeed!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
and i think to myself
what a wonderful world…
April 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Solomon ES,
PJ might have no evidence that it was K. But they may have decided to present it for her as if they thought it was her. This would have made her more likely to crack, especially if both were responsible. As we know, the tactic (assuming it was a tactic) did not work. So, unfortunately, we cannot conclude anything about who it was and what the police know..
April 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
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brandon flours
Repent Satan!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Has My Heroes K & G gone to work out the fax machine?
April 30th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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Dr. Watson
That was just hurtful!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I dont believe it was Ian at all,…….One of the other loony toons who are still allowed to post ……..imo..
Lets be fair they would have to be a loony after what they said………bit like mccs..
April 30th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
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delboy Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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chenier Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
The Mods here are wonderful people, and should not be confused with the Poster Formerly Known As Ian.
M&A….Is this true????….Or an accusation…
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April 30th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Hi, Phil!
Want a BigMac? Your heros are going to jail, pity little cow you are (little?)
April 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
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delboy Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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chenier Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
The Mods here are wonderful people, and should not be confused with the Poster Formerly Known As Ian.
M&A….Is this true????….Or an accusation…
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Well, it’s certainly not an accusation, though it is true that the Mods are wonderful people…
M and A
TY
April 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
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Sally Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Garth,
I think it’s closer to 100 now, but didn’t want to start anything.
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Thanks Sadly, at least thats cleared that one up!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
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just_me Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
chenier - lol I noticed that too
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You’re very sharp just-you
April 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
My heros the pj!!!!!
So dignified and cool
April 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Garth,
I think it’s closer to 100 now, but didn’t want to start anything.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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chenier Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
The Mods here are wonderful people, and should not be confused with the Poster Formerly Known As Ian.
M&A….Is this true????….Or an accusation…
April 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Sally
They wish they were part of the team !!!!!!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Free Ian
NO
April 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
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Sally Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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Why don’t your heroes k&g help the police by answering the more than 39 questions they refused to answer.
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Do y ou mean 40?
April 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
My heroes Eddie and Keeler
April 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
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My Heroes K & G Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
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brandon flours Says:
April 30h, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Kate killed her!!!!!!!!!!!! kate killed her !!!!!!!!!!kate killed her!!! kate killed her!!!!!!!!!!! IMO
They are bad parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!They are bad parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!They are badparents!!!!!!!!IMO
i have sent your comment for the attention of Clarrence Mitchel. You really are stoopid making such comments. you know nothing of what happened that night. you are just an idiot and a very sad and lonely one judging by the fact you spend your whole life stuck behind a computor screen spoutiong total nonsence
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How do you know they didn’t kill her————————–”they took her!”
You must have some connection to the wonderful k&g figures to come on this board and pick and choose comments to send to “them”.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
but I do feel sorry for some of the family!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
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delboy Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
M&A……. IS IT RIGHT POST 257,BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH OPENLY ADMITTING CHILD NEGLECT/ABUSE,
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The Mods here are wonderful people, and should not be confused with the Poster Formerly Known As Ian.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
304 - and second that from me too
April 30th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Clarence is a tosser !!!!!!!Clarence is a tosser !!!!!!!Clarence is a tosser !!!!!!!Clarence is a tosser !!!!!!!Clarence is a tosser !!!!!!!Clarence is a tosser !!!!!!!Clarence is a tosser !!!!!!!
Dont forget to give him this one too!!!
