Madeleine McCann: Portugal Police Search And Eilis O’Hanlon Empathises
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SUNDAY PEOPLE: “Police hunt for Maddie ‘is still on’”
Portugal’s top cop has vowed to search “to the ends of the Earth” for Maddie McCann even though prosecutors have shelved the case. Almeida Rodrigues, head of the Judicial Police, said his detectives will chase up all leads until the 15-month mystery is solved.
No end in sight.
He said: “A case only stops being investigated if there is a successful criminal trial.”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Only McCanns know full pain of never-ending story - If you find the ambiguity hard to live with, imagine the trauma the McCanns have to endure, writes Eilis O’Hanlon”
Let’s empathise. Says O’Hanlon:
It’s difficult to know where the story can go from here.
But you’ve got a column to fill. Dig deep.
But it still feels as if an ending of sorts has been reached. The disappearance of Madeleine has become a part of history. That’s probably a shocking indictment of the shortness of our collective memory — but, reprehensible or not, it’s true.
It’s living history. Read about it today’s Irish Indy.
The internet obsessives will keep the flame burning a little longer, having determined long ago not to let a little thing like the facts stop them witch-hunting Kate and Gerry; but even they will give up eventually.
Read O’Hanlon’s column online.
And that’s why there’s still such an unwillingness among many to accept that the McCanns’ names really have been conclusively cleared. Take the Portuguese statement at face value, rather than deciphering it for clues that Madeleine’s parents really were guilty of her murder and are only being exonerated because they have powerful friends who put pressure on the authorities in Praia da Luz, and what it means is that there still isn’t closure and there’s precious little prospect of there ever being so. It means living with ambiguity.
Well, no. The McCanns are no longer suspects because there is no evidence to say otherwise. But hasn’t it all ended, O’Hanlon?
Posted: 27th, July 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (368) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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July 27th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Amused Bystander
What can I say……???????!!!!!!!!!!
Having a suspicious mind, you seem to notice things I don’t………maybe………???!!!
July 27th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Some people rather like to believe forums/bloggers (who pretend to be ‘in the know’) in stead of the pj and the prosecutors. Why?
July 27th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
âde Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
nite chenier nite all
have lots of fun
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Nite ade!
Ok, people, compulsory fun time.
On your marks…
July 27th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
VQ
Thanks. I have only read the Proud of the PJ site. Some of thre translation is a bit iffy but the basic meaning is clear.
I am def going to look at mccannfiles later but am trying to watch a film as well at the moment! Only half concentrating. I did see the earlier post about the mccannfiles but switched off for a while. (Think it was your post anyway.)
Did you say what you thought actually happened to M? If they faked an abduction (and I can see why you might think that), what did they do with the body? And when? Why did they fake an abduction anyway?
July 27th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
nite chenier nite all
have lots of fun
July 27th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
procul harum classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCnd9lEjhOA
July 27th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Garth Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Does it make you feel uncomfortable?
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It certainly would.
I’m just not into public groin-clamping…
July 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Great seeing you pop in tonight!
July 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
âde Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
nite all
great to see the bastards are still in the frame
i love this charade
i love to see their suffering
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Good to see that the milk of human kindness is still flowing in your veins, ade.
One day I’ll suss out how the circumflex thing works…
July 27th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Come back, m.e., it’s not so bad as that.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
nite all
great to see the bastards are still in the frame
i love this charade
i love to see their suffering
July 27th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Talkin of arseholes how you doin ade, ted still bangin back the piles………
July 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Does it make you feel uncomfortable?
July 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
as the song says - goodnite irene
July 27th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Maria 10:19 pm
“The Moderators themselves frequently point out, though, that Anorak welcomes all views, for which I am very grateful.”
Judging from some of their replies to Mccannlanders (????) over the last few days, ***LOL***
July 27th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Good night, âde.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
i just lurve this pantomime and its associated misery for the mcarseholes
brilliant fun
July 27th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Garth Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
henier Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Come now, Garth; you don’t believe that the M&A are Kate and Gerry in disguise, do you?
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Chenier dont be silly, K&G are sat here right beside me.
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Isn’t that a bit uncomfortable?
July 27th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
de Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
god fuck the mccons
excellent fun
and brilliant sport to boot
long may they suffer for their negligence
i shall sleep easy ….
wonderful
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Brilliant! Give that dog a bone!
July 27th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Maria, have you been reading the PJ summary report and early translations of Amaral’s book? In case you forgot the link:
http://www.mccannfiles.com
July 27th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
henier Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Come now, Garth; you don’t believe that the M&A are Kate and Gerry in disguise, do you?
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Chenier dont be silly, K&G are sat here right beside me.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
gosh…yawn yawn…
July 27th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Amaral’s book is going to published in French too, according to my sources!
It’s going to be one huge lawsuit.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
god fuck the mccons
excellent fun
and brilliant sport to boot
long may they suffer for their negligence
i shall sleep easy ….
wonderful
July 27th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
yawn
going to bed
July 27th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Come now, Garth; you don’t believe that the M&A are Kate and Gerry in disguise, do you?
July 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Amused Bystander 7.30pm
Only just noticed this post!! Sorry.
Yes, I’m afraid reasonable comment does sometimes get under people’s skin! Understandable, really, as it spoils the fun of the hunt. And, as you say, diversionary tactics and mud-slinging are often used when reasonable comment can’t be coped with.
Whe all else fails, some people :
(a) accuse the poster of being someone else, thereby implying that only one person takes that view but posts it often under several different names
(b) accuse the poster of defending child neglect
(c) accuse the poster of not caring about Madeleine (the lowest tactic of all)
The Moderators themselves frequently point out, though, that Anorak welcomes all views, for which I am very grateful.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
And there it/he/she goes……………..whoosh………..clunk!!!!!!!
July 27th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
m.e. Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Fuck…do the McCanns edit this site? bye all
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Now that’s more like it!
July 27th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
m.e. Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Who is the Mod here,
Just because I made Garth look like an idiot…………
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I think you are getting a little confused!