Madeleine McCann: The Attack Blogs
DUARTE Levy and Paulo Reis write on the Madeleine McCann case:
“Informal contacts” have been made, by some McCann advisers, with companies that own web hosting businesses, in order to raise awareness for the risks of being liable to legal action, due to what they consider the amount of slanderous and defamatory messages being posted at specific public forums. Contacts with other companies may follow, as the McCann legal team is analysing what could be the best way of dealing with individual bloggers.
Their first “target” are those blogs that have reproduced and posted links to documents that were leaked from the investigation files (the PJ final report) and those which translate to English, with regularity, news from the Portuguese Press. Also in the list are blogs with direct quotes, from English translations of the book of Gonçalo Amaral, “The Truth of the Lie”.
Is this true? Anorak’s moderators are working overtime…
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August 1st, 2008 at 4:30 am
Ok, someone is playing tricks with posts and times.
I give up and going to my well deserved rest.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:39 am
Am I hacullinating or have whole day’s posts disappeared?
Good thing I have them all safe in my cache.
9-27 a.m. on July 31 to 1:31 a.m. on August 1.
Could it really be because I accused Ade, satirically, of being the British musician?
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m&a
either it’s a mind fuck or a McVirus
-meercat
August 1st, 2008 at 1:31 am
Is there a gap between July 31 at 9:27 a.m and July 31 at 10:25 p.m.?
I just hit refresh “all?
JuneJohnson Says:
July 31st, 2008 at 9:27 am
Once the files are in the public arena, the book will be translated
Muddler She Wrote Says:
July 31st, 2008 at 10:25 pm
and when all the forums are closed and all the bloggers sit shivering shirtless in the wind, the questions they fear the most will come: from the mouths of babes, for children need no licence to speak; from the memories that will play over and over and over and over again in their heads; from the strange noises in the day and the stranger noises at night; from the voices they’ll hear while no one’s there. run, run, run but you cannot hide.
well, that’s what i was told as a child anyway. scary stuff, innit? but at least it gives me one more reason to try to tell the truth and if i blunder to at least face up to it.
July 31st, 2008 at 10:25 pm
and when all the forums are closed and all the bloggers sit shivering shirtless in the wind, the questions they fear the most will come: from the mouths of babes, for children need no licence to speak; from the memories that will play over and over and over and over again in their heads; from the strange noises in the day and the stranger noises at night; from the voices they’ll hear while no one’s there. run, run, run but you cannot hide.
well, that’s what i was told as a child anyway. scary stuff, innit? but at least it gives me one more reason to try to tell the truth and if i blunder to at least face up to it.
July 31st, 2008 at 9:27 am
Once the files are in the public arena, the book will be translated
July 31st, 2008 at 9:16 am
the truth will out.
call me naive, but I still believe in it.
whatever they do, whomever they sue, they can’t avoid that.
science will improve. evidence will be proven correct.
what about the freedom of information? of course I have the right to know the book! they may be able to place a ban on this book in the UK. but it will be translated anyway.
we don’t fear you, mr. pink.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:49 am
remains have been found in jersey
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7534350.stm
good morning
July 31st, 2008 at 7:07 am
Cheryl Says:
July 31st, 2008 at 6:55 am edit
If they don’t cling to that belief, then they are forced to accept within themselves the most horrible of all nightmares - their daughter is not alive by that one irresponsible action - they were not there to protect her.
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Surely the most ‘horrible of nightmares’ was not their nightmare, but that of their daughter; especially on finding that they were not there to protect her by one ‘irresponsible action’ but by a string of them, a recurring pattern, even after she had pointed out how much distress it was causing her.
How terrible for a child, to ask a parent for help and find that none was forthcoming - the ultimate betrayal.
July 31st, 2008 at 6:55 am
AGW, I just read what you wrote and quite thoughtful of you to see how that you did. As you know, I went through this with my very dearest friends years ago, godparents to one of my children. So, may I give you thoughts of what they are going through and why from what I went through with them and saw them go through as the parents who daughter disappeared from their house after school before they arrived home from work. She, by the way, was old enough under the law to go home alone after school. Neither one ever accepted she would not be found some day. The mother became mentally unstable and stayed unstable, the father died an early death from the grief and strain. They had no closure, AGW, her remains were never found to force them to accept that she was dead. Now they were not responsible at all in any way for their daughter’s disappearance so they had no ‘guilt driven’ denial that she was most likely dead.
My heart does hurt for the McCanns, as I am a mother and can only shudder to think what it would do to me to lose my child that way. They know because of that very irresponsible action, though not done with malice of forethought, they are responsible for their much loved daughter’s disappearance. Their grief is only compounded! They have the living hell of their daughter being missing, a grief that one can only imagine who has not been through it, and they desperately want to believe she is alive out there somewhere. If they don’t cling to that belief, then they are forced to accept within themselves the most horrible of all nightmares - their daughter is not alive by that one irresponsible action - they were not there to protect her.
July 31st, 2008 at 5:43 am
Gandolf had attempted to publish a report from a Portuguese media outlet which speculated on alleged difference between a book and supposedly leaked police reports.
Despite the fact the risks were self-evident there was a suspicious insistence to refer to the articles.
On many separate occasions he/she/they challenged the Moderators and eventually me after I had given a ruling. He then attempted to publish this. Fair enough. If you wish to take on me then the gloves are off and my view is below.
The Moderators remain the Guardians of the site and their decisions are final. Only a cretin would challenge them, the editor or me. We are passionate about free speech. That viewpoint neither gives you the right to abuse it nor will we allow you the opportunity to demonstrate your discourtesy by insult or abuse to us. The others here do not deserve it and I don’t give a a gnat’s life expectancy in an insect killer for your opinion of me.
Gandolf’s latest (and now released) was:
Garbage or not agw, it is as requested from a legitimate news source, if we are only to post officially verified statements that is a different matter and somewhat narrows the target area. The obvious question is …..was the report leaked or was it made available to certain parties, you may have noticed that the Portuguese authorities have made no comment on the alleged leak, call me cynical, but I am willing to bet a Ruby to a grain of sand that no one will be looked for or charged over this media claimed leak.
M&A
Artemis
Unless and until the reports are officially released you are relying on conjecture and that is not acceptable given the nature of the material.
Administrator: Two things. Anorak may very well be looked at and charged because of your recklessness and stupidity…because that’s what your attitude is. A news source not bound by the constraints of British laws can do as it pleases. You, and we, may not.
Secondly: I keep repeating I have no opinion in this case. That is not exactly true. If we are to presume an innocence for the parents of the missing child then at least get off your moral high horse and give the policeman Amaral the same presumption. Whatever the charges he now faces and their outcome, he has the same right to be presumed innocent, until proved otherwise…and he was the investigating officer-in-charge of a case which still has no answers and no recovered child.
The child remains missing and I regret to point out only a grieving parent or a crystal ball gazer can truly believe the child is still alive. No policeman in the world would tell you otherwise. Private investigation companies are a different matter and will possibly give a different opinion. Well they would wouldn’t they?
I would suggest you stop idle and nonsensical speculation and concentrate on the failures evident in this case. Those failures have nothing to do with guilt or innocence but I will say this: the first and primary cause of this was the parents’ urge to spend time with adult friends and not in the guardianship role of mother or father. The original opportunity to commit a crime (if there was one) a fault and/or sin was not created by the obvious original police errors and or failures. As always, the investigating teams come in to try and sort out the truths. They have no reason or justification to do any other.
Ask yourself this: If there is ANY guilt here, where does it lie? Police, alleged abductor(s), fiends or friends, media, the Pope, the British government and its consular service or parents?
There can be no crime without motive and opportunity.
We have no answers for you. No facts. I have strong beliefs but will keep my opinions to myself…other than one I expressed months ago. Whatever else we are looking at, it is a family utterly destroyed and in shards. It will never recover from this. The tragedy will never go away. The fingers will never stop pointing and I can not imagine the horrors and chance accusative confrontations which still lie ahead for Kate Healy and Gerald McCann. Together or apart.-agw
July 31st, 2008 at 3:45 am
Dr Watson, I’d like to hear from Sherlock on that one.
Do nuns usually spend their time on internet blogs?
That’s a bad habit.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:38 am
Dr. Watson Says:
July 31st, 2008 at 2:35 am
As an anti-, I can confirm that Maria is the nicest of all pro-s.
I would love her opinion to be right, but, alas, there was no abduction.
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What was it then? No UFOs were seen no fairy’s waving magic wands, the police have said no evidence found involving the parents or Murat and the parents and Murat had their status lifted….where did she disappear to; how did she disappear?
July 31st, 2008 at 2:35 am
As an anti-, I can confirm that Maria is the nicest of all pro-s.
I would love her opinion to be right, but, alas, there was no abduction.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:30 am
Maravilha Says:
July 31st, 2008 at 2:18 am
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That has been the talk on here for over 8 months re Maria being a Nun. Is she? I don’t know but she is a lovely person.
July 31st, 2008 at 2:18 am
I can not believ Maria is a nun.
Is she really?
# How doy ou solve a problem like Maria?#
#How do you hold a moonlight in your hands!….#
July 31st, 2008 at 1:48 am
JuneJohnson Says:
July 30th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Talking of keys, we went out for a meal a while back, but went by cab, in order to be able to drink. Locked up and put the keys in my handbag, (normally put them in the cars ashtray)
Anyway, enjoyed our evening, got back home, could I find my keys? could I hell! Rang my neighbour, we are each others keyholders, the next day got Bob’s set cut for me….
Last week in the hairdresser, was putting something in the tiny compartment of the same bag….and found my keys…..
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May I suggest you just leave the door open ? saves waking kids up when you put the keys in the lock ??
July 31st, 2008 at 1:43 am
Since when was it an offence to state an opinion? I can see before long I will be having to phone Rothley to check if I can pass wind.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:33 am
Not according to the chuch it aint!
July 31st, 2008 at 1:32 am
What’s in my anus is my own business. and it aint no Disney cartoon dog, that’s for sure!
July 31st, 2008 at 1:30 am
Maria
I should hope you aren’t a nun (I know 3 Sister Marias
) - or else I shall feel mortified about the the nasty/rude things I might have posted at you. 
July 31st, 2008 at 1:25 am
They’re on youtube. They have a skit called “Jenny” which is classic and another one called “Brett’s angry dance”
No such thing as cooincidence - Pluto must be in Uranus
July 31st, 2008 at 1:23 am
Just watched the conchords clip. Great stuff!
I’d not heard of them, but No1 Son and his friend mentioned them earlier tonight….strange coincidence.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:23 am
m.e., you’ve nailed it.
theoretically, of course.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:15 am
Mic Says
Sorry, thought you were referring to another Pikey time. There has been a few.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:13 am
You’re practising for when Lovely Daughter returns I’d say!
Have you caught up with Flight of the Conchords, not sure if it’s on UK TV yet.
Take a look at this, I love them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU
July 31st, 2008 at 1:07 am
‘comedinas’? FFS… sounds like a cheap Spanish restaurant.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:06 am
Hale & Pace were brilliant at times, as the Yorkshire Airlines clip shows. Trouble was, like a lot of comedinas, they churned out some right tripe as well!
July 31st, 2008 at 1:06 am
There’s been quite a bit of dickheaderry here in recent months
July 31st, 2008 at 1:02 am
Ah doo mate
money for spendin on fancy sup when get tha
That video is a classis, love the flight deck beer!
July 31st, 2008 at 1:00 am
Yes ciara, that’s what I was on about.
I don’t know about being a pike, but he made a right king prawn of himself.
July 31st, 2008 at 12:57 am
By ‘eck! Specials?
Tha’ means ‘discounts’? Money off, an’ all?