Comments on: Madeleine McCann: Belgian Paedos, Foreign Nannies And Joke Shops Jokes

By: Gio

Gio — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:32:23 +0000

Coincidence?

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pfqcybDk_o2Q4DvZSmSqS1356F0c6Bgkw0vJ7M27by-iRY8BjKvc7LLD_AIgzG4P2_XjRINX3zpI

Take a look at the still image from the recent Belgium CCTV footage on the left … then note the similar resemblance to the woman in the black dress taken from the Morocco ’sighting’ last year …
Same person?
If it is … the implications could be interesting. Same woman and blond haired child sighted in Morocco and in Belgium recently?
Just coincidence … right?

Regards

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:32:00 +0000

Carmen Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Chatelaine
In fairness, repeating what someone says doesn’t necessarily leave you clear of a libel charge - you could just be repeating a libel which is another charge in it’s own right - but Sammy Davis has a point in that the newspapers are being exceedingly cautious - the UK papers that is - so are unlikely to want to find themselves paying out any more than they have to!
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Carmen, in fairness too: I’m still trying to grasp the finesses of UK libel laws and their interpretation. IMO a quote between reading marks with the complete mention of the person who is quoted CANNOT be considered libel when repeated. After all there’s a limit to what should be doubted and what can be believed. So, when e.g. a newspapers writes that “so-and-so” said “so-and-so”, we should be allowed to believe that and at any rate not be considered to be libelous when repeating such statement …

Correct me [again] when I’m wrong

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:16:56 +0000

Duncan
I don’t live near Julie, since my home town is in the Karoo, and I don’t know where Bounty Hunter lives. There are many real hunters in the Karoo this time of the year because the farmers around here have switched to game farming (kudu, springbuck, red hartebeest etc) because they lost too many sheep & goats to stock thieves. The hunters often come from America or other parts of the world looking for trophies.
I have three dogs, but luckily they stay dry when I take them out because the Karoo is semi-desert!

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:07:36 +0000

Carmen

Yes, South Africa it is! We are struggling with a weakening Rand (our money unit), escalating crime and electricity shortages, but otherwise everything is OK!!

By: DuncanR

DuncanR — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:05:23 +0000

S.Davies Says

Hi, Duncan why ever so quiet?? How about some prosecution?

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Well if you really want to know.

First, two dogs were insistent that I take them round the park or they would piss on the kitchen floor

Second, it’s pissing down with rain here. So me and the dogs had to dry ourselves off when we came back from our walk in the park. Now, it was easy to dry me off, but have you ever tried to catch two wet dogs, chasing them round the room with a towel trying to catch them before they shake themselves and spray muddy water in all directions !

Thirdly, may have been all this water spraying around, but once I’d wrestled the dogs to the ground and rubbed them down with a bath towel, I had this uncontrollable urge to visit the bathroom myself before I ended up pissing on the floor.

No matter. I see in my absence that Châtelaine has sought to provide the important information that was lacking in your original post!

Completely off topic. I know. - but how are things in your part of the world. Are you anywhere near Julie, or Bounty Hunter?

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:48:27 +0000

Chenier. Our posts crossed again… Maman is well, despite a broken rib, thank you, and will appreciate your wishes. If worse comes to worse, I’d prefer playing Scrabble at all times Have a nice evening.

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:44:45 +0000

Hi Carmen

Nice to hear from you. All’s well this side. How’re you doing?

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:44:18 +0000

Evening, Carmen
I was only trying to help SD to source a quote.
Seems to me that whenever a newspaper has a name to a quote - in this case Inspector Jose Roque and not something vague as “a source close to” - it should be acceptable as [most] probably being truly what someone said and therefor not libelous.

By: chenier

chenier — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:43:27 +0000

Good evening Chatelaine; I am about to go and watch some ancient video or another with the offspring.

It’s either that or play Scrabble, and she has been honing her Scrabble skills in New York; it would be very embarrassing if I lost.

I accept that, naturally, she knows more about implanting electrodes in the brain than I do, but Scrabble is another kettle of sardines.

I hope Maman is well? Please give her my best wishes…

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:41:40 +0000

Chenier

I would think that the Mirror would be made to pay damages too, like the Express had to, if they printed untruths. The press has been burnt recently and are cautious about printing any wild untruth IMO

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:36:04 +0000

Hi, Duncan why ever so quiet?? How about some prosecution?

By: chenier

chenier — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:35:18 +0000

S Davis Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

The evidence is in the police dossier

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But an article in the Mirror is not the police dossier; it’s an article written by a journalist which may, or may not, be accurate.

Given the claims that the Mirror has made in the past, now wholly refuted, I would not care to rely on it to substantiate anything…

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:25:17 +0000

The evidence is in the police dossier

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:25:10 +0000

& good evening, Chenier. Sorry, I didn’t see you yet, as our posts crossed.

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:23:29 +0000

Good evening, Duncan, Indeed, Sammy quotes Mirror:
“Inspector Jose Roque also accused frantic Kate and Gerry of faking tears in the first few hours of the hunt.
He said: “After the search I noticed an unusual situation. The parents were kneeling in their bedroom and they were crying. However, I did not see any tears despite the fact they were making sounds identical to crying.”

By: chenier

chenier — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:22:37 +0000

S Davis Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 9:15 pm

Heaven doth NOT forbid speaking the truth dear Duncan

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I’m pretty sure that Heaven encourages it.

The truth, that is.

Of course, if you wish to make a claim that a statement is truthful then you do need to provide evidence.

And no, Google on x, y or z isn’t evidence…

By: DuncanR

DuncanR — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:22:13 +0000

S. Davis

The truth?

Or what YOU believe to be the truth?

I repeat my earlier request . Please provide a link to support the first sentence of your comment posted at 8.33pm (anorak time )

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:15:45 +0000

Heaven doth NOT forbid speaking the truth dear Duncan

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:11:30 +0000

If you want to read about the “crocodile tears” Google on “Secrets of the Madeleine McCann Dossier” at mirror.co.uk

By: S Davis

S Davis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:33:54 +0000

The police officer assigned to be with the Drs McCann right after Madeleine disappeared noted that the Drs sat together and made crying noises ….. but shed no tears. When my dog went missing I cried snot and tears….. To me their “crocodile tears” is a dead give-away. A “knowledge of death” give-away. I wonder who will prosecute me for saying this…. But, after all, there is freedom of speech, or is there??
Watch this space … disappear…..

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Can you provide a link to support the claim you make in the first sentence of this post?

Otherwise, how are folk to know how much weight to attach to your comment?

You could, heaven forbid, be talking absolute bollocks!

It is in your own interests to provide such a link, if you want to be taken seriously! [Duncanr]