Madeleine McCann: Gerry’s Blog, No Evidence And No Proof
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
BBC: “’No proof’ of harm to Madeleine”
Gerry McCann, the father of missing Madeleine McCann, has made his first public comments since police in Portugal released files into her case.
What did he say? And what does this mean for Clarence Mitchell’s career?
He said he and his wife Kate strongly believed that Madeleine was out there and could be found. “It will be clear to everyone now, that there is absolutely no evidence that suggests Madeleine has been seriously harmed,” he wrote in his blog.
The police do not know what crime – if any – has been committed.
Writing on their campaign website Mr McCann said: “Of course whoever is responsible for Madeleine’s abduction must, and can be, found to prevent them from putting another child and family through the misery we have suffered.
Can anything they do make any difference to any other child, other than increasing the fear in children and their parents?
“Our investigators continue to explore credible leads and will continue to do so as long as Madeleine is missing. Now that the authorities are no longer looking for Madeleine we implore everyone who has provided information to the inquiry to contact us.”
Everyone? All the crackpots, nutters, jousnalists, attention seekers and empathisers?
THE GUARDIAN: “Infamous empathy - It is ridiculous to demand that we feel the pain of people of whom we know nothing - and to blame religion for human ’selfishness’
Perhaps, at this point Guardian readers are feeling a tepid wash of liberal guilt: even though we know that we don’t in fact feel anything like the same sentiment for other people’s distant children as we do for our own, surely we ought to acknowledge that we ought to feel more than we do? This, too is wrong. We oughtn’t at all to feel more for unknown African orphans. I
n proof of this, consider the halfway case, of Madeleine McCann. Here is a child whom we don’t know, and will never know, but whose name is extremely familiar because lots of people get a kind of pleasure out of the story, and so demand more of it. The faint mixed feelings so pleasurably aroused in millions of consumers by the tabloid press and the television news have done no one any good at all. They have helped make the McCann’s life an even greater misery. They have done nothing whatever to diminish the chance of other children being kidnapped.
And on it goes…
Posted: 16th, August 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (156) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
- leesmith on Michelle Obama Is A Monkey And Other Offensive Google Images
- magnetite on Church Gives Soul Tattoos To Worshippers
- Evie Walton on Peter Andre ‘Begs’ Katie Price To Come Home
- yampster on The Chilcot Inquiry Into The Iraq War, In Pictures
- yampster on Join The Campaign For Straight Gay Marriages
August 20th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Re the tourist who allegedly tried to grab a little lad thinking it was M, we can’t have it all ways. Was he really a ‘crackpot’ as someone here called him? We are quick enough to judge when someone lets a look-a-like go. So he made a mistake. So what? At least he had the guts to do something - unlike the myriad of people who were convinced it was her but let her go. Imagine having to live with yourself afterwards if it really was her. Give that man a medal.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Marie Nicholas Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I looked at it.
Is it OK to give one’s e-mail address to another site than Anorak?
I am always afraid to get plenty of unwanted e-mail.
Besides, I don’t want anyone other than Anorak able to identify me.
So, no picture for me I am afraid.
that’s a shame, no , i don’t know if the site allows email harvesting, i think not. as i understand it the email address gets turned into some kind of coded url.
August 17th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Carmen Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Hope you kept well away from Notre Dame when on those crutches.
A “bang-bang shoot them up” by such unnotables could be very unsavoury.
August 17th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Carmen Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Good morning, Carmen
Hope you are feeling better today.
I agree…..a very serious, and possibly fatal, incident could occur.
As recent events in Guatemala could have ended in….many carry guns in
places like that.
August 17th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Hmmmm….how can a 2.5 year old boy be “mistaken” for Madeleine McCann ?
If I were a parent of the little lad I would have had that crackpot UK tourist up
for attempted abduction.
http://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/2008/08/british-tourist-try-to-snatch-blonde.html
August 17th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Saul
I understand your feelings - but if given half a chance I’d have a photo of an animal uploaded. Sorry.
August 17th, 2008 at 4:32 am
I like the plain look of this page, it is bad enough with all the Bloody smiley faces.
August 17th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Saul
What do you mean?
August 17th, 2008 at 4:21 am
The thin end of the wedge…….Sigh.
August 17th, 2008 at 4:17 am
M and A
How come there’s a photo next to Joe J’s post!!!!!
How’s it done!!!!!
August 17th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Question
Do you know The Gandolf’s and The Garth’ s
Answer A
Yes they are a bunch of Dickheads who take it in turn to talk absolute boll*cks in the hope it will disrupt people and their opinions.
Answer B
No
Answer C
I’m not going to comment on that.
August 17th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Where are Jo and Just-Me?
August 17th, 2008 at 2:30 am
The only one that has not been yet contract by the Mccanns is the
Angel Gabriel, who spoke to the Virgin Mary 2000 years ago and
700 years later to the Profet Muhammed.
I ask myself how efficient Clarence is, if he still did not manage to
speak to him.
August 17th, 2008 at 2:26 am
All by yourself Meercat?
August 17th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Karen Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Grande Finale
I’d hope not but all it takes is a few miracles and the faithful to be convinced and they’ll come under a lot of pressure to acknowledge it. Still - it does take them about 50 years at the very least to do anything…
***********************
Clarrie must be a big believer in miracles
Night Totje !
August 17th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Night Billie Jo etc
August 17th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Night Totje
August 17th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Time to get some sleep. It’s been a long day.
Bye all. Nite nite
August 17th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Grande Finale
I’d hope not but all it takes is a few miracles and the faithful to be convinced and they’ll come under a lot of pressure to acknowledge it. Still - it does take them about 50 years at the very least to do anything…
August 17th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Coldwater was…
August 17th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Errrrrrrrm who’s Dave?
August 17th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Dave been in tonight or is there a lock in at his local?
August 17th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Hi Meeji nice to see you’re back.
GF to me they seem to be little bouncingballs at that age. All bubbly and obsessed to explore things/places. And better take care what you’re saying to oneother when they’re around
August 17th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Karen Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I see Sainthood looming. I expect her picture will cure someone of something any minute…
*************************
God help us
I don’t think the vatican are fooled anymore though are they
August 17th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Thanks for the replies, I was wondering if she might have failed to open it tried to climb over and fallen off of the balcony.
But maybe like yourselves I guess she would have opened the safety gate.
They are proper houdini’s at that age aren’t they
August 17th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Châtelaine
I think McCain will win. Obama is shiny but not quite substantial enough to back it up.
August 17th, 2008 at 1:11 am
# Châtelaine Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Happy to see you, MEEJICIAN. Are you still around?
And, thank you MARIE, you learned me a new French expression
************************
I’m kind of around, pro tem.
Have to start a new job at the end of the month.
Lovely to speak with you again
xxx
August 17th, 2008 at 1:08 am
# Marie Nicholas Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Hello Meejician!
*************
Hi to you, too!
It seems that our esteemed bottle crushers may be busy on another forum. Therefore leaving this in peace
Heaven be praised, and pass the popcorn………….
xxxx
August 17th, 2008 at 1:06 am
GF little nephew could when he was 3. Fell down 2! stairs from the attick to the ground floor. Just bruises though.
August 17th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Grande Finale
I could when I was four. I used to bust my brother out so we could play in the garden.
August 17th, 2008 at 12:59 am
I had a 2 year old who could scale the fridge and jump off without injury