Madeleine McCann: Here’s A Question For You
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
SUNDAY HERALD: “KATE AND GERRY McCANN, BY IAN BELL”
OF ALL the questions asked of Kate and Gerry McCann, official and unofficial, wise or wantonly cruel, since the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter, one is never likely to be answered.
Is it, what happened to Madeleine McCann?
It is not one of the obvious questions.
So not one of the 100 Questions… Is it, what didn’t happen to Madeleine McCann?
It features in none of the many inquiries, spurious or otherwise, made by journalism and the law. It has nothing to do with the how, what, when or why. It is more baffling even than these mysteries.
Is it, what would Madeleine McCann do if she were manager of Spurs?
Better for an atheist to ask, perhaps, than anyone: how have this plainly devout couple managed to retain their faith?
No-one has asked that question? Never? Sure? “Why has God allowed this to happen? Ask parents of Madeleine McCann” – Joanna Sugden, Aug 13, 2007, The Times
But let’s not ask the questions; let’s let Ian Bell asks the questions:
If God was around when Madeleine was taken, most would question his motives. If a Christian spirit animated any of the hundreds of media who reported and commented upon the case, how was it manifested?
That’s an ecumenical matter…
The fact remains that there is only one fact: the child is missing still.
Yes. One fact. There was only ever one fact.
Still there are those who will tell you that Kate McCann is no sort of mother, that there is something “not right” about Gerry McCann’s stoicism. The need to believe that the child will be found was long ago replaced, in some parts of God’s creation, by the need to believe the worst of her parents.
Yeah, those. Not like Ian Bell who merely repeats what those are saying.
A paradox is created. Now we talk about the fact that some people go on talking when there is nothing to talk about.
Go on, Mr Bell. Do go on…
Why does the McCann case still return to the headlines?
Because you wrote a story about it and the subs rejected the chance to title it “Musings Of A Sandboy”…
Somehow, the McCanns represent the perfect moral storm. If you trust what you believe, some people will never believe them, even if the truth is beyond doubt or question.
What’s it got to do with Donald Rumsfeld, Ian?
And does anyone think they don’t already know that?
Hard to know…
Posted: 29th, October 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media Comments (79) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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November 29th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
if you cant get out and look then pick up your telephone book and call all the people you can and ask if la petite is there and if she is talk to her and ask her if shes madeleine mccann and if she says yes tell her her family loves her and misses her and youll call the police and give them the number and address so they can come and get her and take her to her mummy kates and tell her not to tell anybody the police will be there in a few minutes just tell her to say it was i dont know who and make something up or someone saying have a great day basically and then call the police and give them the name, number, address of where thanks from, La Donna
November 29th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
questioning a child instead of writing madeleine how are you we love you we will find you and so on would be nice she may be able to read or she may hear about it do you even care? after a long time you finally bring god into it dont you think the beginning should of been started with god as a jealous god id be so mad so upset i dont know what id do its as bad as having the priest kill your own son then having people say you sent him there for that instead of remembering at supper the priest killed gods son and being cautious of priest and changing the priesthood madeleine needs to be home jesus said believe so write something to help believe if nothing else and you know theres at least 3 who knew or know because she was seen in amsterdam can somebody not make the same mistake as anna stam and believe a child who comes right out and says “I’m Maddie” saying that says Hey here I am I aint dead I aint in portugal anymore either and then saying about her mummy and the strangers took her on holiday from her mummy is telling you plain as day They stole me I’m madeleine mccann help me I’m only 3 years old help me I know there was a party planned Im at a party shop Wheres my mummy these strangers took me do you know that, is this what part of the party my mummy no way she’s a stranger she took me my mummy’s Kate Mccann is what she was trying to say H E L P and newspapers and people still saying stuff like she was never seen and she was seen and her words “I’m Maddy” and maybe her believing of I really am her they really took me after not being believed by anna stam was so strong that every newspaper that could tell the world told it “Maddie” she got nicknamed “Maddie” real quick can somebody believe and do something find her write right and comment right help in any way possible the child has done and is doing the best she can I believe and all she can she is only 5 years old she hasn’t even been on earth but 5 years and some months the least you can do is care is think something good look around your neighborhood that god lets you live on his earth for free in no money needed to god to live on his earth try really to be like god I dont know if alot of people can in that area even having to put a reward for finding a child that was stolen is horrible people should care and have enough love to just find her or at least look and try Madeleine “maddie” “la petite” I hope if your reading this or hearing it you know someone is trying to help you trying to stand up for you your parents are to they love you and miss you the baby kitty in the mog book what would it have done without mog theres times to help and times not to from La Donna
October 30th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Maravilha Says:
October 30th, 2008 at 1:18 am
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I think I understand what you mean and the basic truths are that there are at the very least, two people who know what happened to Madeleine, that is Madeleine herself (1) and the person who took her (2), it is clear after all, that she did not wander off by herself.
We then have the possibility of a third person (3) who may have been working with (2) and, unless they were just opportunists, there may be (4++++++++) others in a possible syndicate who may have also been working with even more others, so it isn’t as if nobody at all knows what happened to the child. The trouble is, with the passage of time, whereas initially there may have been a weak link who might have just broken under pressure, it is now too far down the line and they will all be happy in the knowledge that they have got away with it.
The only way now that she will be “discovered” is by accident i.e. someone stumbling over her remains, as I doubt very, very much if she is still alive as there would then be too many “jumpy” people who still would know where she is and who still might bend under pressure and the lure of any rewards, presumably there is still money left to pay such a thing ? Is there still a “Madeleine Fund” ? if so how much is in it now I wonder ?
October 30th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Thatpoorpriest,
I don’t think each person told it to 5 people.Each person told it to one person and that one person told it to another one person,etc etc.By now, there must be a lot of people who know the truth or at least a part of it.We don’t know what happened to her.If at least two people know what happened, very many people know it already.
We have to wait.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:02 am
last week, while I was browsing through anorak, my dad looked over my shoulder and said - surely you’re not still reading about Madeleine -. Well, I left the computer to cook the dinner, while I was away he took my place and started reading. Then he said - I now see why you are so fascinated. He had no idea what had gone on, and now he reads about it more than I do!
Since then I have passed the internet info on to several friends who also have become hooked.
I was thinking, if each person told 5 people and they in turn did the same etc. very soon , so many people would begin to see the light, that people pressure would reopen the case and charges would at last be made. Or, at the very least, the silent 7 would be compelled to break the pact imposed upon them, just so that they could prove their own innocence, and not have a loud over their heads.
October 29th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I’ve been sleuthing on the other side and in other places and guess what I want to know the riddle of the door.
On the McC files there are three different drawn plans of Maddie’s bedroom and one photo taken through the window after the police had finished their inspection. All three drawings show the door opening different ways, two inwards hinged either on the left or the right and one showing it opening outwards - this latter matches the photo so far as one can see. The interesting thing is that only one version (door opening inwards with Maddie’s bed behind the door) woould allow MO’s story to be true, that he could see the twins but not M. According to the photo where the door opens outwards he would actually have seen Maddie before the twins as he pulled the door open.
If as the photo suggests the door opened outwards then it would have to have been slammed if at all by the draught from the patio doors, in which case it would have been yanked from KM’s hands as she went to shut it - some draught?!
Perhaps it was a virtual door or an ever-changing door, like those fascinating oldfashioned note clips which clamped the notes whicever way you opened them by an interesting arrangement of digonal straps? OK I’m wittering but it’s late and it’s quiet around here tonight.
October 29th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Montaillou, she has spotted all the flaws so far, doesn’t bark [but swears occasionally] and totally believes renown sniffer dogs
And, yes, I cannot wait to get her back her for many reasons, one of which is indeed …
October 29th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Chatelaine I think you should get your maman firmly hooked on the trail of child neglectors, she would spot the flaws in strange stories in an instant, might not bark like Eddie and Keela but I bet she’d anjoy the chase all the same. x lol
:)
October 29th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Châtelaine Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
B.t.w. she said the same thing as PeterMac: follow the money …
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Very wise Bless her
October 29th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Montaillou, sincerely hope you’re right and she’ll be there for a long time!
Your maman being compos mentis is very important, as regretful as her demise is. So many of my friends have one of their parents or loved ones drifting away into oblivion without - I think that’s the hardest - not remembering you anymore.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Chatelaine she’ll be with you for a long time yet, she sounds like a very feisty lady. I’ve got to say my own maman was totally compos mentis right to the end in spite of dreadful physical debility, result of appalling UK NHS in the 89s and early 90s, very sad.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Something on the tele. No kidding… once a week there’s something I want to see Till later, maybe.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
B.t.w. she said the same thing as PeterMac: follow the money …
October 29th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Montaillou, she’s in the Netherlands now. As she’s half deaf, I cannot keep her posted over the phone in detail. As soon as she’s back here in France, I’ll tell her about you. She might have something to say to you. Sorry to hear that your Maman isn’t with you anymore. I don’t really want to think about losing mine.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Grande Finale: thanks for the link. I liked it … and then the end…! Yuk
October 29th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Congrats to Maman, I wish mine was still with us, just shows however old you are, if you have the sense it doesn’t leave you ever.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
My Maman is 90, Montaillou
Yes, she “knows” …
October 29th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Yupp! lol
October 29th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Sorry Chatelaine I was making an assumption that she might be aged, but mothers anyway, min ehad plenty of sense and I’m one myself three times over and not that aged but I reckon I have the ’sense’.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
And their daughters too
October 29th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Chatelaine - in my experience aged mothers have a lot of that sixth sense
October 29th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
SteveT Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Brandon,
Do you believe in miracles?
it’s only short watch it until the end
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Here’s someone that does
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MdUdlR7XfAw
October 29th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Montaillou, Make much sense indeed. I distinctly remember my old Maman, who wanted to know why I was on the computer after working hours [which is not abnormal b.t.w.]. I gave her some basics, real basics - shutters, doors, early statements; we’re talking a year ago - and she said: “This stinks”, pulling her nose up like she would indeed smell something bad.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I am not sure what it means to “make a mug” of someone, but if it’s anything like making a fool of them, then he needs no help at all.
I assume he’s merely a troll and that being outrageous is his game. Otherwise, he’s clearly unbalanced, and I am most happy that he’s on your side of the Atlantic.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Coco I loved your article on sixth sense, it made such sense but some don’t have the sense to understand it - senseless in fact..
October 29th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Hi there AyeRight
Just shows Scottish law is superior and more effective. The male member of the fragrant duo is Scottish, perhaps he could be abducted and dropped into a Scottish court in his native land?
October 29th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I see BBC website is reporting an Edinburgh mother is due for court sentencing for neglect of her 4 year old son - having left him at home in the care of an 8 year old.
Hmmmm….
October 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Brandon,
Do you believe in miracles?
October 29th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I never did get my hot chocolate
Will make another now.
October 29th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
So when did they got to Sagres and zavial beach then ? What about the Cabo Sao Vicente lighthouse trip ?
How did they get there ?
Weren’t the creche records signed everyday ?
October 29th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
The Pro’s can’t make a mug of CoCo