Dave 1-03-2011 @ 7:29AM
What a strange upbringing they must have.
3
I feel a lot of sympathy for the McCann's. They recognise they made a huge error by leaving their children unattented, but they were not alone. Other members of their group did exactly the same but they were very lucky in that they 'got away with it'. I in no way condone what the McCann's did, I would not have thought of doing that with my own children, but they made a massive error of judgement which they now have to live with for the rest of their lives.
They have to finance their search for their child from their owns means as, understandably, there is only a certain amount that police and governments can and should be expected to do in such cases. This means that in order to continue to search for their daughter they have to raise funds. Publishing a book about what happened back in 2007 is the obvious way for them to raise the funds they desperately need to continue their search.
I would do the same if one of my kids was stollen from me. The fact that their child was stollen whilst unattended is not relevent to the need to raise funds to search for her. The only relevent thing is that the search continues for this little child who was stollen from her family by a criminal. To continue the search, they need funds. To raise funds they have had to write a book. They don't and never have absolved themselves of their neglect that night, and they live with their admitted guilt every day.
Their continued search matters because it sends the message to those out there who steal children from their families, that the children won't be forgotten and they will always be searched for for how ever long it takes.
h-palmer 1-03-2011 @ 8:34AM
They have to finance their search for their child from their owns means as, understandably, there is only a certain amount that police and governments can and should be expected to do in such cases. This means that in order to continue to search for their daughter they have to raise funds. Publishing a book about what happened back in 2007 is the obvious way for them to raise the funds they desperately need to continue their search.
I would do the same if one of my kids was stollen from me. The fact that their child was stollen whilst unattended is not relevent to the need to raise funds to search for her. The only relevent thing is that the search continues for this little child who was stollen from her family by a criminal. To continue the search, they need funds. To raise funds they have had to write a book. They don't and never have absolved themselves of their neglect that night, and they live with their admitted guilt every day.
Their continued search matters because it sends the message to those out there who steal children from their families, that the children won't be forgotten and they will always be searched for for how ever long it takes.
4
Mr Palmer I have to take issue,
When exactly did the McCanns say they recognise they made a mistake, cause they have never said anything of the sort.
Publishing a book is the obvious way to go now that their are no more policemen or papers to sue.
Search what search? The invisible man who managed to break in enter 2 rooms, remove a child all without leaving a spec of dna. Let alone carry a child off without never being seen in a holiday resort.
Please!!!
AS for absolve themselves, only god can do that, and I think he got a very special seat waiting for the McCanns. You seem to be quite happy to ignore all the unanswered questions. Look at the people around them, they are people who know how to make money and get good publicity.
Rudy 1-03-2011 @ 8:59AM
When exactly did the McCanns say they recognise they made a mistake, cause they have never said anything of the sort.
Publishing a book is the obvious way to go now that their are no more policemen or papers to sue.
Search what search? The invisible man who managed to break in enter 2 rooms, remove a child all without leaving a spec of dna. Let alone carry a child off without never being seen in a holiday resort.
Please!!!
AS for absolve themselves, only god can do that, and I think he got a very special seat waiting for the McCanns. You seem to be quite happy to ignore all the unanswered questions. Look at the people around them, they are people who know how to make money and get good publicity.
5
So what do you recommend? Should they just sweep this under the carpet and move on? You obviously DO NOT have children. There is nobody looking for their daughter so they need to raise funds to continue paying their private investigators.
I am just so tired of reading these comments of ignorant people with no children. If my child went missing I would look for him / her until the day I die.
Elaine 1-03-2011 @ 10:46AM
I am just so tired of reading these comments of ignorant people with no children. If my child went missing I would look for him / her until the day I die.
6
Sorry but no...I wont be buying their book. I have rarely seen such a travesty of justice regarding both parents. There is so many questions NOT answered by the MCanns which raise queries in my mind. My heart goes out to Madeline but NOT to the parents who left her and the twins alone whilst having a drink and a meal. These are the same people who would have been on a panel judging me for child neglect. This is one of the sad legal cases where justice was NOT done. I hope Maddie is still alive but will she be returned to her parents to do the same again? mind boggles
m.monks 1-03-2011 @ 7:41AM
7
Why have they not been charged with child neglect ?? That's what it amounts too.I hope they are feeling really bad about leaving Madelaine that night,if you want to socialise without children don't have them in the first place
Liz 1-03-2011 @ 8:31AM
8
Write a book! Yeah great idea! hours upon hours sat at a pc writing a book, when You could be making enquiries regarding the wherabouts of Your daughter.........Mmmm!!!!!!!!!!! 30% from book sale profits going towards funds needed to find our daughter and 70% going in the bank....Mmmmmm!!!!!!!! If My daughter was missing, writing a book. (that inevitably would stir up deeply upsetting memories) is the last thing I would want or indeed need!
nighterjay 1-03-2011 @ 11:09AM
10
i u.stand it takes ALOT of money 2 keep their campaign going . but . no disrespect 2 poor little madeline . they wld.nt BE in this situation if they had.nt left their kids ALONE ! they were @ FAULT & shld be held ACCOUNTABLE . yet their allowed 2 carry on looking after madeline.s siblings . personaly . i dont think they shld BE in charge of a kids(s0 after their FAILURE 2 keep MADELINE safe ! any1 ELSE wld surely be charged with child neglect @ LEAST ? ! .... i WONT be buying the book btw . allthought i HOPE madeline turns up safe & well 1 day . but i seriously doubt that will happen though . as some1 else said . theres 2 many UNANSWERED questions concercing her PARENTS !
elek 1-03-2011 @ 7:56AM
11
no body in there right mind would buy the book if they had done what any normal person would have done and not gone out and left the kids alone this would never have happened wonder if they have learnt anything from it like if you have kids you dont go out and leave them on their own all they are trying to do is take the blame of their selves
alan 1-03-2011 @ 7:47AM
12
Wow, I take it from the comments so far that this year's resolutions did not contain the words more compassion. These people lost their daughter. Nobody knows the circumstances. I am assuming, being on this site at all that you too have children. Can you bring yourselves, just for a second, to imagine what that feels like. Your comments disgust me.
suze 1-03-2011 @ 7:48AM
13
when my kids were young if we went on holiday then we looked after the kids if we could not take them with us then we stayed in we never left them on there own i know what happened was bad but think of this if the building had caught fire then they would have lost all their kids just for the sake of a drink and a meal
alan 1-03-2011 @ 7:55AM
14
Suzy it is your comments that are disgusting.
Three simple questions for you.
Have the McCanns ever accepted responsibility for what they did?
Have they ever stopped blaming everyone else, the police cheif, the papers which don't beleive them or the witnesses.?
Has any policeman publicly come out and backed their story, English or Portuguese?
As for compassion, you need to do something to deserve it, and that old one about losing a child don't wash. People lose children everyday, car acidents, suicides, drugs cot deaths, yet they dont get a second thought. Yet you are so gulliable thet you let 2 people who hired a publicist, a p.r. man and a agent all to make them look good. Their child was lost in Portugal, go look for her there. Oh they can't because the police there still want to taqlk to them, and if they are arrested, questions in court will come out, they don't want the gullible English public to know about.
Rudy 1-03-2011 @ 8:59AM
Three simple questions for you.
Have the McCanns ever accepted responsibility for what they did?
Have they ever stopped blaming everyone else, the police cheif, the papers which don't beleive them or the witnesses.?
Has any policeman publicly come out and backed their story, English or Portuguese?
As for compassion, you need to do something to deserve it, and that old one about losing a child don't wash. People lose children everyday, car acidents, suicides, drugs cot deaths, yet they dont get a second thought. Yet you are so gulliable thet you let 2 people who hired a publicist, a p.r. man and a agent all to make them look good. Their child was lost in Portugal, go look for her there. Oh they can't because the police there still want to taqlk to them, and if they are arrested, questions in court will come out, they don't want the gullible English public to know about.
15
As Alan stated when you go on holiday you Don't go out and leave your very very young children alone in a hotel room... And just assuming that checking on them every half hour will be ok... My family have been abroad many many times and if you couldn't take he kids out with you - you didn't go. Our children got taken out to every restaurant (usually in buggies when they were very young) that we went to - we'd sit outside bars/restaurants with them and it never once occurred to us to leave them alone in a room in a strange country...Unfortunately Madeleine has paid the price for her parents neglect - something they seem unwilling to admit to..And why two doctors couldn't be asked to pay for a babysitter that the holiday complex supplied is utterly scandalous..And yes Suze after 4 years we do know exactly the circustances as to why they were left - bad parenting... .
kate 1-03-2011 @ 8:42AM
16
Making profit out of the loss of your daughter is what discusts ME!!
nighterjay 1-03-2011 @ 11:15AM
17
You should never forget that the police never ever found any evidence pointing towards an abduction. Let alone the dog's findings.
So I'll never understand why that couple is protected in such incredible degree. I followed the case from the beginning and read the official files.
Any other persons would have been behind bars since long.
I don't get it!
Cody 1-03-2011 @ 8:56AM
So I'll never understand why that couple is protected in such incredible degree. I followed the case from the beginning and read the official files.
Any other persons would have been behind bars since long.
I don't get it!
19
Don your comments don't make sense, It would not me next time, because I would not leave kids alone to go for a meal.
I would not say with one breath we won't leave without Maddie, and the minute the investigation turns on them, their on the next plane.
I would publically apologise to Maddie for putting her in this situation.
And I certainly would answer all the police questions, no maettr how hard.
All things the sad McCanns have failed to do, and their even sadder followers seem quite happy to ignore.
Rudy 1-03-2011 @ 9:00AM
I would not say with one breath we won't leave without Maddie, and the minute the investigation turns on them, their on the next plane.
I would publically apologise to Maddie for putting her in this situation.
And I certainly would answer all the police questions, no maettr how hard.
All things the sad McCanns have failed to do, and their even sadder followers seem quite happy to ignore.
20
enough is enough .
its very sad that this child has never been found.
but now its the parents that should take responsabilty not the general public.
I spent two years believing the McCann abduction story. Then I smelled a rat and began researching the case. At this point I believe the police version of events. There was no evidence of an abduction, just Kate and Gerry's insistence on it. I want to know how the McCanns have got away with this for so long. Who is helping them cover up the truth and why. There has to be some high level interference or they would be in jail like all other child neglectors. At some point the truth will come out.
anne 1-03-2011 @ 9:56AM
its very sad that this child has never been found.
but now its the parents that should take responsabilty not the general public.
Jackie 1-03-2011 @ 9:03AM
23 I too have followed the case closely.
There appears to be no independant sighting of the child after
2 pm. and that was by a hotel employee if they are to be believed.
The group are a close knit bunch and are sticking together like glue.
Coming up with a 'sighting' after a few months just won't wash.
Would anyone who voluntered to go and check on the children fail to enter the room where the children were supposed to be sleeping; as was the case.
I think not. The Tanners may be out of the limelight but one day the truth will out. One way or another.
Joh 1-03-2011 @ 10:20AM
There appears to be no independant sighting of the child after
2 pm. and that was by a hotel employee if they are to be believed.
The group are a close knit bunch and are sticking together like glue.
Coming up with a 'sighting' after a few months just won't wash.
Would anyone who voluntered to go and check on the children fail to enter the room where the children were supposed to be sleeping; as was the case.
I think not. The Tanners may be out of the limelight but one day the truth will out. One way or another.
26 "I in no way condone what the McCann's did, I would not have thought of doing that with my own children, but they made a massive error of judgement which they now have to live with for the rest of their lives."
"And why two doctors couldn't be asked to pay for a babysitter that the holiday complex supplied is utterly scandalous.."
I agree with the above comments.
We have 18 month old twins and no way in the world would we have left them in an unlocked apartment,unattended.These child friendy resorts have babysitters so you can go out/relax for a few hours...its a small price to pay.
Of course the McCanns realise they made the biggest mistake of their lives,but that doesn't mean you can't still feel sympathy them.
mark 1-03-2011 @ 9:32AM
"And why two doctors couldn't be asked to pay for a babysitter that the holiday complex supplied is utterly scandalous.."
I agree with the above comments.
We have 18 month old twins and no way in the world would we have left them in an unlocked apartment,unattended.These child friendy resorts have babysitters so you can go out/relax for a few hours...its a small price to pay.
Of course the McCanns realise they made the biggest mistake of their lives,but that doesn't mean you can't still feel sympathy them.
29 My heart goes out for the loss of the child, but my heart is with the child not the parents.
At first I could appreciate their grief, but as time went on the more cynical and suspicious of their behaviour as time went on. No one can express the grief of losing a child, particularly one who has only just started to discover what is around them.
My cyncism started when we had the Boo Hoos' on the TV, the press interviews which were so commercial than information gathering. My suspicions were justified when they suddenly made public (by inference) that they were such "devout Catholics, that they would take their troubles to him". Why make such a Publicity stunt out of something so personal?
In fairness to the press, although they did over-play it for the sake of selling copy; at least they were helpful; but I don't quite understand the SUN's logic that a £1 Million bounty was going to make the would be abductor (or was he/she, as we can safely suspect now murderer) hand the child over; particlarly when there was no ransom in the first place.
As for the allged sighting, it is unlikely that a four year old would be able to survive on their own for much more than 36 hours without adult intervention. So that only leaves abduction, followed by murder; or someone taking the child in as a guardian whilst they found the parents. And in the latter case, certainly if I were an adult, parent or not, finding a small child, and under 7 years old wandering around the first thing I would do after getting the child home would be to call the Police to report that I had found a person at risk.
Now that they are going to publish a book stinks of capitalisation on a sad case, but also raises questions about their motives. I have read of parents who have lost children through abduction and fatal actions in newspapers, but after it is assumed that nothing further can be done, they are left to mourn, as the should.
In these few (thank-fully) cases which I have read about in the press, has the guardian or parent written a BOOK !
My heart goes out to the child; but have no sympathy now for the cynical parents.
Chris R 1-03-2011 @ 10:58AM
At first I could appreciate their grief, but as time went on the more cynical and suspicious of their behaviour as time went on. No one can express the grief of losing a child, particularly one who has only just started to discover what is around them.
My cyncism started when we had the Boo Hoos' on the TV, the press interviews which were so commercial than information gathering. My suspicions were justified when they suddenly made public (by inference) that they were such "devout Catholics, that they would take their troubles to him". Why make such a Publicity stunt out of something so personal?
In fairness to the press, although they did over-play it for the sake of selling copy; at least they were helpful; but I don't quite understand the SUN's logic that a £1 Million bounty was going to make the would be abductor (or was he/she, as we can safely suspect now murderer) hand the child over; particlarly when there was no ransom in the first place.
As for the allged sighting, it is unlikely that a four year old would be able to survive on their own for much more than 36 hours without adult intervention. So that only leaves abduction, followed by murder; or someone taking the child in as a guardian whilst they found the parents. And in the latter case, certainly if I were an adult, parent or not, finding a small child, and under 7 years old wandering around the first thing I would do after getting the child home would be to call the Police to report that I had found a person at risk.
Now that they are going to publish a book stinks of capitalisation on a sad case, but also raises questions about their motives. I have read of parents who have lost children through abduction and fatal actions in newspapers, but after it is assumed that nothing further can be done, they are left to mourn, as the should.
In these few (thank-fully) cases which I have read about in the press, has the guardian or parent written a BOOK !
My heart goes out to the child; but have no sympathy now for the cynical parents.
30 I agree entirely, and why so much concern about "clashing with the Royal Wedding"?
Worried that it may affect their sales and therefore income from a tragic case. As I say in my deposition, originally they had my sympathy, now I hold them in contmept for their cynicism.
Chris R 1-03-2011 @ 11:21AM
Worried that it may affect their sales and therefore income from a tragic case. As I say in my deposition, originally they had my sympathy, now I hold them in contmept for their cynicism.
31 I'll buy the book, and be all over it like a rash. These people have lied about every aspect right from the start, the apartment wasn't broken into, Gerry has changed his story four times about whether or not he saw Madelaine when supposedly checking the apartment. When Kate 'discovered' Madelaine was missing neither Kate nor Gerry bothered to look for Madelaine, they were both on their phones planting the abduction story (which at the time was eagerly swallowed by the media). Since that time neither of them has uttered one single word of regret or remorse, never ever have either of them said "How we wish we had done things differently". "If only we could turn the clock back". Yes, Kate and Gerry, I promise to buy the book - and go through it with a fine tooth comb.
indlovubill 1-03-2011 @ 11:06AM
32 I agree, apart from buying the book - just get it out of the library, that way they won't make any money out of you.
Spotter 1-03-2011 @ 11:21AM
J.McIntosh 1-03-2011 @ 7:59AM