Madeleine McCann

Hom3r · 04-05-2007, 19:22

This kind of story really P*$$e$ me off.

WTF did they were thinking about.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/6623127.stm
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...264104,00.html

When my siser had her baby in Jan 2001 I had won a free holiday in May 01, it was a 6 berth caravan so we took them with us, one night we wanted to go for a meal. but with there daughter being so young they didn't want to take her to a noisy / smoke filed resturant. So my mum said hat she would baby sit. But I decided to stay and the my Mum, Dad, Sister & brother In-law go to the meal whilst I stayed behind. It was a scarifce I was prepared to make.

We have done this several times since even on holiday, and we would NEVER leave them in an accomadation while we had a meal, even if we could se the front door.

ikthius · 04-05-2007, 19:39

Agreed,

no kids should be left on their own, no matter where they are, and especially in a foreign country.

Dispicable. I for one only feel sorry for the kid, but not the parents.

ik

marky · 04-05-2007, 19:52

Jeesh

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Madeleine McCann, who has a twin brother and sister, disappeared while her parents were eating in the hotel dining room 40 yards away.

I wouldnt call 40yds alone, i really feel for the parents as should you all

04-05-2007, 20:03

it was far enough away for her to be abducted or disapear without them seeing it so it was alone

superbiatch · 04-05-2007, 20:06

I think i'll wait before i judge on this, we all know how the media can hype things up. If however what they say is true, then i feel so sorry for the child to have parents who think she's an inconvenience.

Hom3r · 04-05-2007, 20:09

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

it was far enough away for her to be abducted or disapear without them seeing it so it was alone

Agreed, being a parent means you have to make sacrifices. The unforntuate thing is that they have learnt the hard way.

Lets hope that Madeleine returns home safe and unharmed

Marge · 04-05-2007, 20:09

Madeleine's parents - both 46-year-old doctors - had been dining in a tapas restaurant a few hundred yards from the apartment and had been checking on the little girl and her younger brother and sister, two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie, every half hour.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...re/6626251.stm

Whether the parents were next door, 40 or 400 yards away, the kiddies should not have been left alone. I can imagine the havoc a certain four year old (my nephew) left alone for just five minutes could create never mind half an hour. I hope the little one turns up safe and sound but things like this never usually have a happy ending

marky · 04-05-2007, 20:17

Either way, I blame the person that took her NOT the parents

Hom3r · 04-05-2007, 20:30

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Originally Posted by marky

Either way, I blame the person that took her NOT the parents

Sorry but how can you not blame the parents??

They where no were near the room where she was taken. they should have been inside the house, or just outside the house, not down the road jollying it up.

marky · 04-05-2007, 20:43

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

Sorry but how can you not blame the parents??

They where no were near the room where she was taken. they should have been inside the house, or just outside the house, not down the road jollying it up.

I so hope you can sleep at night because i'm damn sure they cant, they will be blaming themselves and dont need others jumping on and blaming them.

BTW, so you dont blame the person/s that took her then ???

Hom3r · 04-05-2007, 20:50

Yes they are also to blame, but if there had been an adult in the house it would have been unlikely she would have been taken.

TheDaddy · 04-05-2007, 21:01

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

Sorry but how can you not blame the parents??

They where no were near the room where she was taken. they should have been inside the house, or just outside the house, not down the road jollying it up.

Tell that to the parents who have had their children taken whilst they have been asleep or when they are taken from gardens because a parent has been distracted by the phone, you wouldn't blame them and I wonder who the courts will blame for the abduction

rogerdraig · 04-05-2007, 21:45

well i wouldnt even leave my laptop alone that far away let alone my child

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Tell that to the parents who have had their children taken whilst they have been asleep or when they are taken from gardens because a parent has been distracted by the phone, you wouldn't blame them and I wonder who the courts will blame for the abduction

the court in this country would blame the parents

its called Abandonment

( Section 1 of The CYP Act 1933. Abandonment of young children (i.e. under 5 years) where the child is exposed to danger. )

there is a big diference between a child sliping away or parent being distracted and deliberately leaving a child alone in a room that you wont be close enough to hear and see

Mr_love_monkey · 04-05-2007, 22:18

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Tell that to the parents who have had their children taken whilst they have been asleep or when they are taken from gardens because a parent has been distracted by the phone, you wouldn't blame them and I wonder who the courts will blame for the abduction

There's a difference between being distracted, and blatant irresponsibility - which is what these 'parents' (and I use the word loosely) have done.
I'm sure right now they are going through all kinds of hell, but seriously what kind of bunch of f**Kwits thinks it's ok to leave, not 1, but 3 kids, aged 3 and under, in a hotel room, on their own - whilst they go out.
I don't care if it's only a hundred yards away, it might as well be a hundred miles away - these are supposedly intelligent people - how could they even begin to think that it was ok? - oh no wait, they were going back to check every 30 minutes - that's alright then, because we all know that bad things only happen on the hour and half past the hour.

Putting this to one side for a moment, what if the kids had woken up with a nightmare? - 29 minutes, or however long, for small children that have had a nightmare and are scared - would seem like an age.

Kids are a lot of responsibilty, and they stop you doing a lot of things that you might enjoy doing, like going out in the evening for a nice meal - but that's life, if you don't want your life to be affected like that, don't have kids - if you want something you can leave in the evening, get a hamster.

I just hope she turns up safe and well

Hom3r · 04-05-2007, 22:37

Watching this on the news, it seems to me that abduction is not the only thing police are looking at.

It does seem strange that they took her who was apparently sleeping in the middle.

Did she have a bad dream and go and look for her parents (unlikely due to dame to window).

Are the parents responsible for her disappearence? Just because they are Drs doesn't mean they would harm her. (Look at Ian Huntley no one suspected him, OK I know its not the same but first impression can be deceiving)