McCanns going too far?

Any parent that places themselves before their child is neglectful.

Any good parent would never leave their young children in a house on their own while they went for a meal. You either have your meal with your kids or you arrange for appropriate supervision.
 
Accident.

1 something which happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, and which often damages something or injures someone:
Josh had an accident and spilled water all over his work.
She was injured in a car/road accident (= when one car hit another).

2 by accident without intending to, or without being intended:
I deleted the file by accident.
I found her letter by accident as I was looking through my files.
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Negelct

1 to give not enough care or attention to people or things that are your responsibility:
to neglect your appearance/the garden
He neglects that poor dog - he never takes him for walks or gives him any attention.
I'm afraid I've rather neglected my studies this week.

2 neglect to do sth to not do something, often because you forget:
I'd neglected to give him the name of the hotel where I'd be staying.
He neglected to mention the fact that we could lose money on the deal.
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It is very clear which one fits here.
 
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Slinwagh said:
Do you seriously beleive that leaving 3 childern all under the age of 4 out of sight, alone and un supervised while you go out on the lash is not neglect!
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Things didn't happen that way. They were in a restaurant 100 yards away and someone checked on the kids every half an hour or so.

When you drive round some of the council estates up and down this country you see genuine cases of child neglect - the McCann case is so not one of them.
 
Wouldnt bother argueing your case with Scorza as he clearly thinks the McCanns did no wrong and its perfectly acceptable to leave your kids alone whilst out on the lash.
 
scorza said:
Things didn't happen that way. They were in a restaurant 100 yards away and someone checked on the kids every half an hour or so.

When you drive round some of the council estates up and down this country you see genuine cases of child neglect - the McCann case is so not one of them.
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It was further than 100 yards away!

This is a clear case of neglect, I do not know of any parent who would leave their young children even for 5 minutes, to leave them for most of the night, with someone (not the parents) checking on them every so often.

Besides, I don't believe she was kidnapped....
 
Deluxe1 said:
Wouldnt bother argueing your case with Scorza as he clearly thinks the McCanns did no wrong and its perfectly acceptable to leave your kids alone whilst out on the lash.
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I think there is no evidence that they have done anything wrong - hence why Express Group Newspapers have just paid them £500k for the find Maddy fund.

I don't think it's right to vilify the parents in this case. They've made a mistake and paid the ultimate price for it. Persecuting them with child neglect accusations is not helpful - it lessens the seriousness of true cases of child neglect.
 
scorza said:
I think there is no evidence that they have done anything wrong - hence why Express Group Newspapers have just paid them £500k for the find Maddy fund.
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And there is no evidence to prove they are innocent. Until you or someone else can prove that they have nothing to do with the disappearance, then the papers in question, imo have done nothing wrong.
 
hamesy said:
And there is no evidence to prove they are innocent. Until you or someone else can prove that they have nothing to do with the disappearance, then the papers in question, imo have done nothing wrong.
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Send them to Guantamo!

Fortunately, the law disagrees with you.
 
"Innocent until proven guilty" though, isn't it :rolleyes: (not directed at anyones comments)

As far as I'm concerned, they left her and went out.. they're liable, they're guilty.

It's just a shame that the foreign police involved couldn't catch a cold, or we'd have found out a lot more.

They're (parents) in it for the money now (it seems to me).
 
scorza said:
I think there is no evidence that they have done anything wrong
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They've made a mistake
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lolz.

Persecuting them with child neglect accusations is not helpful - it lessens the seriousness of true cases of child neglect.
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So you are saying that there are more serious cases of neglect than those which result in the abduction and murder of the child?
 
[TW]Fox;11327903 said:
So you are saying that there are more serious cases of neglect than those which result in the abduction and murder of the child?
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Firstly the McCann case is not a case of child neglect. Secondly, child neglect is a serious problem whether or not someone gets abducted or hurt - the result does not dictate the seriousness of the crime. Thirdly, abduction is the most serious allegation in the McCann case.
 
scorza said:
"Innocent until proven guilty"

It's quite a well established legal precedent you know.
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That it is as you've demonstrated, most children know this but that isn't what I asked. So could you please quote the actual legislation you were referring to after I made my comment about the papers article.

Papers publish their own opinion on matter everyday, even if they are not true and have no solid evidence to back things up, so why should the McCann case be anything?
 
If a newspaper accused you of doing something bad and you couldnt prove otherwise even if you know you are innocent, dont you think you would want an apology/compensation of some sort? The issue isn't whether they're responsible or not for leaving the children, it's about being accused of the abduction and murder and it's whether it's right to tell millions of people a story without any overwhelming evidence to back it up. They shouldn't have to prove they're innocent until the evidence against them is enough to have them charged.
 
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