McCanns going too far?

iCraig said:
When I bought a PC game yesterday (Splinter Cell Double Agent :p ) I thought it was a good idea, looked fine. Got it home and played it and it's now un-installed. Worst game ever. I made a mistake buying it, no?
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No you didn't make a mistake buying it. You didn't accidentally buy it, you deliberately chose to buy it. You took a calculated gamble that you may or may not like the game. You knew of this gamble in advance but decided it was a worthwhile bet.

Just as the parents did NOT make a 'mistake', they left their child alone knowing full well that some sort of harm may come to her - proven by the fact they returned to check on her (why do that if there was no risk?).
 
dirtydog said:
Irrelevant, but yes, possibly.

Because...


In an interview they basically said they hadn't done anything wrong.
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Of course, everyone knows it's acceptable to leave a 3year old and 2 year twins alone. I'm pretty sure if a family behaved that way over here, leaving toddlers alone while they went out, social services would have something to say about it.

At the end of the day 99%-ish (actually its probably far lower than that, i think we would probably be surprised at adult/parent's attitudes towards child welfare) would have not left children of their age alone, end of.
 
dirtydog said:
No you didn't make a mistake buying it. You didn't accidentally buy it, you deliberately chose to buy it. You took a calculated gamble that you may or may not like the game. You knew of this gamble in advance but decided it was a worthwhile bet.

Just as the parents did NOT make a 'mistake', they left their child alone knowing full well that some sort of harm may come to her - proven by the fact they returned to check on her (why do that if there was no risk?).
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I had two decisions. Buy the game, or not buy the game. I shouldn't of bought the game. I regret my decision, isn't that not a mistake?

I doubt they had factored in the odds of a paedophile or whatever, entering the room and stealing Madeleine. The checks were probably to make sure they were sleeping and not getting up to mischief. Screaming, shouting, running around, throwing pillows about, whatever.

Google said:
Definitions of mistake on the Web:

a wrong action attributable to bad judgement or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake";
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The MCanns judgement was flawed. They believed their children would be safe alone in the hotel room. They were wrong. I'm not defending their decision, but it was a mistake.
 
dirtydog said:
No you didn't make a mistake buying it. You didn't accidentally buy it, you deliberately chose to buy it. You took a calculated gamble that you may or may not like the game. You knew of this gamble in advance but decided it was a worthwhile bet.

Just as the parents did NOT make a 'mistake', they left their child alone knowing full well that some sort of harm may come to her - proven by the fact they returned to check on her (why do that if there was no risk?).
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I'm sorry if I've not interpreted your posts correctly, but you're saying that one cannot accidentally make a mistake? I believe that you can.

Nobody is going to leave their child alone 'knowing full well that some harm may come to them' :/
They obviously left them alone thinking that they would be fine. If you won't define that as a mistake, then how would you define it? Yes, they made a 'decision' to go out etc, they also made a mistake.

And, for the billionth time:

cleanbluesky said:
Personally I don't think anything that people want to see done to them can be any worse than what has already happened
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iCraig said:
I had two decisions. Buy the game, or not buy the game. I shouldn't of bought the game. I regret my decision, isn't that not a mistake?
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No. A mistake would have been buying Splinter Cell when you thought you were buying Quake4.
 
sorry not read the whole thread but i just saw a maddie advert and there is a 2.6mil reward for any info that leads to her :eek:


where the hell did this 2.6 mil come from
 
Am I the only one who thinks this desperate crusade has gone just a little too far now?
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I have to say I agree - I don't feel any animosity towards the parents, but think it's a sad fact that a little white girl gets kidnapped and it's all over the news for weeks, yet plenty of other atrocities go by unmentioned. Maybe I'm just being cynical, or maybe journalists are just lazy. I watch the news for just that, not for rehashing of the same tired story.
 
"No. A mistake would have been buying Splinter Cell when you thought you were buying Quake4."


Lol thanks for that m8 you made my sunday :) At least there is still humour in every situation no matter how awful.

I reckon it was the Muslims who did it, they baked her in a pie and ate her.

Albaba
 
Hey guys, remember that other girl who was snatched in Nigeria recently? Well of course you do because its been plastered all over the news for days. Well she has been freed, horah :D :D linky. Obviously this was down to the media driven campaign and persistent calls for her immediate unconditional release from movie stars, singers, Z list celebs etc etc. And the flood of donations of course. The news report doesnt say but i suspect bono had something to do with it. Thank god for the media.
 
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Clinkz said:
Obviously this was down to the media driven campaign and persistent calls for her immediate unconditional release from movie stars, singers, Z list celebs etc etc. And the flood of donations of course. The news report doesnt say but i suspect bono had something to do with it. Thank god for the media.
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Not remotely the same -
one was taken for a ransom and the other was probably taken to please a paedophile.
 
dmpoole said:
Not remotely the same -
one was taken for a ransom and the other was probably taken to please a paedophile.
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The circumstances behind the abductions were different, but isn't the point that media hype can be a help in such situations?

Even if the chances of finding abducted children are only raised by a few % with all the media attention, it's worth it imo.
 
Whilst I can appreciate the parents actions in the wider scheme of things it’s disproportional. If we look at the resources that have been directed to this over the last couple of months far more “good” could have been achieved had those resources been directed towards children who are facing real hardship today.
 
Poor girl, but the parents are partly responsible it occuring. I for one would NEVER leave children unattended, and when i do have my own (in many years) i would never lock them in a hotel room whilst i went out.
 
I can really begin to emphasise with Fox now over how annoying and pointless the charade is becoming.

On Saturday afternoon in Wolverhampton town centre there was a group of parents with their kids raising money for Madeleine and her fund. They were selling pictures of Madeleine and binoculars for £10 each, and then telling the people buying them to actually use them to look for her. I thought they were symbolic, but they literally were asking people to take the little binoculars with them and use them to spot "little Maddy."

What annoyed me was when I was asked, quite rudely, as to why I was being selfish for saying "no thanks" to going to an organised spotting session. Yes ladies and gentlemen they were rounding up people to hold a vigil on Sunday afternoon in Wolverhampton's West Park to all stand with binoculars and hunt for Madeleine. :rolleyes:

What a waste of time and money. Not the parents fault admittedly, but it's a prime example of how it gets spun ridiculously in such a pointless fashion.
 
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Well it's only a matter of time before the media turn on the parents. Then we'll hear all the little details that so far have been held back.
 
iCraig said:
Yes ladies and gentlemen they were rounding up people to hold a vigil on Sunday afternoon in Wolverhampton's West Park to all stand with binoculars and hunt for Madeleine. :rolleyes:
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Would anyone else be as tempted as me to make some kind of stuffed doll thing to annoy all the 'spotters' in the park? :/
 
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