McCanns going too far?

The McCanns have gone so far down the road in this publicity campaign that they can't stop - to stop would be an admission that they've given up on finding her.

They're gonna fight to keep her on the front pages until she's found, either alive or dead.
 
Isn't it well known that you are more likely to get murdered or raped by someone you know. I think he is suspect and I don't buy all this sob story, I think its a cover up. He is a intelligent man and we should not underestimate what he may be capable of. He just doesn't seem genuine when you see him on those press reports. His wife does. But there is something about him, and this whole episode that doesn't quite fit.
My mother says the same about both of them, I don't understand, have you had your 4 year old daughter kidnapped before and know the "proper way" to react?

I don't think my sister was ever kidnapped/abducted/whatever so I really don't know how my mother knows the "proper way" to react..
 
scorza said:
Because you're saying exactly the same thing as that communist party official.

Right.

I think there is a slight difference between that, which we know very little about, and Madeleine's situation.

Why can't you accept that release a rehased cd-single to raise money, that they don't need, is putting a lump in some people's throats? It seems like a very uncomfortable way to cash in on the situation.
 
The McCann's are using publicity to keep awareness up. People are much more likely to recognise her if she is out and about, because everyone has seen her in the paper oodles of times.

It's a pretty smart plan really... though it does carry the risk of driving the abductor completely underground.
 
vonhelmet said:
The McCann's are using publicity to keep awareness up. People are much more likely to recognise her if she is out and about, because everyone has seen her in the paper oodles of times.

It's a pretty smart plan really... though it does carry the risk of driving the abductor completely underground.

I'm not denying that. What I'm saying is that it's not the only story in the news. Everyone must have seen the poor girl several hundred times over the past few weeks. It will get to the point where people get sick of the story - it's clearly started already. That isn't because the plight of the young girl isn't horrible, it is. It's the parents that are milking the attention with things like releasing a record. It's giving the whole thing a sinister edge.

My main issue with the whole mass media thing in the first place was that anyone that might've taken her, would either kill her, or never release her. After all this media coverage, no-one connected with her abduction would ever get a fair trial. It is powerful enough to work against them too.
 
DailyGeek said:
It's the parents that are milking the attention with things like releasing a record. It's giving the whole thing a sinister edge.

Milking how? You think they're actually profiting from this?

DailyGeek said:
My main issue with the whole mass media thing in the first place was that anyone that might've taken her, would either kill her, or never release her. After all this media coverage, no-one connected with her abduction would ever get a fair trial. It is powerful enough to work against them too.

Now that's a fairer point, and one I edited into my original post - possibly just after you started replying.
 
vonhelmet said:
Milking how? You think they're actually profiting from this?


Well, I'm guessing they aren't making a loss, and they probably aren't breaking even. That only leaves one thing. 850k in a fund and more coming in with the prospect of releasing a record to get more funds? A TV advert asking for donations?

It's like the tsunami which took hundreds of thousands of lives!

It is horrible what's happened to her, but it happens every day :( Unfortunatly I don't see that the parents should get anything other than chastised for their actions. Not make money.
 
DailyGeek said:
Right.

I think there is a slight difference between that, which we know very little about, and Madeleine's situation.

Why can't you accept that release a rehased cd-single to raise money, that they don't need, is putting a lump in some people's throats? It seems like a very uncomfortable way to cash in on the situation.

Its exactly the same attitude. Very quick to blame the parents for the lesser crime of not looking after their kids perfectly, and an unwillingness to blame the kidnapper for God only knows what reason?
 
scorza said:
Its exactly the same attitude. Very quick to blame the parents for the lesser crime of not looking after their kids perfectly, and an unwillingness to blame the kidnapper for God only knows what reason?

I'm far from very quick to blame the parents. I sympathised with them. I still do, but what i've said, if you read what I've posted, is that they are dragging it out and causing people to start resenting them. It's being milked to ridiculous lengths, and their part to play is being ignored for the most part. Their part in this happening in the first place is huge, and if you don't think that, I'd be concerned if you have kids (not personally you!)

I don't think anyone here, or myself, have 'an unwillingness to blame the kidnapper.' That'd just be stupid.

scorza said:
possible child neglect vs. kidnapping.

It wouldn't actually be child neglect in legal terms. It'd be abandonment, but I don't think they've broken any laws tbh.

That doesn't mean that it's a clever, intelligent, sensible, parental thing to do. Quite frankly, if you leave three kids, of toddler age and below, alone, in a foreign country, without very good reason - you shouldn't have kids.
 
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Hixxy said:
lesser crime? they ****** left them kids to fend for themselves while they were out having fun. why are they not in jail yet ?

Yeah, I would say it's a lesser crime, I mean, I don't have a crime chart but I think leaving your kids alone for an evening is a lesser crime than abducting and potentially abusing/killing a child.

Why are they not in jail yet? Because they didn't break any laws. They were foolish and selfish doing what they did, but leaving them in a relatively secure room on their own doesn't quantify as neglect or abandonment. It's close, but seeing as it's been 50 days and the police haven't said or done anything, I think I'm right. Usually if someone has broken the law and are right in front of the police night and day, they'll do something. :p
 
It is getting quite annoying, other kids go missing and turn up alive/dead yet they don't get as much coverage as this. What's so different other than these lot leaving them home alone? When other's get abducted on the street, in their house etc.

I'd like to hear of a safe return, but i can't see it personally. All this flying around the world, going to visit the pope and releasing a cover of a song is getting annoying and i suspect others are starting to dislike them now just as much as me.
 
for leaving them in a vunerable place to start with, they put their own needs over the saftey of their children.

any decent parent just wouldn't do it hence my if you think its ok you need to re think your roght and wrong post. what if there a fire is the fire thing that would come to my mind.
 
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