I’m glad there’s some others on here who have had their eyes open to the truth and not just instant sympathy for two child neglecters.
that vile man who made the comment about Madeleine was known to the social services, as the mccanns did have a social worker soon after the ‘abduction’ and she was shocked/uncomfortable that he was part of the group. For confidentiality reasons she wasn’t allowed to disclose in what way he was known but for anyone who reads into this ‘man’ it becomes apparent. He made a comment about Madeleine at the dinner table which was heard by fiona’s mother who came along to babysit. It was sexual in nature.
as for the fridge comment (sorry can’t remember the poster) it did happen because Gerry himself wrote it on his blog. He was updating everyone with progress and said he’d replaced it as it was broken. He took it to a local tip and gave them a review for their help, it even stated the man’s name who helped him carry it. The fridge was full of rotten meat. Myself and many other people read that blog and saw it with our own eyes. It was removed when the PJ began to say he used it to transport Madeleine’s body.
don’t forget Kate’s only so called remorse was when she commented that if she could go back she’d turn the clock to before it happened and look out for the abductors. Now to me that’s odd because id say id go back and never have gone on the holiday at all to ensure my child was safe with me.
How anyone can defend them is shocking I really despair, it’s essentially victim blaming - Madeleine should have been asleep/home with her grandparents/someone else’s responsibility and not drawn attention to herself by a kidnapper because her parents were busy getting pissed and needed to enjoy themselves more than protect their babies, is basically what you’re saying by defending them. They do not deserve sympathy or kindness, their child is gone because they failed her massively.
Is that what she said? That is a bit odd. As you say, that wouldn't be my first regret. Surely you'd instantly berate yourself for not having been with them.
I don't agree with them not deserving sympathy, or at least, whilst I still have sympathy I understand your position on not feeling any if that makes sense.
I've said before that if I remove all emotion from it then I can logically follow their train of thought in that they felt them checking on the children themselves was better than the babysitting service offered and that as a group all the families were comfortable doing it and it was by all accounts a relatively common occurrence on this type of holiday.
However, it becomes harder when you consider how very young the children were and harder still if information like them going to a bar down the road is factored in.
I was actually thinking about this when I was on holiday at Easter. Only to a UK caravan site but two of my children asked if they could go and play in the park area whilst I remained at the entertainment club with the others. It was still light but heading toward dusk. I did allow it in the end for a short while but I really had to think about it. They are 12 and 8, so much older than Madeleine, we go to this site every year and I happily let them go off and play there during the day whilst I'm at the caravan which is much closer.
That led me to think about a hypothesised situation of going for a meal in the restaurant whilst they were back at the caravan during an evening/night. It is just something I wouldn't consider doing and certainly not when they were tiny. In fact it made me wonder why on earth it hadn't seemed so glaringly problematic to me before.
I still empathise with them, they've lost a child and I still believe they clearly felt comfortable doing what they did and felt confident their checks were sufficient. I still don't think they killed her or and I don't belive the hate toward them is necessary (not from people here, just in general) but my opinion has changed a bit. I was already a parent when she went missing so it's not that perspective that's changed. I suppose more just the application of those things to 'real life' situations in my own world provides an alternative perspective.
Sorry, my ramblings don't really say anything much. Has anyone else had similar opinion shifts?
