Can I ask you a question?
And no, that wasn’t the one I want to ask, smartarse!
It would seem, from reports in the media, that Kate McCann – mother of the missing-presumed-dead toddler Madelaine – has made a number of statements that she has doubts and suspicions concerning the alibi of Robert Murat.
Robert Murat is a British ex-pat who lives near the holiday complex where the – at best, wholly neglectful – parents of Madelaine McCann went out on the town with a group of friends, whilst leaving three very young children unattended.
So that’s the background.
Here’s the question…
Do you want Kate McCann (and, for that matter – in the act of neglecting children at least – her culpable husband) to shut the fcuk up, get out of the media and stay away from the rest of us?
Or do you want her (and her culpable husband) to continue leaking unsubstantiated ‘fears’ through their network of ‘friends’?
Oh, that’s two questions.
Can you treat the first as Part A and the second as Part B?
Good, because here’s Part C…
Given that Kate McCann is a medical Doctor, how much value would you take from any advice she gave you – given the fact that she plainly is a neglectful parent?
I know I’m not the world’s greatest parent but there are some things that I wouldn’t do.
Flying 1,000 miles to a foreign country and leaving three small children alone and neglected while I went out for beers with a group of my friends would be one of them.
Especially if the resort had a baby-sitting service (which the one they used did).
I would also not open my gob in any way, shape or form about another person’s alibi if they were involved in the case. Glass houses, stones etc.
So as well as the question (parts A, B and C), here’s a little message…
Kate, for a neglectful parent you’ve had far more favourable coverage in the world’s media than you deserve.
It’s now time for you to shut your mouth and let your brain do some work. I realise – given your track record to date – that this is a whole new concept to you.
But just try.
Please?
B.
Thank God there’s someone else who thinks like I do.
Poor, poor Maddy.
But her neglectful, lazy, twat-faced parents can go to hell and back for all I care.
I think many people think the same but by “respect” to the people involved and this hurtful case prefer to keep their thoughts for themselves rather than expose them. Not that I’m thinking Brennig isn’t being respectful here, I think he’s expressing a great respect for this poor little toddler and I back him.
I understand how terrible it must be for parents in this situation but I also believe if they hadn’t done so much publicity all around the world and interferring with the police job, maybe, maybe, Maddie would have been found by now or at least some evidences of something would have been kept intact.
Now I’m keeping my other thoughts for myself.
Well, assuming she really is interested in finding her daughter, I would say that she would only naturally pick apart people’s alibis in an effort to locate her.
I agree with you, though… don’t fly to a foreign country and leave 3 small children alone.. for any reason.
Frankly it surprises me that they have escaped prosecution for child neglect and still have the two younger children in their “care”. Although not being a policeman directly involved with investigating the poor child’s disappearance I do have a tendency to think that I should not really talk about it. I am not in possession of all the facts after all. Facts which seem to have been twisted and only partly reported by an overzealous media and publicity seeking parents.
I have asked in the past if the media’s attitude would be different if the McCann’s were, say, a working class couple on holiday at the Costa Del Sol rather than a middle class, professional family. I suspect that they would have been crucified by the press if they were but that may just be my cynicism coming out.
The desire for publicity is understandable. If one of my children were snatched I’d want the whole world to preform a fingertip search to look for them. If the way to keep public attention on the search (even if it’s likely to be fruitless) is to be a sour faced irritant then I’d certainly take steps to be irritating.
hoverFrog… When I was a child-care social worker if a parent admitted such neglect we would have their surviving children under a supervision order quicker than you can say ‘fuck me’.
There is undoubtedly hypocrisy at bay here.
I used to work for social services and The Hildy works in education. I’m afraid government policy is now to do something about the worst 10% because there’s no funding for the rest. Leaving a child uncared for is sadly not a priority.
Social workers now refer agencies to assist rather than intervene themselves. I’m not sure if that’s the same or worse than it was.
Aye hoverFrong. I used to work for social services too (as a practitioner and as an inspector). Things may have changed but if the parents hadn’t been a GP and a consultant surgeon, the remaining children would have been on SOs before they’d returned to Blighty!
Brennig, apologies for posting this originally on the wrong thread–
There but for the grace of God go we.
The McCanns made an error of judgement and then a one in a millions
event occurred and their child was abducted.
Don’t get me wrong, I have two young children and I’m sure as hell
that my wife and I never left them under those sort of circumstances.
When on holiday we would take them with us to the always child
friendly continental restaurants. Failing that we would do our
socialising in our respective villas/apartments with the sprogs
within often piercing earshot.
However, let’s be honest. If we were to briefly glance down from our
moral high ground I think we could all admit that there was the odd
instance in our pasts when we perhaps let our children skate
dangerously close to the thin ice on Lake Destiny.
They made a mistake, that much is clear, but if they had taken that
same risk again a million times over then they would have gotten away
with it. They now have to live with it for the rest of their lives
and the only thing that is now keeping them sane is this amazing
crusade that they have undertaken. A crusade that is obviously fueled
by utter devastation and guilt.
And to suggest that on the back of this evidence they should then be considered incapable of looking after their remaining children is frankly ludicrous. Before we hang the McCanns perhaps we should judge the numerous incidences over the years where social workers have stood by whilst delinquent ‘parents’abuse, torture and even murder their children.
The real focus of our malice must be saved for the loathsome deviant
that took a little girl away from her family. Though should the inept
Portugese police prove to be justified in making the McCanns
suspects, then God help them because this unique publicity would
result in the biggest lynch mob in history.
http://katiesmith.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/ye-olde-witch-kate-mccann/
Well ‘Shame!’ (obviously far too proud of your views to consider putting your real name on them!) I’ve allowed your Kate McCann-apologist post, but only in the interest of free speech.
And in the same spirit – freedome of speech and right of reply – I put this point to you:
You accuse people of witch-hunting against Kate McCann.
I put it to you that it is not a witch hunt to criticise a parent’s behaviour (and my God, this particular parent is a fcuking Doctor!) when that behaviour is illegal.
And make no mistake ‘Shame!’ – leaving three pre-teenaged children unattended for any length of time while you go off for drinks with your mates is illegal.
If I had my way:
1. I’d have Kate & Gerry McCann tried for neglect, and I’d have their children taken out of their care – probably for life.
2. I’d have the GMC strike both of the McCanns off the medical register – because by their lack of thinking, they are clearly not competent and should not be in any position of responsibility.
As you seem to consider punishing criminals should be described as (to use your own words) ‘a witch-hunt’, it must be a very peculiar place where you live.
Seeing as you visited this ‘apologist’ I thought I would return the favour.
I stopped reading at:
‘hoverFrog… When I was a child-care social worker if a parent admitted such neglect we would have their surviving children under a supervision order quicker than you can say ‘fuck me’
‘Fuck me’ is that appopriate language in a sentence about child care social work?
Freud would have a field day
Freud would have a field day? In which of his published works would this field day have occurred?
The one about fields
Come on, don’t be coy. Let’s have the name and ISBN reference please. And don’t worry if it’s a medical pamphlet, I have access to all of those too.
Coy? You have me confused with someone else…Whilst you have your pamphlets out, why not take the opporunity to reaquaint yourself with Tourettes;)
Once again, prove your point or shut up.
It has already been established that you have made a statement as factual when you are unable to substantiate that statement.
Now, for the second time, you are being asked to provide evidence of your Freudian assertion.
Hi Brennig,
I agree with your comments about Kate McCann.
But your question for Kate ‘Now, for the second time, you are being asked to provide evidence of your Freudian assertion.’
You might be waiting for a long time, assertion can be defined as, a statement or declaration, often without support or reason.
Hi Sebastian, thanks for your thoughts.
I’d have been happy with any kind of an iteration from Kate – as I have access to all of Freud’s writing – but what has become apparent is that she writes without knowledge, uses words without relating to their true meaning and clings to ideas that are inescapably incorrect, in the face of all cold logic.
She is clearly neither a happy person nor a correct person.