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Captain Hindsight
because they read the Daily Mail and they know that all foreigners are: liars/cheats/incompetant/greasy/thieves/swan killers/scroungers/terorists and over here!
Hehe Sorry, i didn't realise you were kidding!
because they read the Daily Mail and they know that all foreigners are: liars/cheats/incompetant/greasy/thieves/swan killers/scroungers/terorists and over here!
What a crock of pious, self-rightous, smug, self satisfied horseshit.I think you misunderstood, I am not blaming the McCann's for personally abducting/murdering or whatever has happened to that poor little girl, but for their behaviour in thinking it is OK to leave three babies home alone, that allowed 'whoever' chance to get to Madeleine and for this situation to occur. It was their hands that left those babies alone and there can never be any justification for that on any level.
I'd rather be self righteous and shameful if it means my children are cared for, but that's the deal I signed up for when I became a mum.
I'm missing the point I think. Why is everyone cross with Starry?
Why do you feel any different though? First of all they wanted the media interest, but now with a result looking increasingly unlikely, they're sick of it. I think that's a perfectly understandable - if unrealistic reaction.Something changed a bit for me yesterday in the way I feel about the McCanns, just leaving aside the rights and wrongs of the actual night in question for a moment.
Did I actually hear Kate McCann say 'we'd like for the media to leave us alone and respect our privacy?'
You what? We're talking about a very pushy and very personal media campaign driven by the parents that is absolutely unprecedented in a case like this. A lot of people think it was a bit weird, and that they should have been with the other children. And that it has been given a profile in other countries that is slightly inappropriate given how many other missing kids there are in Europe.
Maybe they are just being very naive, but to shove stuff down the throats of the media for 100 days and then turn round one day and say 'that's your lot' is not going to do them any favours. They chose to go down that path where many wouldn't have, and they're stuck with it.
my wife is many things but i wouldn't have her any other way and if she thought leaving three babies alone so we could go to dinner was a good idea she wouldnt be my wife nor have the honour or birthing my off spring.
people judge others all the time my wife has been racked over the coals on everything from feeding our kid in public to the school our older ones go to. if the worst thing she does this week is think the mccanns made a poor choice and should not have gone for dinner without providing care for their children, then she deserves her housekeeping.
Why do you feel any different though? First of all they wanted the media interest, but now with a result looking increasingly unlikely, they're sick of it. I think that's a perfectly understandable - if unrealistic reaction.
Well I can't speak for "everyone" (I presume you mean the 3 of us who expressed an opinion) but this is the piece that particularly got up my nose:I'm missing the point I think. Why is everyone cross with Starry?
I'd rather be self righteous and shameful if it means my children are cared for, but that's the deal I signed up for when I became a mum.
Well I can't speak for "everyone" (I presume you mean the 3 of us who expressed an opinion) but this is the piece that particularly got up my nose:
Because the insinuation is that anyone else who doesn't agree with what the McCann's did and then continually expresses moral outrage at what they did is clearly not fulfulling their obligations as a parent.
I don't think you need to be a parent to find that grossly offensive.
Well I can't speak for "everyone" (I presume you mean the 3 of us who expressed an opinion) but this is the piece that particularly got up my nose:
Because the insinuation is that anyone else who doesn't agree with what the McCann's did and then continually expresses moral outrage at what they did is clearly not fulfulling their obligations as a parent.
I don't think you need to be a parent to find that grossly offensive.
likewise . absolutely beyond the pale, some of the stuff she's written in this thread.
On a side issue, is it very, very wrong of me to want to comfort the mother in a very loving, caring MILF-u-like kind of way? Hate me for saying it but at least I'm being honest about it
not sure why my wife stating that when she became a mum it is her place to ensure the children are cared for gets up your nose? but different strokes and all that. anyone who does leave their kids alone is not fulfilling their obligations as a parent. there is no grey area there, black and white as far as i am concerned.
if the worst thing she does this week is think the mccanns made a poor choice and should not have gone for dinner without providing care for their children, then she deserves her housekeeping.
I think you misunderstood, I am not blaming the McCann's for personally abducting/murdering or whatever has happened to that poor little girl, but for their behaviour in thinking it is OK to leave three babies home alone, that allowed 'whoever' chance to get to Madeleine and for this situation to occur. It was their hands that left those babies alone and there can never be any justification for that on any level.
I'd rather be self righteous and shameful if it means my children are cared for, but that's the deal I signed up for when I became a mum.