Moan number 2

Posted by: mista h on 15 October 2013

Also on last nite on BBC1 was the Crimewatch story on Madeleine McCann.

That poor young child is certain to be dead all because of her STUPID parents.

The parents between them must have been earning best part of £200.000 a year,he a hospital consultant and she a GP.

In my mind you just dont leave such young kids alone at nite in a strange house in a foreign country.

With the money they both earnt they should have at the very least hired a baby sitter.

 

Mista h

Posted on: 15 October 2013 by naim_nymph

mista h,

 

how's Cooper ?

 

has he come out from behind the sofa and given you a hug yet? : )

 

Debs

Posted on: 15 October 2013 by mista h

Hello Debs

 

Will post reply on the Pigeon thread

 

Mista h

Posted on: 15 October 2013 by naim_nymph
Originally Posted by mista h:

Hello Debs

 

Will post reply on the Pigeon thread

 

Mista h


Pigeon Post... i should have guessed

Posted on: 15 October 2013 by simon, but not simple

Whilst I do feel very sad for the parents I have to agree that children of that age should NEVER be left alone, not even for 5 mins, not even in their own home. Parents have been prosecuted for less in the UK. Just because the parents are both educated and middle class should not make them exempt, although they must live with the guilt for the rest of their lives which is probably punishment enough.

Posted on: 15 October 2013 by winkyincanada
Originally Posted by simon, but not simple:

I have to agree that children of that age should NEVER be left alone, not even for 5 mins, not even in their own home. 

I can't agree. Highly publicized, but extremely rare cases such as the MM case make us all grossly overestimate the risk of "stranger danger". Child murders and abductions are overwhelmingly perpetrated by the child's own parents, not some random stranger.

Posted on: 16 October 2013 by Harry

Or by family or friends of family. As is sexual abuse and violence. The mind rebels and the zeitgeist takes comfort in the notion that these crimes are mostly committed by predatory strangers. There's something about the MM case which mentally doesn't add up for me. It doesn't change the outcome though.