[Livia]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

I'm certainly not 'gleeful' , anyone losing a child must be unbearable pain ... especially knowing they were likely suffering & scared in their last moments.

The comparison was merely a class & background comparison , I know the Shannon Matthews case isn't the same. But Karen Mathews was proven an unfit unemployed / on benefit not very bright parent....and social services was involved & several of her kids were put into care ..if I'm not mistaken?.

The McCann's neglected all 3 of their children , so you would think child services would have given them a knock on the door. It happened in Portugal...but still there must be some concerns raised over the safety of their other children?. But the McCann's are 2 intelligent well presented , financially secure people with respectable good jobs.

I think classism plays a part , I know not everyone will agree with me.

I wasn't referring to you with the "gleeful" comment.

I would never leave my kids alone and the fact they did was shameful, i just feel more hate is aimed at the McCanns than at the person who took the little girl.

Yes, perhaps classism plays a part in this kind of thing. It does in so many things.