[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes we are all experts and model parents in hindsight..

Out of interest LT... by any chance, did you ever leave your young children alone to go socialising, etc.? You have a massive amount of defensiveness that to be honest just doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me. I mean yes I understand that not everyone agrees that the McCanns necessarily are to blame for their daughter's disappearance, but you have this giant mutant bee in your bonnet specifically regarding the issue of parents leaving their kids unattended...

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes we are all experts and model parents in hindsight..

If you need hindsight to know that leaving children alone at night time is a bad idea then, yes, call me Supernanny.

[Glenn.]

Literally the thought of leaving a child unattended whilst I went out for dinner makes my blood run cold. They should be locked up for that alone.

[smudgie]

I have to wonder if the fact that a few couples did this if they were lulled into a sense of false security.
Also, if it was seen to be common practice if it would be easier to target them

[GiRTh]

This story is only in the Sun. Is the OP sure its true?

[Kizzy]

Too dark my ar*e...

[Z]

Do you think she'll keep the award in a locked room or just have one of her friends check on it every 20 minutes while she goes out to celebrate?

[Kizzy]

Kates advice, 'get a babysitter' thanks for stating the obvious, have an award.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Kates advice, 'get a babysitter' thanks for stating the obvious, have an award.

Shame she didn't take her own advice then maybe her daughter would be alive and well.

[chuff me dizzy]

Another case of people believing the red tops ,this is not a real award,its an award given to her by Stephen Winyard ,who is one of her financial backers, given to her to make her look good, further helped along by Lazzeri the Sun reporter who just happens to be Kates gym buddie

Winyard http://themaddiecasefiles.com/post27375.html#p27375

http://www.christiantoday.com/articl...eine/10740.htm

[T*]

I don't read any of the sun anyway

[Jessica.]

@Niamh

Okay so I asked my Portuguese boyfriend about this last night.

The story does get mentioned in the news from time to time but more rarely these days.

Most Portuguese people have two theories;
She really was abducted
OR
She died of an accident and the parents got rid of the body, possibly with the help of a friend.

There is also a long running stereotype that British people drug their children and leave them on their own so they can go out partying. When this case happened many people may not have been surprised with the mindset that something like that was bound to happen.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

@Niamh

Okay so I asked my Portuguese boyfriend about this last night.

The story does get mentioned in the news from time to time but more rarely these days.

Most Portuguese people have two theories;
She really was abducted
OR
She died of an accident and the parents got rid of the body, possibly with the help of a friend.

There is also a long running stereotype that British people drug their children and leave them on their own so they can go out partying. When this case happened many people may not have been surprised with the mindset that something like that was bound to happen.

Interesting, why do they think it's usual for English people to drug their kids though . They must have a bad reputation as holiday makers there then?

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Interesting, why do they think it's usual for English people to drug their kids though . They must have a bad reputation as holiday makers there then?

IMO all the Mc children were drugged as Kate refused to have the twins hair tested until 3 months later, the time it takes for it to be clear

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Interesting, why do they think it's usual for English people to drug their kids though . They must have a bad reputation as holiday makers there then?

She said British, not English you big xenophobic!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

She said British, not English you big xenophobic!

Aren't English people British?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Aren't English people British?

What about the Scots and Welsh?

IMO the Scots are far more likely to drug each other, those drunken hoodlums.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Interesting, why do they think it's usual for English people to drug their kids though . They must have a bad reputation as holiday makers there then?

I didn't realise the Portuguese were such an ignorant bunch, if they think the English party what do they think of the Irish

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I didn't realise the Portuguese were such an ignorant bunch, if they think the English party what do they think of the Irish

er have they met any scottish folk?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

er have they met any scottish folk?

maybe they think drugging children stops at the border

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I didn't realise the Portuguese were such an ignorant bunch, if they think the English party what do they think of the Irish

It's just a stereotype about British people on holiday.

When I say I'm Irish they usually ask if I was affected by the IRA or religious disagreements. I'm from the south west so was never affected by that stuff, they usually don't ask about anything else except maybe the weather.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

It's just a stereotype about British people on holiday.

When I say I'm Irish they usually ask if I was affected by the IRA or religious disagreements. I'm from the south west so was never affected by that stuff, they usually don't ask about anything else except maybe the weather.

Stereotyping of any kind is ignorant though wouldn't you agree?

[Crimson Dynamo]

yes both are murderers and the best brains at scotland yard could not see through it but a few folk on tib have cracked it

[Crimson Dynamo]

not the haterz relying on Hopkins....

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

not the haterz relying on Hopkins....

I see no haterz LT,just people with different opinions,it's good to talk