Her mentality helped someone take her child, there is actually a difference, and you still don't see, to get that. The person who took her child is the one who is culpable.
Interesting that you always speak about facts but you are speculating someone took Madeleine, the only fact is that she is missing...that someone took her is an speculation.
I am NOT saying this makes it a good idea. The fact that a child is missing shows it wasn't. What I am saying is that over here, MOST people ONLY think it is bad luck that their child was taken, not a sign of bad parenting. They only blame the person who took her, not the parents for leaving her.
I see, basically they are clueless. It is obvious IF someone kidnaps a child under these circumstances they are to blame and held accountable BUT in no way the parents should be let free without being charged for negligence because their own actions led to the crime.
Yes, hold people accountable, but could they please be held accountable for what they actually did and not made up stories like swinging and child abuse according to American law - a law that does not apply to this case? So many people want to assume they are even capable of murder, which is a pretty big jump, based on the lack of evidence, and the shabby evidence thus far.
I never thought about them as swingers but nothing surprises me about people in general and even if they were that's their choice, they are adults..my only issue is as a parent your actions causes harm to your children, like in this case then I do have a problem with it.
Seriously, I have read more than once on this board what a shame it is they can't just go ahead and arrest them now, even lacking any proof they did anything worse than leave their children home alone.
They should be charged IF there is enough evidence, BUT they should be charged for neglect which I think will happen eventually.
Some would argue their child being take was some sort of punishment, but people here seem to not think that is punishment enough.
Of course is not punishment enough. Do we let free the "repented" thief or the rapist who someone took justice in their own hands and cut his "thing"? No, there is a legal process, and the Mc Canns should not be the exception. Maddie still missing and they have two kids that need to be taken into consideration.
That doesn't seem just a little legally shaky to you? Again, dumb as it was, it was not a crime for them to leave their children sleeping while they went to dinner. And, much as you don't want to believe it, in a lot of the world, that is considered within the realm of "normal." Not wise, but not unheard of and generally not condemned, either.
Oh, I believe you. Some parents are just idiotic. You find them anywhere in the world, nevertheless the little person paying for it was Madeleine and she still missing. Just because of cultural issues, the parents saw that as "normal" (leaving their kids unsupervised) the fact that their daughter is missing BECAUSE OF IT, then the cultural aspect is set aside to deal with the legal aspects and the rights of the child.
As for saying no one but Madeleine is a victim, do you really mean to say that, if your child was missing and now presumed dead, and you knew in your heart this wouldn't be the case if you had only not gone to dinner that night, or had you only gotten a babysitter, you really don't think you'd suffer?
First of all, I am a mom of two boys (number 3 on its way)I would never be in that situation (and yes, I said never) because I know myself and my parenting skills. BUT just to answer your question, if that happens to me I will STILL seeing my MISSING THREE YEAR OLD as the ONLY VICTIM. I would see myself like a complete loser, a terrible mother and probably would be extremely hard to continue living. I would not even DARE to try to put myself as a "victim" because I would be thinking where the heck my little angel is, if she is scared, if she is being tortured or sexually exploited...who knows what else! I would not even dare to feel self-pity for me for being so idiotic, selfish and irresponsible because at the end of the day, I was the one who made my daughter a victim in the first place!
Just because Kate Mccann did something stupid doesn't mean she doesn't suffer the pain any mother would feel if she had lost a child this way. Do you really think she sits around thinking, well I totally asked for my kid to be take for me by my own bad choices, so I have no right to feel any pain? Or do you just assume she feels no pain because you've made her such a non-human in your mind?
I do not know Kate Mc Cann, do you? You speak as you *know* her personally. Just like there are parents who (as you stated) see it "normal" to leave their kids alone and have dinner with friends, NOT every parent feel the same way about their kids. That's reality and unless you know Mrs. Mc Cann PERSONALLY and as a friend, then there is no way you can know that.