SleuthMom
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This has been a very interesting thread.
I agree with you 100% that even if a parent's own terrible error in judgment plays a part in the death of their child, that parent is still a victim. In fact, their pain in probably even greater than the pain of a parent whose child is snatched and gone and missing under different circumstances (ie - where the parent did not make an error in judgment that contributed to the crime).
There is a huge difference between PAIN and GUILT. The parent who was NOT irresponsable for her daughter to be missing feels PAIN for the loss, the parent who was irresponsable feels GUILT. A parent whose idiotic behavior puts his/her daughter in a situation like this and now she is missing, how in the world could this parent who placed their kid in this situation of danger by NOT fulfilling their basic parenting skills can be called a "victim"? I absolutely disagree with this term for these type of parents.
Some time ago, a woman here left her three toddlers alone in the home and a hot pot on the stove while she went to do groceries. The kids died on a terrible fire. I REFUSE to call her a "victim" because her stupidity and irresponsable behavior caused these kids to died in the most terrible manner. The only victims here were those kids.
The ONLY victim here is Madeleine Mc Cann, IMHO.
Even if it turns out that they had a hand in Madeleine's disappearance, I will continue to have empathy for them. I cannot imagine the type of darkness and confusion a person must be in to harm a child.
Empathy? IFit turns out they harm little Madeleine..as a mom myself, I cannot even comprehend to feel "empathy" for them but I would feel DISGUST by not only what they have done to her but for the LIES and DECEIVING they have caused and the millions they raised in the name of their daughter, when all along they knew she was dead. IFthey did it empathy is not even on my list.