tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139785.post1457251762448120415..comments2023-04-04T02:41:19.870-06:00Comments on WRITING ON THE EDGE: Sweet, sweet, Madeline....Laurie Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09330756465929904994noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139785.post-30483763941130396002007-09-25T15:10:00.000-06:002007-09-25T15:10:00.000-06:00My husband definitely disagrees with me, and is co...My husband definitely disagrees with me, and is completely sympathetic to the parents. He agrees with you, Toni, that to become suspects in the disappearance of one of our two children would be beyond a nightmare and hellish experience. It's terrible enough to have something this horrible happen to you, without the media - who formerly idolized you, now tracking your every move. <BR/><BR/>If this beautiful child isn't dead, then she's undoubtedly had her appearance changed, and could be on an internet porn site - having been sold to one or more pedophiles who run these child porn rings. I'm sure the police have been combing these sites looking for her as "one of the areas" of investigation.<BR/><BR/>I agree with both of you: a) we shouldn't stop looking for her until her body/bones are found, and b) the level of public interest in turning it into a soap opera worthy of Princess Diana is sick and subversive.Laurie Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330756465929904994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139785.post-80743960903921934922007-09-20T18:56:00.000-06:002007-09-20T18:56:00.000-06:00I'm trying to reserve judgment, although I've had ...I'm trying to reserve judgment, although I've had my suspicions about the parents from the beginning. I must, respectfully, state that it may be common for parents to leave children unsupervised and alone on holiday, but that doesn't mean it isn't wrong, and it does raise an issue of negligence in my mind. <BR/><BR/>The McCann's have played the media from the beginning, become virtual celebrities, and the level of support for this case is disturbing in itself. Famous people donating money. Meanwhile, there's a girl missing in our own country the rest of the world doesn't give a damn about. There's something off about the whole scenario, and there's an interesting take on it all <A HREF="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2007/09/20/4512378-ap.html" REL="nofollow">here,</A> if you're interested.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139785.post-1020628988543320102007-09-17T10:03:00.000-06:002007-09-17T10:03:00.000-06:00I have to respectfully disagree with your post. A...I have to respectfully disagree with your post. Absolutely parents are the first suspects and for good reason. But it doesn't mean all parents of missing children have killed their babies. Imagine if it were you?<BR/><BR/>As to leaving the kids in the hotel room--again, I know many people (Brits) who do it when they go on holiday--or put them on the babysitting monitor. It isn't right, but it is much more common than you think. <BR/><BR/>The evidence? The DNA was found in a hire car the Mccann's hired 25 days after the little girl went missing? So they managed to hide the body and then dispose of it in secret despite the media and police attention? If they were truly suspects at that time the Portuguese police screwed up didn't they? As a writer I know how easy it would be for DNA to be planted, and what about eliminating the twins DNA? How do you do that with 100% certainty?<BR/><BR/>Really I'm not saying they didn't do it, but I am more than willing to look at other avenues, and until that little girl's body is found they shouldn't stop looking for her. I want these parents to be innocent.Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.com