Originally Posted by
Pucianno Lavarotti
It is very easy from a completely removed standpoint, with the benefit of hindsight, to say that they were negligent, irresponsible, not fit to be parents and to point the finger at them.
Maybe, just maybe, they had nothing to do with it whatsoever and they are genuinely parents who are trying to come to terms with one of their children being taken from them. Yes, we can all go on about them constantly being in the press, how it isn't normal not to show any emotion etc but what's normal? I can't honestly tell you how I'd react if one of my children (were I to have any) was taken away from me - maybe I'd be in tears, maybe I wouldn't, I just don't know and I don't think anyone on here can possibly comment on that unless they've been subjected to it themselves.
Likewise, we can say that they shouldn't have left their children unattended. Very easy to say so after the event. Perhaps they honestly believed that their kids would be safe in the house whilst they had a meal? Maybe it didn't cross their minds that one of their children could be abducted? I'm sure that with the benefit of hindsight they wouldn't have done so.
I'm sure the McCanns aren't perfect parents. How many are? I'm sure that over the years they've done the best they can for their children. Now, it could, of course, transpire that they are in some way complicit in the disappearance of their daughter but it seems to me that at the moment there is some sort of witch hunt against them based purely on speculation, half truths, and downright lies & fabrications that stems from their constant media appearances since Madeline went missing. Much as it irritates me, and I've been a critic of their conduct regarding this in the past, is society so judgmental these days that we can't accept that it might just be the case that they are trying to get their child back?
Sorry about all that, guys, rant over :)