Maddie Mccann Latest

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27813554

How I feel for her parents. Yet another hope dashed. And yet they still think she may be still alive. I hope so but I wouldn't want to bet any money on it.

[paddywak]

Like you mikey,nothing would give me more pleasure the to get up one morning to see the headlines "Maddy found safe and well".I know that every now and again a miracle occurs but saddly they are very rare and most of these cases do not end well.

[tamborine]

Am glad of the irritation it causes to local police, people & Portugals tourism. Let their chapel bells ring out with Maddies sobbing!

[viv38]

I wish they could find her one way or the other and if she is dead (which I suspect she is), they can then bury her remains and hopefully find some peace at last.

[mikey4444]

The difficulty here is that I have a very strong feeling that Maddie will never be found, dead or alive. At some point her parents will have to let go, just like all the other parents of missing children. Remember Ben Needham ?

They have other children to think of, but I'm glad I am not in their shoes, as I have no idea what I would do in similar circumstances.

[viv38]

I have a strong feeling she'll never be found either, but I can't begin to imagine what her parents feel, and I understand their need never to give up. They have to do what they have to do to get through this. Yes, I've heard about Ben Needham and remember them digging up an area near where he vanished not so long ago. I think he's dead too unfortunately.

[hc4361]

Ben Needham's mother hasn't let go and she still believes Ben is alive.
I don't think any parent of a missing child ever lets go.

https://www.facebook.com/helpfindben

[Sqad]

We have this "arrogant attitude" that unless the British Police have investigated a crime.......there is still hope.

[mikey4444]

I tend to agree Sqad but the Portuguese Plods didn't exactly cover themselves in glory now did they ?

[Sqad]

mikey...well..No, they didn't but we, the British Police have had their "hiccoughs."

[mikey4444]

There is no one more critical of our own Plods that me Sqad !

By the way. how hot is it with you in Menorca these days ? Its 20 degrees here in Wales (!) and I am already starting to complain !

[Sqad]

Bloody hot 30degC. All the "natives" are moaning and the air conditioning units are "buzzing."

[mikey4444]

My nephew who now lives in Sidney, used to work in Dubai. He spent a year there, sofa-surfing in various flats on the "Palm" His abiding memory of that year was the constant din of AC units, days and night. He found it almost impossible to sleep at nights. He also said that the surest way to commit suicide out there was to go for a walk at mid-day without a broad brimmed hat on. And people now go there on their hols !

[sddsddean]

I know this is going to make me unpopular, but I have no sympathy for the parents. You do not leave kids unattended and asleep whilst you are out at the local bar...end of! Anything could happen and sadly did. Very sorry for Maddie, but it was not her fault. There is more to being a parent than bringing your kids up 'right'.

[Mick-the-Miller]

I had some experience of the Portuguese Police when my brother and a friend were mugged on a golfing trip - they are a shambles!

[Kathyan]

sddsddean, I agree with you. There is more to this than we know and probably will never know.

[kvalidir]

Could we please not do this again? The relentless hammering of the MCCanns is really horrible- whatever their 'crime' they've suffered enough surely?

[Prudie]

I tend to think that best chance there ever was of solving this case it would have been in the first 48 hours max. Maybe it is arrogant but I think the British police would have covered that far far better than it was by the locals. Few parents would ever give up in the same situation and they have more than paid for what some see as such shocking parenting.

[Baldric]

Kate McCann
"She has a lot of personality and her name actually means 'tower of strength'. But she hated it when we called her MADDIE- she'd say, 'My name is MADELEINE', with an indignant look on her face."
Women's Own interview, published 13 August 2007

[kvalidir]

Divebuddy- lovely as ever to hear from you, and your post is up to your usual standard I see. Have you ever tried actually stretching yourself? I'm sure if you tried really, really hard one day you might even attain mediocrity.
To address your point- that's why the word 'crime' was in inverted commas.Since you don't appear to understand the use of inverted commas in this scenario, here's a little information to help you.

//They are placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it is not used in the manner that the writer would personally use it. In contrast to the nominal typographic purpose of quotation marks, the enclosed words are not necessarily quoted from another source. When read aloud, various techniques are used to convey the sense, such as prepending the addition of "so-called" or a similar word or phrase of disdain, using a sarcastic or mocking tone, or using air quotes, or any combination of the above .// -Source English Language & Usage Stack Exchange for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts.