Hi, Firstly I would like to say I did not mean to offend everyone on the board, I thought I had made it clear on my orignal post that I was only referring to some of the people who had responded. I would also like to say that did not say I thought they were innocent. That is not my call. Nor is it relevant to my original post. All I am trying to say is that it seems to me that the thread was created to ridicule the McCann family, the fact that the question is simply entitled 'The McCanns-what are they like eh?' is evidence of that ( in fact it compelled me, wrongly, I admit, to brand the thread as sick). This is in stark contrast to other threads which seem to have a particular issue to discuss, such as the developing story of DNA evidence found in their car etc. Such threads appears to be aimed at discussing issues of some import to the case, and are therefore appropriate. But on this thread I have read comments about leaving car doors open and children falling out, which although is meant to lighten the mood does is not really in particularly good taste nor indeed is it likely to be relevant. My intentions were not to slate everyone who contributed to the thread, rather, those whose primary aim is not to raise the real issues surrounding the case but to create a discussion focused on belittling the McCanns.