Oh dear, it seems to be happening all over again doesn't it?

FINALLY someone with a bit of common sense.The people here on Yahoo have shown their true colours over this whole case.It just shows you the mentality of what seems like a majority on here...one which makes me fear for the intelligence of the human race.

Anyway, thank you for posting this

Let the thumbs down roll in

i agree with Marilyn above me! It is strange that the parents left her alone in the room, but i think everyone (and i mean you people that don't have ALL the facts or the information, and should perhaps read about it a bit more before jumping to conclusions and making unpleasant statements about the poor family !!) needs to remember that the resort where they are staying is meant to a be a safe environment!!! Therefore I understand why they left her alone, no matter how stupid that was, they obviously felt relaxed and safe in an environment that is meant to be safe, enclosed etc etc. And Portugal is a popular holiday destination point, with many of these enclosed resorts with private homes. holiday homes , popular because they are a safe environment!! or meant to be.. (so look it up , google it, also paedophiles are everywhere, so the person who thinks they are only in Portugal really should read the news a bit more!)

Whatever mistakes the family made made in an error of judgment i am sure they are asking themselves that question about leaving her on her own every minute of everyday and we should all be feeling for their pain as each day without their child is another day where she really may never been seen again!

I think most people just feel really angry that an innocent child has gone missing. Naturally, people blame the parents as most normal people feel that leaving three babies alone is just not acceptable. The really frustrating thing is that the parents seem to show absolutely no emotion of lack of remorse and the general public simply will not warm to the apparent coldness and detached attitude the parents have. Mr McCann continually makes up excuses for leaving his children and then has the cheek to suggest that this behaviour is normal and lots of parents do it - simply not true. He is clearly a man who likes to take control and will never admit that he is wrong. I haven't even mentioned the bodyguards, Team McCann, the "charity" they set up which is actually a Limited company. Of course people want Maddie to be found - that's obvious. However, the parents are not commanding any sympathy because of their own cold behaviour. Most parents would barely be able to hold it together in front of cameras but no, the McCanns pull it off beautifully. I do not have children but I do have a dog - do you know that I would NEVER even leave my dog tied up outside a shop for a minute because he might get stolen!

I feel this: Her parents made a mistake. I would NEVER have left my child anywhere especially in a strange place with no supervising adult there all the time in my absence. Maybe I am too protective, but that is me. However - they have lost their daughter. Nobody deserves to go through the unimaginable nightmare of their child being taken and vanishing into thin air. Her parents probably havent ate or slept if her mothers anything to go by she looks to me like she is slowly starving herself to death with anguish and what they are both living is an existance not a life and it probably feels like a nightmare they cant wake from - they are no doubt not in the real world with the rest of us anymore, and they never will be again until they get a conclusion. I think the reason people choose to condemn is because its a situation like a road accident its too horrible to look. It's even more horrible to think about. And these people were ordinary parents who took their eye off the ball, made one slip and that was all it took, a huge price to pay for a relaxed attitude. Theres also the element of being glad it happened to someone else. We can always handle a tragedy when it happens to someone else, because its a million miles from us. I hope she is found safe and well and I hope all the money that's been raised will be invested for her future - that little girl deserves a massive compensation. And I think everyone who has kids will be holding them tighter and keeping them closer and in that sense of relief and safety and reassurance I think its easy to become self righteous and judge others as a reflex.

OMG you did???? ME TOO??? I hear its contagious. *spreads gay cooties to Tara J, Noey, and Whitney H* HAhahahaha Those trolls should be coming up with the gay. hehe. But my day isn't as gay as other days. Im without my boyfriend for 2 days. :(((( Anywhos..."runs around and rubs self on everything* Just spreading the love. COOTIES!!!!! But it seems you have been infected with a bad case of the AJ as you have been inspired by my question. Im sorry. You only have 2 weeks. *sniffles*

How on Earth can you compare an accident with a cigarette to two parents leaving their kids alone in an unlocked room to go out and enjoy themselves for the evening?!

And Vicpil - leave a child alone for a split second - try three of four hours - hardly a split second!!!

That is why we vilify them!

Unless Maddy is found we will never know anything for certain - I just hope she is found and soon - preferably alive and well so we can put this to rest and turn our attention to another subject!

First off, I'm not going to get into some sort of cyber-slanging match with you or any of the other McCann supporters. The reason I feel so angry at them is this: if Madeleine is still alive, she will be wondering where she is, who she's with and what's happening to her. She will be very scared and very bewildered and will want her mummy and daddy...the very two people who left her in the first place. She is a 4 year old child with no choice in what is happening to her, they are two supposedly intelligent adults who did have a choice in their actions.

I'm not defending the abductors for one second, just because Madeleine was left alone was no excuse for taking her, they are very sick and deserve severe punisment if they are ever found. But if the McCanns had been with the kids like they should have been, this would probably not have happened. Of course this could have happened another way, no-one's denying that, we see the news, we're not stupid. But just because it could have, it doesn't excuse what the McCanns did, it doesn't make it make right, does it?

I know you don't like people telling it like it is about the McCanns, so as this is your question, I'm going to respect your wishes and say nothing bad about them. But I'd like to ask you a favour too. Please could you just think on this for one minute? If we didn't care about Madeleine, do you really think we'd get this angry? Are we really such bad people because we put the welfare of a 4 year old child before the feelings of her parents? Answer one thing: If you had the choice of finding Madeleine or sparing her parents feelings, which one would you do?

I know slagging them off isn't helping anything, but neither is defending them, so does it really matter what any of us say? Madeleine is missing, there is nothing any of us can do about it, we all wish to God we could. Madeleine is the most important part of all this; not you, not me, not the parents, not the mcCann supporters, not those who dislike the McCanns. So I think we're just all going to have to agree to disagree because we're never going to come to an amicable agreement and fighting between ourselves is going to solve nothing.

I'm sorry if this is a little long, but I'm a mum to a 3 year old so this is a very emotional subject for me. I hope I have answered your question and put my views across without being offensive or saying anything you think is out of line.

i totally agree with you

i do not have children and in my right mind i would never leave one alone if i did

but how many times do people leave their child alone think about it paying for petrol, hanging the washing out all these are oppertunities that someone could take advantage of

the difference hereis that someone did take advantage yet for the thousands of parents that leave their children for that split second luckily someone did not take advantage

also people are thinking that the way they are acting is a bit strange

are you in the same position NO so dont say that the way they are acting is strange, if they are innocent and god pray they are then they are probably thinking what is the best way to react so i dont seem heartless also if you are not in the same position how would you know the right way to react nobody does

so leave them alone until we find out what has happened to madeline then if they are guilty

sort them out then

thank you

xxx

First of all dry your eyes.The people making these comments are basing them on what they have observed,,,observations thats all they are...people cant help what they interpret..nobody is right or wrong at this stage...and i dont see how praying to some imaginary chap in the sky is going to help,,,and the knives arent only out on yahoo answers either..

Agree with you, the same people would try making sense of the Holocaust by saying it is their fault.