Comments on Obsolete: Still failing to get the balance right.

I agree, sonofajoiner. Thing is, absolutely nothi...

2007-09-10T15:29:00.000+01:00

I agree, sonofajoiner. Thing is, absolutely nothing makes sense about her disappearance. How is it that someone can apparently carry a child off between 9-10pm on a Portuguese holiday resort, presumably bustling with life, and only be seen by apparently just the one person, who only saw him from behind?

The McCanns are, as I mentioned, innocent until proven guilty, and I hope for their sake that they are. The media though has already decided they're innocent, and some might well suggest that xenophobia has more than a slight role in the stance that they've taken.

I agree about the media coverage of this developme...

2007-09-10T13:11:00.000+01:00

I agree about the media coverage of this development. I managed to watch 20 minutes of Sky news on friday afternoon but the constant implication that Kate McCanns questioning was due to nothing more than sheer malice on the part of the police coupled with digs about their competence made me shout obscenities at the screen. For once BBC news seemed positively restrained in comparison.

Having said that, and despite my own misgivings about some of the rather strange antics of the McCanns since their daughter disappeared, I'm not convinced they are guilty of anything other than leaving their kids unattended and reaping the consequences. How did they store a body for at least 25 days in the portugese heat without it being discovered, and then under constant media scrutiny, dispose of it? Did the pope lend a hand?
I keep being reminded of the Jonbenet Ramsey case where the police were convinced the parents 'dun it' partly because they couldn't make a case against anyone else but also due to the odd behaviour of the family after the event (like doing a runner out of the polices' jurisdiction, ahem.)And I believe the consensus now is they were not reponsible after all.

As you know, I have been questioning the McCanns a...

2007-09-10T12:03:00.000+01:00

As you know, I have been questioning the McCanns and the media spin on the case from the start.

At the very least, they are guilty of child neglect and/or child abandonment, and this was from the outset.

The McCanns version of events did not hold up under scrutiny. Now there are voices questioning them.

I think it is a shame that the media is giving air time to every McCann relative and friend to spout off that the Portuguese have got it all wrong. The basis for them saying this is that they are such a lovely couple and they know that they could not possibly have done such a thing.

However, the odds are in favour that it was an inside job. Until such time as (and if) they are cleared, I believe that it is right that they are treated as prime suspects.