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What do you think has happened to Maddie McCann?
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At college today, we were having a debate on what everyone thinks happened to Maddie McCann, some thinks she's dead, whilst others think that shes still alive and could have been kidnapped, i just wondered, what are your views?
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Gx
However I think the idea of organised crime being involved is extremely unlikely - brutal as it is to face there's no lack of much easier and less high-profile ways for a criminal organisation to be involved in child prostitution and trafficking
The oh-so-well orchestrated media / PR circus made my spidey sense tingle. They looked guilty as hell in my eyes.
However her parents are must be good actors, if she did die by their hand and they both managed to sit through a dinner with friends without once hinting at what they had done then they should be given an oscar for that performance.
I agree.
I read a good article a while back on what the parents would have had to accomplish to murder, store and then hide their child's body and it would have been virtually impossible for them to have got away with it.
If there was slick PR around the family, it was because of their status and money, going hand-in-hand with the publicity.
I have no concerns that the parents in any way harmed their child.
I feel for any body who is taken or whatever, but I feel no more for her than any other child.
I do, however, feel just as sorry for the person who has taken, and possibly, killed her. I KNOW THAT'S WEIRD. But, they obviously need serious help, and are clearly are not capable of living normally. I dread to think how this person lives their life, but they should be in therapy. You can't be right in the head to take a 3/4 year old girl.
C-A x
Not neccarserally.... It's fairly easy to burn a body beyond recognition and then throw it in a river... and she could be anywhere in the world too.
C-A x
The person who does stuff like that does not need therapy, they need imprisonment. Locked away and throw away they key.
Somebody who does something like that must be unbelievably desperate. But no matter what the situation, it gives no excuse to take a child from his/hers parents. Nobody should have to lose a child.
However, there is no evidence to say it wasn't the parents. They're just as guilty as anybody until they find out what really happened.
x Andy
What does locking someone up do? It takes away the symptons, but not the cause. People need help it is a human right to be safe. No other people can be safe from this kid-napper until they are safe from themselves. Any person who commits a crime needs help- Yes, they should be taken from the normal world until this help is give and the issues are dealt with... But whether that means prison or not I'll leave you to decide.
C-A x
sorry but after your last thread...lol
Crying-angel's allusion to the nature and purpose of the punishments metered out by criminal justice system seems like a more interesting topic. In fact, maybe I'll start one...
And, I think that the mental health issues that come with crime is enough of a punishment- but, if somebody can't live in a normal society, then (as a last resort) they should be placed under strict supervision or in a secure place.
C-A x
It may be a mental health issue as well as a crime, but that doesnt make it a punishment in itself.
I think its very naive to think that people will just feel bad about the crimes they commit and that would be a deterrant or punishment in itself
And people that want the help can get the help. But its not always the case. someone that comits a crime and wants to do it again will.
That way they are no danger to anybody else, and if they want to hurt themselves, then they have to get the tools to do so.
Once they are locked up, that's when they can get the help if they really want and/or need it. That way everybody is safe from them being unstable.
Removing them from society completely is what is needed. Only after they have had treatment or whatever is required, should they be allowed near anybody else let alone out on the street.
x Andy
Seriously!!! After your last thread, lmao.
PEOPLE enjoy this stuff, doing what they do to maddie or whatever, al ot of them you cannot help, imo child kidnappers/pedophiles cannot be cured, for you to think they can be is very naive in my opinion. Pedophiles need to be taken out of society permanently, but that’s just my opinion.
You would if it was your child.
:yes: Exactly. Crying angel, after your last post...lol. If a person commits a crime, they should be locked up, especially if its kidnapping and killing a child, or being a peadophile, if they have mental health issues, i dont think they deserve any extra sympathy, what they did, they did, and that is wrong, very wrong. Other people may think different, but that is my opinion on what you said.
Though I do hope she is alive, well, and completely unharmed, having been taken to fulfil the selfish needs of a childless couple. I also hope she is found, and that her parents are harshly prosecuted for what can only be described as unbelieveable negligence and poor conduct, and a complete failure of parental responsibilities.
I remember in the thread(s) about this when it first happened. Of course, it's not going to happen. 2 white, middle class doctors on holiday leaving their kids on their own aren't going to be prosecuted. If it were single mum who nipped over the shop for more White Lightning she'd probably still be in prison. :rolleyes:
My own opinion (and this is MY opinion, not TheSite's) She was dead before the alarm was raised that she went missing and we don't have far to look.