My understanding is that they left their children in a hotel room, and were in the restaurant of the same hotel, and were checking on the children periodically. This is not ideal, but it is no worse than many many families.
This summer, there will be countless well off families where the kids are in bed at one end of the house, and the parents are out of earshot, maybe outdoors on the patio, sharing a bottle of wine. Parents out of earshot drinking socially, on the same premises as the kids, and within range to go and check on them from time to time — pretty much as the McCanns were on that night.
When I was between 8 and 10, I was regularly left in the evenings to look after a toddler and baby who were both asleep in bed, while my parents were at the pub a mile's walk away. That was more of a gamble than the McCanns took. My parents were luckier.
Assuming that the McCanns were not guilty of causing the death, then their actions as parents on that night were not as extraordinary as many people portray them to be. It's very easy to be judgemental about the isolated case where the unthinkable happens.
I'm sorry, this is a terminological inexactitude (quite aside from the layer of irony you've applied).Thrifty middle class types
I'm sorry, this is a terminological inexactitude (quite aside from the layer of irony you've applied).
Assuming a median gross income for British medical doctors of £150k per annum, any family with a steady income of nearly £0.3M a year before tax has to be viewed as being resolutely upper-class.
They (anysuch bracketed victims of my blunt generalisation) may try to claim the contrary and falsely-hide behind a figleaf of socioeconomic non-exceptionality. But I say no. They are part of the elite.
The only thing that's remotely middle-class about the McCanns is their choice of holiday destinations. And possibly also their dress-sense.
Assuming a median gross income for British medical doctors of £150k per annum, any family with a steady income of nearly £0.3M a year before tax has to be viewed as being resolutely upper-class.
Elite? Doubtful. They just have plenty of cash.
But they are well connected.
State-educated professionals? Upper-middle more likely.
Income does not equal class and 'upper-class' suggests inherited wealth, familial ties to the aristocracy, landed property or establishment.
Elite? Doubtful. They just have plenty of cash.
Income does not equal class and 'upper-class' suggests inherited wealth, familial ties to the aristocracy, landed property or establishment.
Elite? Doubtful. They just have plenty of cash.
...the McScams
To reiterate my point in quotation above, no avenue of discussion is off limits here, but from this point onwards we would very much like posters to write without excessive mordancy and at least couch accusations in sensible terms to reflect what may, most likely, could possibly or probably is true if no supporting evidence is being cited to show the charge is indisputable.
Many would state that humour is inappropriate in such a case, but I disagree. It's natural to find the funny side to even the darkest day, but could we please make sure that jokes are actually funny and not just mean?
Today? Yes.
But before Maddie disappeared?
They are both doctors so could they have been carrying the sent of death/blood from
contacts with patents ? how long does the sent last?
Or has this some bearing on the dogs being mistrusted on this occasion.
Being American..I know less about this than the Brits but ..has there ever been a poll done ....that shows what the British people think happened.?
How many think the parents were involved and how many think it was an unknown criminal?
Fair enough...is there such a poll.....I would think there must be several by now after all this time.More responsible would be a poll of people who worked on the case and would know what they were talking about rather than relying on hearsay stoked by tabloids wanting to sell newspapers and gather website hits with sensationalism.
So I'd be interested to know, from anyone who's been able to see the Netflix thing, is it the usual abduction fare or something more worthwhile?
It's maybe something akin to the JonBenét Ramsey case.Being American..I know less about this than the Brits but ..has there ever been a poll done ....that shows what the British people think happened.?
Hmmm... I've been away from this thread for quite a while so I've been busily reading up on what's been said, and pleased to see some theories being discussed freely. That's good. My personal feelings on this case have not - and undoubtedly will not - change no matter how many 'surprise' new suspects get dreamed up just as the funding is about to stop.
I haven't seen the Netflix documentary - don't have Netflix but anyway, in the Zebra household we tend to avoid any documentaries about this case because they invariably always work from the point of view of an abduction, which I have no time for.
And by the way, in what other case, has the parents been able to 'guide' an investigation in this way? Police should be able to look into all aspects of a case and come to a conclusion as to what happened, not be told by potentially the most obvious suspects (aren't the last people to see someone, usually investigated?) which way to go and then take it from there.
So I'd be interested to know, from anyone who's been able to see the Netflix thing, is it the usual abduction fare or something more worthwhile?
No, but alien autopsy certainly is.are you suggesting alien abduction is still on the table ?
Being American..I know less about this than the Brits but ..has there ever been a poll done ....that shows what the British people think happened.?
How many think the parents were involved and how many think it was an unknown criminal?