To think the Met spending £5 million on Maddie McCann is unfair on others who have missing children

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I know how retched I would feel if I were in the McCanns position, and would want no expense to be spared in the hunt for answers.

But I can't help but think that this case has been so high profile that other cases must have funding cut or not even be followed up as the budget is limited.

I honestly don't know what the answer is, but it does seem this case has benefitted in ways others wouldn't.

I feel bad for thinking its unfair on others, but just can't help wondering how other victims of serious crime feel.

RedHelen

Again

I don't think she did anything wrong either.

"A reconstruction would have been a brilliant idea".. Understatement of the century!
What a shame the mccanns wouldn't buy into it

Well they didn't, and unless you think they are directly responsible, then why not stop banging on about it?

jamie, your post says everything about the support the McCanns manage to evoke from ordinary people

this case deserves debate and discussion, thats not banging on

thinking further about this, I'd have thought parents who had just lost a beloved child would be desperate for a reconstruction, absolutely desperate

Oh come on. You can't liken a women wearing a short skirt to a child being left on their own.

I don't believe the mcCanns are guilty of anything against their own child. But what would have happened if the apparent had burned down with the children in it.

Your child is your responsibility and if you leave a child unattended then you must accept some responsibility - not for the deed itself but for the fact that they were in a position where it could happen.

I can't see how anyone can accept leaving such young children on their own is acceptable. But that is going off on a tangent. And doesn't mean they are any less or more worthy of assistance.

Ssd

I just don't see the point in a character assassination. You and i may or may nnot like them, or believe the way they have conducted themselves is how we might in these unimaginable circumstances, but i just don't see the point.

I'm off now, because i don't think i can debate this in any meaningful way

So OP

Now we come to it.

This is about them and you blaming them.

That's your prerogative to feel that way, but it's not quite what you claim to have started this thread about.

Really am off now

thats what usually happens jamie, someone like yourself leaves any discussion on the McCann case in a state of self righteous indignation

bye

Jaimie. I started the thread because I feel that some cases get far more publicity than others. And it's I just said, I doesn't matter where the blame lies, or if there is any reason why the parents could have done more, each case deserves the same sort of coverage, in this case it seems disproportionate.

And if I had thought the way you say I do I would have included it in my original post!

Ssd

I am not rigtheously idignant. Realy, truly am not. I just can't see a way of reaching an amicable agreement.

And my pork chops are nearly ready.

So if you mean by "someone like you" someone who doesn't feel like an argument tonight and whose dinner is ready. Then that's me

... And Jamie's really off ... For the 4 th time ?

The met should use every penny they need to, to find her and then bill the Portuguese for it.

I understand what your saying and it's completely unfair that not every missing child gets the same resources but bear in mind some of the children in care that go missing maybe on the at risk register so the media would be unable to report their disappearances in the same way.

Wannebe. Do you think we would ever get any money from Portugal. They are financially about to go down the drain and are already complaining about the mets stance.

I know I'm being idealistic but that's what I would want to see happen

I think we would all like to see all investigations have unlimited money spent on them. My only reason for asking the question was that the line has to be drawn somewhere.

you are still arguing your ridiculous point three days on from when you started this thread

really? i can think of many things to be passionate debating about but money being spent on maybe solving a terrible crime against a child and a family is not one of them

Freudian we don't know for certain there WAS a terrible crime.

Freudianslipper. When others such as Ben needhams family do NOT get even an answer from the PM when he is actively pushing for the met to do something about MM is every reason to question it.

It seems so many people just say spend whatever it takes when we don't have the money to do it for everyone. What makes one case more special than the next. Why should Ben Needhams file not have a 2 yer review next.

Freudian - but don't you honestly think it is wrong that THIS ONE CASE above ALL OTHERS has had the Prime Minister becoming involved and unlimited resources thrown at it when others - the most obvious being Ben Needham - that take place on our own soil do not?

I actually don't berate the McCanns for leaving thier children alone. It was bloody stupid BUT they made he judgement based on a previous holiday with the same company that offered a 'baby listening' service. this company didn't offer it so they chose, as a group, to do this themselves.

Really bad judgement call. Many parent's have made bad judgement calls but luckily very few end up resulting in this.

What I feel strongly about is that the McCanns have CONTROLLED the media, the course of investigations AND the campaigning. This is understandable but NOT all of what they have done has been motivated towards finding their daughter. Clearly, if they had put their own public image to one side and allowed a reconstruction etc, a greater majority of the general public would sit more comfortable with the 5 million that is now being spent. I am not sure what is right or wrong, but i do agree with alot of what janey68 has to say.

It is not uncompassionate or unempathic to state the facts about how it appears to have been handled both by the media, and the McCanns.

Thanks Jessica. That is exactly why it is ridiculous that people are not willing to discuss the situation.

like what case Jessica?

Ben Needham case was over 20 years ago police investigations have moved on and maybe at that time not enough was done but does that mean we should ignore what the police are saying now that they believe she may still be alive because sadly another similar case was never resolved