We've deleted the Madeleine McCann thread

[JustineMumsnet]

Because had we deleted all the posts that were worthy of deletion contained within it we would have lost half a thread, and what remained would have made no sense.

We would like to remind folks that Mumsnet's central philosophy is to make parents' lives easier. The McCanns are parents, they haven't been found guilty of anything and they have lost a child. By all means discuss the issues around this tragic case but please don't attack them personally here.
Thanks,
MNHQ

Star and Daily express had to pay damages for inferring parenting responsibility

Well done MN - I kept reading because I couldn't believe my eyes - spent a lot of time sat on my hands and resisting posting.

that thread about the dad was NOT much nastier, not at all. it was actually a rather interesting discussion about culpability, i thought,

Very glad it's gone

Good call MNHQ

and the people on this thread would say that, the same people that wanted all talk 2 years ago bumped away, that still want it gone now

That poor man was crucified on here and so was the woman and many others

Thank you for getting that vile thread off this forum.

Can you not see the difference?

FWIW, I did find that thread unpleasant, as well as an intersting discussion about culpability, but it was completely different to the McCann thread.

Was surprised it stayed so long.

Agree with SOL. I'm still surprised nothing happened in legal aspects, if they were; for example, a family on the "dole" I'm sure they would have been hung, drawn and quartered both in the papers (all of them) and by the police as they left their children on their own.

Not going to say anything else but I find the class differences quite disturbing.

Very glad it has gone, good call MNHQ

I don't see a difference

I see parents that have lost children, parents that made a mistake/took eyes off the ball

one set no one is allowed to critisize

the other hateful things said freely

If this last thread was removed as this place is to support parents only, that one should have gone too and so should any others, I don't get the double standards

The world has discussed this case and will continue to do so, bad, good or just mad, but not here...why?

Pretty sure it wasn't the criticism of leaving their children that was the reason the thread was pulled. Did you read it all?

the thread was deleted to stop this

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The MM thread was awful, I was truly at the levles some posters had gone to get their point across.

I did

Nasty things were said agreed but they were on other threads too, the dad one made me feel sick

I've seen much much worse on other sites, this is the only site that doesn't/members don't allow discussion/thought or speculation, which is human nature

there was one thread on that buggy case, there was (eventually, thank god) one thread on the mccann case. seems quite equitable to me.

good call.
Some truly vile contributions on that thread.

scaredoflove nobody is stifling discussion/speculation - that thread was full of outright accusations and really cruel comments

stop trying to revive it!

"this is the only site that doesn't/members don't allow discussion/thought or speculation."

hardly.

paulayates this isn't talking about events, this is asking why all opinion isn't allowed

I wasn't on the other thread as I don't have anything to say about it, I do hate censorship and only some peoples thoughts, no matter how nasty, are not allowed and quashed

so again you are trying to stop discussion

Some of the personal attacks against the McCann's on that thread were nothing short of outrageous. Hope certain posters are hanging their heads in shame, but I very much doubt it. Particularly when a few of them broke off midway through the thread to have a lighthearted discussion about their 'black' senses of humour.

well said greeny

Thank you, Justine. That thread was making me feel ill.