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This is a very open' case, where at the moment the scales are balanced equally in both conclusions; guilty or innocent.
It is very easy for one person to come to a conclusion when all of the facts are known but in a case where the facts are not known the formulation of any conclusion can not truly be reached.
All we have are our own beliefs.
But belief is not the same as truth.
I imagine it would be a very difficult for any jury to reach a verdict on which they were all agreed, and that without the introduction of further truth or evidence the outcome would result in a hung jury.
At the moment the only truth we know is that a little girl disappeared.
I have thought about this case since she disappeared and the thought of where the guilt lies as always been with the unknown perpetrator, whoever he or they are. I would hold the parents guilty of neglect and in a sense hold them to account for their irresponsibility, but I would not have the right to accuse them of being solely responsible for the hurt or abduction of their daughter.
The reasons why someone should wish to abduct a young child, especially a girl, are obvious and I prefer not to dwell too much on the thought because of the hurt I would feel inside, especially knowing that there is nothing I can do; I imagine it is the same for you.
We feel so protective but so useless.
If the parents had nothing to do with the disappearance of their daughter try to imagine how much hurt and how so useless they must feel.
If it was one of our children how would we react?
Would we try to put on a brave face and meet the world, or would we crumble in anguish?
At this particular time we would hope that our fears and concerns were shared by the rest of the world, and that they would help us to overcome the grief and the torment that we faced because of our loss.
We would hope that they, the people of the world, would help us in any way they could to find our child, even if it meant giving up a loved one.
We would not expect them to point their fingers and accuse.
No, it is not for us to find guilt or innocence in the parents, their guilt or innocence will be with them at all times, and that will be a greater comfort or a deeper hurt than any of us could express to them.
It is not ours to judge what we do not know the truth about, but it is ours to uphold the laws of our own countries and to maintain the stance that someone is innocent until proven guilty.
If it happened to me I would hope that you would stand with me, as I would stand with you.
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I am not sure who creates these debate titles but how can it be unthinkable when it is a regular occurrence that a mother, a father, a step-parent or a boyfriend either accidentally or intentionally kills a child. In the United States alone, this is a DAILY happening.
Now, in terms of Madeleine McCann's parents, we have seemed a bit slow to think what I would consider not only "thinkable" but virtually a "no-brainer".
First of all, there was a time in my life when my own daughters were ages four and two. I would no more have left them alone while I went out to dinner than I would have shoved them out to sea on a raft. Why? Because children often wake, and when they do, whatever can happen, does.
I do not know any parent and I have known thousands, who would leave children that age alone to go out for the evening. The parents I do hear about doing that are usually drunk, on drugs or in some other deep psychological trouble. Why would these apparently well-educated, resourceful people do such a thing? That one piece of behavior alone defies logic.
You have obviously realized by now that I am speaking from the perspective of an experienced and somewhat protective parent, not that of Portugese detectives. In that vein, let's look at some of the other aspects of the McCann's behavior that border on the bizarre.
If one of my children was missing, I cannot fathom talking to celebrities and even visiting the Pope while my child was missing. Not only could this not provide the slightest help in locating my child, unless someone at the Vatican has kidnapped her, it would actually distract me from the only possible thing that would matter to me at all. Finding my child.
And yet the McCann's behavior seems about many other things. Perhaps being in the spotlight, dining out while leaving two toddlers and a four year old sleeping alone, leaving the country their daughter was last in rather than dis-spelling suspicion. Their attorneys say they will explain and defend themselves if and when the need arises. I would say that time is here.
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