Eleven years on, has Maddie been given up for dead?

[Mr Gray]

I am content that is cleared up.
Perhaps your acknowledgement will now put a stop to the dreadful pox of "show us where it has happened before ...you cannot" as it is meaningless forming no sensible part of debate.

In context it may well be

[Venturi Swirl]

I am content that is cleared up.
Perhaps your acknowledgement will now put a stop to the dreadful pox of "show us where it has happened before ...you cannot" as it is meaningless forming no sensible part of debate.

I think you possibly credit me with more influence on others than I actually have...?

[Alice Purjorick]

In context it may well be

Then on the other hand it probably isn't.

[Angelo222]

Every parent of a missing child would never give up on their child.
They will always have hope that one day they will find out what has happened to their child.

As long as someone else is looking?  Out of interest Ern, when was the last time the McCanns took part in any organised search for their child?

Ever?

[Robittybob1]

As long as someone else is looking?  Out of interest Ern, when was the last time the McCanns took part in any organised search for their child?

Ever?

Do you think they would look in the right place or the wrong place?

[sadie]

As long as someone else is looking?  Out of interest Ern, when was the last time the McCanns took part in any organised search for their child?

Ever?

The Mccann search has been impressive.  They are extremely clever people and they have used their brains to find the best way to search. 

They couldn't have done better than involve Scotland Yard and to have re-interested the PJ in renewing the search.  I think your method of walking around Portugal and poking in ditches, asking Portuguese natives etc., is very nineteenth century.   

They have done the 21st century thing of involving arguably some of the Worlds leading experts in criminal cases and missing children.

They have used their brains, rather than their brawn.

Well done the Mccanns!  Just hope that SY and Porto special Madeleine Mccann group are able to prove something.  How wonderful it would be if they managed to bring Madeleine home and stop the stealing of children

[ShiningInLuz]

The Mccann search has been impressive.  They are extremely clever people and they have used their brains to find the best way to search. 

They couldn't have done better than involve Scotland Yard and to have re-interested the PJ in renewing the search.  I think your method of walking around Portugal and poking in ditches, asking Portuguese natives etc., is very nineteenth century.   

They have done the 21st century thing of involving arguably some of the Worlds leading experts in criminal cases and missing children.

They have used their brains, rather than their brawn.

Well done the Mccanns!  Just hope that SY and Porto special Madeleine Mccann group are able to prove something.  How wonderful it would be if they managed to bring Madeleine home and stop the stealing of children

Oddly enough, the McCanns are well-placed to progress a physical search for Madeleine.  If, as is contended, Madeleine was alive in 2012, then Kate and Gerry could develop that enquiry, but 6 years on Madeleine is still waiting.

[Brietta]

Oddly enough, the McCanns are well-placed to progress a physical search for Madeleine.  If, as is contended, Madeleine was alive in 2012, then Kate and Gerry could develop that enquiry, but 6 years on Madeleine is still waiting.

Has it passed you by that the Policia Judiciaria and Scotland Yard were embarked on a physical search and inquiry over the timescale you indicate ... how on earth could Kate and Gerry improve on that?
Why do you even think it would be appropriate for them to attempt to do so for as long as the PJ and SY continue their search for Madeleine?

[ShiningInLuz]

Has it passed you by that the Policia Judiciaria and Scotland Yard were embarked on a physical search and inquiry over the timescale you indicate ... how on earth could Kate and Gerry improve on that?
Why do you even think it would be appropriate for them to attempt to do so for as long as the PJ and SY continue their search for Madeleine?

Soooooooo .......

Sit on their rear ends and wait?  Really?

That recipe has an obvious flaw.  "What are you doing to find Madeleine today, mummy?, daddy?"  "We are simply waiting, child."

Hmmmm, no, don't think so.  It fails the twins test.

[Robittybob1]

Soooooooo .......

Sit on their rear ends and wait?  Really?

That recipe has an obvious flaw.  "What are you doing to find Madeleine today, mummy?, daddy?"  "We are simply waiting, child."

Hmmmm, no, don't think so.  It fails the twins test.

Keeping the official website going is more than enough.

[ShiningInLuz]

Keeping the official website going is more than enough.

That fails the twins test too.

[Robittybob1]

That fails the twins test too.

In your opinion.

[barrier]

Oddly enough, the McCanns are well-placed to progress a physical search for Madeleine.  If, as is contended, Madeleine was alive in 2012, then Kate and Gerry could develop that enquiry, but 6 years on Madeleine is still waiting.

If by some miracle the girl turned up alive and well it'll show up SY to be complete fools for digging up waste ground looking for something that didn't exist,(cadaver.)

[Venturi Swirl]

Soooooooo .......

Sit on their rear ends and wait?  Really?

That recipe has an obvious flaw.  "What are you doing to find Madeleine today, mummy?, daddy?"  "We are simply waiting, child."

Hmmmm, no, don't think so.  It fails the twins test.

What would pass the “twins test” then?  “We are giving up our jobs, putting granny in charge and traveling the world looking for your sister, see you in a few months or years, g’bye”?

[ShiningInLuz]

What would pass the “twins test” then?  “We are giving up our jobs, putting granny in charge and traveling the world looking for your sister, see you in a few months or years, g’bye”?

The twins will be the arbiters of the twins test.

Much of what you said resonates though.  "We're off to see the Pope, bye."  "We're off to Huelva, bye."  "We need to fly across the pond to see Oprah, bye." "We're off to Fatima, bye."  "We're going out for a meal and a drink with friends, bye."  "Your sister has been abducted.  I'm going to leave you here, exposed and on your own, while I nip out to get Gerry, bye."

The twins will be the arbiters of the twins test.