'...but in Madeleine's case she was inside fast asleep in bed while her parents were outside.'
They just weren't outside, they were elsewhere, occupied by drinking , eating and socializing. For 5 nights in a row.
There is no comparison at all.
The thread has established that Madeleine McCann's parents did indeed physically search for her in the aftermath of the discovery of her disappearance.
This is in direct contravention of the rather bizarre propaganda put about over the past eight years that they did not.
This is just another tool in the box of the anti- McCann litany and causes me some bemusement at the mean and petty efforts to denigrate a couple who have probably instituted and maintained the biggest worldwide search for their missing child than any parent before or since.
Some time ago I asked for examples of other parents of missing children who had physically searched for them outwith the immediate aftermath of the disappearance.
No-one has been able to come up with an example and I believe that in an urban setting that is because there are none. There are many valid reasons for this the main one being that it is against police advice.
The naked hatred directed at a couple who are paying dearly for any perceived lack of parenting skills would be amusing were it not so vile.
The person responsible for abducting Madeleine does not figure anywhere in the litany while the greatest opprobrium has been visited on the victims of the crime and every effort has and is being made to stop the investigation into what happened to the main victim. Absolutely bizarre!