Did Brenda Leyland Have the Right to Due Process ?

[jassi]

My you have a social life, how very middle class of you !

Virtual dinner parties with other STM members, where they link by skype and drink them selves silly, no doubt. 

[faithlilly]

Virtual dinner parties with other STM members, where they link by skype and drink them selves silly, no doubt. 

It always makes my chuckle, the constant alluding to a certain lifestyle. Are you supposed to be impressed ?  It really is rather cringeworthy.

[jassi]

It always makes my chuckle, the constant alluding to a certain lifestyle. Are you supposed to be impressed ?  It really is rather cringeworthy.

Still, better than sitting in a corner with your only friend a bottle of gin

[Erngath]

I know what you mean. A bottle of white wine (not red though) a great meal with friends or family. Even better if someone else pays. Last time it was me. 

I can enjoy white wine too.

[faithlilly]

Still, better than sitting in a corner with your only friend a bottle of gin

A definite step up.

[Eleanor]

Any further Off Topic and Smart Alec Comments will be deleted.

[Brietta]

The Mccann's weren't on twitter but there were nasty abusive trolls on there who were supporters so IMO Brenda was abused and from what I have read their stalking of her was outside twitter rules and IMO the rules of decency.

Yes Brenda was nasty but she did not deserve what she got whatever others say.

What makes you think that the dossier hasn't hit a brick wall and been ignored by the police as not construing evidence of a crime. They say there was no crime so are they lying?

In my opinion Brenda was the architect of her own misfortune and using her death in a blame game is inappropriate.

She had no intention of easing up on the McCanns.

Snip
On 17 September this year she tweeted what might have amounted to a personal manifesto: to make the McCanns "live in shame".

A week later, on 25 September, she sought to justify her hatred of the McCanns:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/read-the-deleted-tweets-brenda-leyland-sent-the-mccanns?utm_term=.yvz8WRW8e#.ekNbxQxbj

In real life Brenda Leyland was probably neither a saint nor a sinner but on the internet her obsession with the McCann family became legend.

The really sad thing about it all is that no lessons have been learned from the whole episode as I believe the abuse of that family continues apace.

[jassi]

In my opinion Brenda was the architect of her own misfortune and using her death in a blame game is inappropriate.

She had no intention of easing up on the McCanns.

Snip
On 17 September this year she tweeted what might have amounted to a personal manifesto: to make the McCanns "live in shame".

A week later, on 25 September, she sought to justify her hatred of the McCanns:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/read-the-deleted-tweets-brenda-leyland-sent-the-mccanns?utm_term=.yvz8WRW8e#.ekNbxQxbj

In real life Brenda Leyland was probably neither a saint nor a sinner but on the internet her obsession with the McCann family became legend.

The really sad thing about it all is that no lessons have been learned from the whole episode as I believe the abuse of that family continues apace.

Something she and the McCanns have/had  in common.

[faithlilly]

Something she and the McCanns have/had  in common.

I wonder what is the difference between a sceptics obsession and a supporters ?

[Sunny]

In my opinion Brenda was the architect of her own misfortune and using her death in a blame game is inappropriate.

She had no intention of easing up on the McCanns.

Snip
On 17 September this year she tweeted what might have amounted to a personal manifesto: to make the McCanns "live in shame".

A week later, on 25 September, she sought to justify her hatred of the McCanns:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/read-the-deleted-tweets-brenda-leyland-sent-the-mccanns?utm_term=.yvz8WRW8e#.ekNbxQxbj

In real life Brenda Leyland was probably neither a saint nor a sinner but on the internet her obsession with the McCann family became legend.

The really sad thing about it all is that no lessons have been learned from the whole episode as I believe the abuse of that family continues apace.

I read your post that if you and supporters had your way you would be happy for everyone within the dossier to be outed regardless of whether any further people took their lives? I find that very heartless.

So she is the architect of her misfortune.  She wasn't given the chance to go quietly away (which I am sure she would have done). None of you have the slightest sympathy for her predicament which only came about because the dossier was passed to the media. Had it simply been passed to the police only then Brenda would surely be alive still IMO

If I am wrong regarding the first sentence then I apologise but this is how your post comes across to me.  I know others on here do have that sentiment as they have made it abundantly clear several times.
 

[Mr Gray]

I read your post that if you and supporters had your way you would be happy for everyone within the dossier to be outed regardless of whether any further people took their lives? I find that very heartless.

So she is the architect of her misfortune.  She wasn't given the chance to go quietly away (which I am sure she would have done). None of you have the slightest sympathy for her predicament which only came about because the dossier was passed to the media. Had it simply been passed to the police only then Brenda would surely be alive still IMO

If I am wrong regarding the first sentence then I apologise but this is how your post comes across to me.  I know others on here do have that sentiment as they have made it abundantly clear several times.

I dint think anyone on here, wants people to commit suicide but I don't think being outed is what caused brendas suicide... The fact she killed herself on her estranged sons birthday points to other causes... As her other son confirmed.. There, were other factors at play with the outing only playing a small part

[slartibartfast]

I dint think anyone on here, wants people to commit suicide but I don't think being outed is what caused brendas suicide... The fact she killed herself on her estranged sons birthday points to other causes... As her other son confirmed.. There, were other factors at play with the outing only playing a small part

He had “no doubt” from the panic in his mother’s voice when she telephoned to tell him of the Sky News incident that “this was the final straw that pushed her then to do what she did”.

Was from Ben.

[Mr Gray]

Was from Ben.

Yes he mentions a final straw... Which we, all understand... So what was the great weight she was carrying that resulted in a straw being the tipping point

[slartibartfast]

Yes he mentions a final straw... Which we, all understand... So what was the great weight she was carrying that resulted in a straw being the tipping point

Have you ever thought of writing a dictionary?

[Mr Gray]

Have you ever thought of writing a dictionary?

could you explain...this seems to be a goading post...rather than responding to the point in my post...perhaps you simply cannot think of a decent reply