Maddie cops seek yet more cash

[Vertigo Swirl]

It wasn't unprecedented for Gerry to end up on the floor. He was on the floor when he spoke by phone to his relatives and when their lawyer warned them on 6th/7th September 2007 that arguido status would follow; for Kate, at least. It was his reaction to stressful situations, it seems. That's why I don't find it odd.

Do you have any evidence that Gerry was on the floor because he found the arrival of the police stressful?  Please do share if you do. 

[jassi]

There are ways of doing this within The Law.  But if you want to leave then that is fine by me.

Of course there are.
Express everything as a possibility rather than a proven fact. No libel there.

[Lace]

Unlike you, I don't pretend to know what happened or how everyone felt. Your resistance to any point of view except your own means discussing the case with you is a complete waste of time imo.

You don't pretend to know what happened !!   Well that's just laughable.   You do it with snide remarks.  Gerry's knees buckled at the sight of the Police,  oh did they why?  Because he was guilty of something?  What would that be?  It's ridiculous,  but you can't think of anything else to say.  You don't know why you think the McCann's guilty all you can do is make daft comments.

[Vertigo Swirl]

You don't pretend to know what happened !!   Well that's just laughable.   You do it with snide remarks.  Gerry's knees buckled at the sight of the Police,  oh did they why?  Because he was guilty of something?  What would that be?  It's ridiculous,  but you can't think of anything else to say.  You don't know why you think the McCann's guilty all you can do is make daft comments.

G-Unit has made it clear that she finds Gerry a suitable subject for mockery which, considering she also concedes he could be the innocent father of a missing child, makes her a rather questionable individual imo. 

[Brietta]

You have no more idea than anyone else how Gerry McCann was feeling. You have decided what happened and you interpret everything based on that conviction. I don't know what happened and that means I can't share your interpretation of events.

Empathy is defined as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another".  A child has disappeared and you express yourself as being unable to appreciate how her father felt about that.

You are not alone in suffering what I think is a disability which separates man from beast.  According to researchers psychopaths do too,  "...  psychopaths have no ability to authentically, emotionally empathize with others. They are completely incapable of putting themselves in the emotional shoes of another, and this explains why their behaviour towards others can be so disturbing at times.

This characteristic of low emotional empathy has been proven in brain scans done on psychopaths. The parts of the brain which are responsible for empathy are not active in the same way they are for normal people who do have some ability to empathize".

[Brietta]

What has emerged is the fact that Gerry arrived at the main reception and ended up on the floor 'like a praying arab'. Why he ended up like that isn't known, but as he is described as being on the floor a few times then it wasn't really odd.

Your interpretation of what I think once again lies more in your mind than mine.

What really is odd that you are still discussing a perfectly explicable event all these years down the line.  All in the face of the reality that Madeleine's parents have worked ceaselessly to find her while others have worked ceaselessly against that goal.  Particularly the coterie who object with every fibre of their being to every penny spent on her behalf even organising campaigns to that end.

[Wonderfulspam]

Empathy is defined as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another".  A child has disappeared and you express yourself as being unable to appreciate how her father felt about that.

You are not alone in suffering what I think is a disability which separates man from beast.  According to researchers psychopaths do too,  "...  psychopaths have no ability to authentically, emotionally empathize with others. They are completely incapable of putting themselves in the emotional shoes of another, and this explains why their behaviour towards others can be so disturbing at times.

This characteristic of low emotional empathy has been proven in brain scans done on psychopaths. The parts of the brain which are responsible for empathy are not active in the same way they are for normal people who do have some ability to empathize".

"A child has disappeared"   "you express yourself as being unable to appreciate how her father felt about that."

What if the father was involved in that child's disappearance?
How would the father be feelings about things then? 

[Brietta]

Well I wouldn't have wanted to hit them too hard, that would have been sickening!

I feel that I am watching something thrashing about in its death throes here reflected in the lack of standards in posting.

It really isn't an edifying sight :(

[Wonderfulspam]

Anyway. I'm sure Gerry was distraught. He had lost his daughter. Now, whether that meant she had died in the holiday apartment or was abducted is yet to be proven either way. But, with the MET receiving yet more funding.. (on topic swerve).... it shouldn't be much longer now.

[Eleanor]

I feel that I am watching something thrashing about in its death throes here reflected in the lack of standards in posting.

It really isn't an edifying sight :(

It is actually quite awful.  Put the boot in and hope that some of it sticks.  It won't of course.  This is just desperation.

[Wonderfulspam]

It is actually quite awful.  Put the boot in and hope that some of it sticks.  It won't of course.  This is just desperation.

Quite right. We shouldn't be second guessing the possible reasons behind the McCanns behaviour. We should be focusing on The Abduction, & all the overwhelming evidence thereof. Plenty to talk about there.

[Brietta]

It is actually quite awful.  Put the boot in and hope that some of it sticks.  It won't of course.  This is just desperation.

The weird thing is they've been doing it tirelessly for sixteen years, enjoying the camaraderie perhaps.  But now that the belief system has been well and truly shattered can metaphorically smell the desperation

[Wonderfulspam]

The weird thing is they've been doing it tirelessly for sixteen years, enjoying the camaraderie perhaps.  But now that the belief system has been well and truly shattered can metaphorically smell the desperation

Shattered by what? You don't mean the concrete evidence against the New Prime Suspect, do you?
How's the case against him going? Wolters making good progress is he?

[G-Unit]

One thing McCann supporters agree on is that anyone who doesn't accept their opinions is delusional, nasty, desperate, cruel, heartless etc. etc. They know exactly which emotions the McCanns felt at every stage, but they are completely unable to understand how those with different opinions developed them. I don't think they're as perceptive as they like to claim. Nor are they as convinced as they claim, imo, - hence the vicious attacks they make on others.

[Eleanor]

One thing McCann supporters agree on is that anyone who doesn't accept their opinions is delusional, nasty, desperate, cruel, heartless etc. etc. They know exactly which emotions the McCanns felt at every stage, but they are completely unable to understand how those with different opinions developed them. I don't think they're as perceptive as they like to claim. Nor are they as convinced as they claim, imo, - hence the vicious attacks they make on others.

So you know how each of us feels.  What utter nonsense.