Madeleine McCann - why are people so obsessed?

[stephen25000]

Not it's not meaningless Stephen.  There are many people interested in this case who don't think the parents are guilty.  Of these there are some who are doubtless obsessed by the case, to the point that there is some weird cult-like quasi-religious devotion thing going on, much as there is with the group of nearly 2000 FB "sceptics" I highlighted in the OP.

By  that note there are also many people who think the McCann's are guilty of negligence, I for one.

There are many also who go further.

There are also far more who don't give a monkeys, or are pissed off with the whole circus surrounding the McCann's.

[Alfred R Jones]

By  that note there are also many people who think the McCann's are guilty of negligence, I for one.

There are many also who go further.

There are also far more who don't give a monkeys, or are pissed off with the whole circus surrounding the McCann's.

Yes I know that Stephen.  But on this thread we are discussing those that are interested in the case and what drives their  interest and turns it into an obsession.  Have you any views on this subject Stephen?

[stephen25000]

Yes I know that Stephen.  But on this thread we are discussing those that are interested in the case and what drives their  interest and turns it into an obsession.  Have you any views on this subject Stephen?

I do.

However, something tells me after recent experience they would be deleted.

They are of course on Amazon, on various topics.

[Angelo222]

Not it's not meaningless Stephen.  There are many people interested in this case who don't think the parents are guilty.  Of these there are some who are doubtless obsessed by the case, to the point that there is some weird cult-like quasi-religious devotion thing going on, much as there is with the group of nearly 2000 FB "sceptics" I highlighted in the OP.

I had the greatest sympathy for them in the beginning until I read through much of the material associated with the case.  I was dumbfounded at what I found so I can well understand why so many people just don't believe them.  Had the McCanns and their pals cooperated fully with investigators we wouldn't be here today discussing this very issue.

[Alfred R Jones]

I had the greatest sympathy for them in the beginning until I read through much of the material associated with the case.  I was dumbfounded at what I found so I can well understand why so many people just don't believe them.  Had the McCanns and their pals cooperated fully with investigators we wouldn't be here today discussing this very issue.

This thread is not about why we disbelieve the parents Angelo, it is about why some people are so obsessed (almost to the point of religious devotion) with the case.  Any views?

[Eleanor]

I had the greatest sympathy for them in the beginning until I read through much of the material associated with the case.  I was dumbfounded at what I found so I can well understand why so many people just don't believe them.  Had the McCanns and their pals cooperated fully with investigators we wouldn't be here today discussing this very issue.

I think we would.  The obsession started almost immediately.  The Internet has just taken over from The Village Pump.

[Alfred R Jones]

"My age is timeless and tireless and solely given to this Duty" (to discover the truth about Madeleine McCann and expose the Guilty). 

What does this really mean actually?  Do any of us here feel this way too?

[Wonderfulspam]

This thread is not about why we disbelieve the parents Angelo, it is about why some people are so obsessed (almost to the point of religious devotion) with the case.  Any views?

That should have it's own thread.  I can think of several reasons.

[Anna]

"My age is timeless and tireless and solely given to this Duty" (to discover the truth about Madeleine McCann and expose the Guilty). 

What does this really mean actually?  Do any of us here feel this way too?

No, I most certainly don’t feel that way.
It is just a very interesting and somewhat, intriguing case, of which I would very much like to find the answer unravelled as to where Maddie disappeared too.

We are all just guessing at possibilities and I would never dream of laying the guilt  at anyone’s feet, until such proof has been presented.

[DCI]

I think if you are looking for a one word reply, that word would be suspicion.  Suspicion that all was not as it seemed, suspicion of a simulated abduction, suspicion of a cover up and suspicion that the UK authorities were in some way involved in what followed and still, almost eight years on, continues to follow.

The Ben Needham case should in theory attract the same obsession so in determining an answer to your op, one must consider the differences in the two cases.

Perhaps that should have been worded as.

The Ben Needham case could have in theory attracted the same obsession, had there been Internet, mobile phones, and instant news transmission 16 years earlier so in determining an answer, one might then be able to consider the differences in the two cases.

Have you read Kerry's book, John?. If not here is a starter

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/29/missing-child-ben-needham

[faithlilly]

"My age is timeless and tireless and solely given to this Duty" (to discover the truth about Madeleine McCann and expose the Guilty). 

What does this really mean actually?  Do any of us here feel this way too?

Isn't the white knight thing taken from some supporter blog ? Perhaps the image and sentiment were a cheeky send up of  that ?

[ShiningInLuz]

Perhaps different people have different reasons for being interested.

Despite living in Luz, I would have no  interest in the case were it not for the PJ files,  Amaral's book, and Kate's book.

[Alfred R Jones]

Isn't the white knight thing taken from some supporter blog ? Perhaps the image and sentiment were a cheeky send up of  that ?

Is it?  If so, that's not how it comes across to the casual observer, it looks rather obsessional and odd to me. 

[Wonderfulspam]

Perhaps that should have been worded as.

The Ben Needham case could have in theory attracted the same obsession, had there been Internet, mobile phones, and instant news transmission 16 years earlier so in determining an answer, one might then be able to consider the differences in the two cases.

Have you read Kerry's book, John?. If not here is a starter

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/29/missing-child-ben-needham

'In January 2008 Kerry was contacted by a television director, who was making a documentary about the McCanns. As Kerry remembers it, she was asked if she would like to meet Kate McCann; she said yes, as long as there were no cameras, no reporters, that they could meet as one bereft mother with another. But the meeting never took place. When I spoke to Clarence Mitchell in November 2008, he said that the film director hadn't asked Kerry if she wanted to meet Kate McCann, but whether she would appear in the documentary as the mother of a lost child.'


I know which one I believe.

[faithlilly]

Is it?  If so, that's not how it comes across to the casual observer, it looks rather obsessional and odd to me.

What the supporter use of the sentiment or the sceptic's ?