did the mcanns get special treatment by some because they are doctors

[carlymichelle]

some people  kiss the  ground they  walk  on  on for that reason and it makes me wonder  why?? if  gerry and kate had been poor would  mccan supporters  have  cared    about them  so much i doubt it?

[mercury]

Some people (including the authorities) still give deference to doctors priests lawyers and other such untouchables of years gone by and demonise elsewhere where it suits as they have not caught up yet with the fact that they are no different to anyone else as a human being

As to the law, it's a litle tricker, aka $$$$$ and connections and the right lawyers can do wonders , whereas the great unwashed just get slung into jail and her majesty apparently is always pleased

HMP = her majesty's pleasure LOL

[G-Unit]

I remember being brought up to 'respect my betters'. That lasted until I realised that respect should be earned, not given to people just because of their job. I have met marvelous medical staff and terrible ones. The terrible ones deserve no respect just because they're medics.

[misty]

Being "poor" never stopped people caring about the family of April Jones. It didn't stop the police conducting a very thorough search for the little girl. It didn't stop the police continuing to search for the little girl's remains even when her killer was put behind bars.
The hundreds of "poor" parents who continue to suffer because their child is missing should perhaps be thankful that the "rich" McCanns have raised the profile of all missing children.
 Because of the McCanns, Kerry Needham now has a funded UK police investigation, which probably would never have otherwise been granted.
Because of the McCanns, I think many people do care more about what is happening to children in society today.
Yet still, in the eyes of some, they are far greater sinners than the Wests or Bradys of this world. Strange & sad.

[mercury]

Some of what you say is ok some of it utter rubbish
In any case you missed the point the OP was trying to make

[carlymichelle]

I remember being brought up to 'respect my betters'. That lasted until I realised that respect should be earned, not given to people just because of their job. I have met marvelous medical staff and terrible ones. The terrible ones deserve no respect just because they're medics.

well said   g unit so  why  because they are doctors  do people   adore them more then they would other parents?

[carlymichelle]

Some of what you say is ok some of it utter rubbish
In any case you missed the point the OP was trying to make

im  glad you undeerstand my point  this has always been a  class issue imo  supporters say we are jealous etc  im not one bit jealous and im sure others are not  either    i would rather  not have any money then live with what the mcanns  caused   to maddie

[mercury]

im  glad you undeerstand my point  this has always been a  class issue imo  supporters say we are jealous etc  im not one bit jealous and im sure others are not  either

The people who say anyone being critical or suspicious or cynical is because they are jealous because Kate McCann is so graceful and beautiful or because they earn X $$$ or are successful professionals  are not worth even replying to as their own thnking is totally warped and false from the start, you really would not want to engage with such vegetative mindsets

Have to go Carly, good op

[misty]

Some of what you say is ok some of it utter rubbish
In any case you missed the point the OP was trying to make

No, I didn't miss the point at all. I was merely trying to inject some rationality. People who assume all those who "hero worship" the McCanns simply because they are doctors with a middle class income do Madeleine a disservice. The fact that the McCanns were in a position to use every resource available to help them find their daughter meant that, instead of languishing in a Portuguese jail labelled as child-killers, they were/ are still actively able to promote the search for her.
Still, I guess there are those who would rather the name Madeleine McCann was consigned to Portuguese legal history as another Joana Cipriano and Sr Amaral had basked in the glory of achieving a 2nd murder conviction without a corpse as he supped his finest Port in that million Euro retirement home. What price a child's life?

[mercury]

oh so misty money does matter of  keeping oneself out of jail but not a lot in your opinion????

[misty]

oh so misty money does matter of n keeping oneself out of jail but not a lot in your opinion????

The topic is whether the McCanns, as an educated middle-income family, means that people care more about them.

As far as I am aware, people don't usually rally around or fundraise for the more wealthy in society. Compassion & donations are generously proferred to those less fortunate, such as the homeless or infirm.

Do people care more about the funding of Aysha King's proton beam therapy  than they do about the thousands who are having their life-prolonging drugs withdrawn because of cost? £250m being spent on 2 new proton beam centres in the UK, which will treat less than 1% of cancer patients suggests they do. I don't see a Twitter campaign objecting to only the select few being granted a get-out-of-cancer-jail-free card - so why object to the money being spent to find Madeleine, irrespective of her parents' status?

[slartibartfast]

I think the OP may be looking at the issue of Social Standing rather than wealth?

[carlymichelle]

I think the OP may be looking at the issue of Social Standing rather than wealth?

exactly my ? was and is if this was a  couple on welfare  that were alcholics  etc  that left their kids while they were drinking  and one vanished would they defend them like they do the mcanns?

[stephen25000]

exactly my ? was and is if this was a  couple on welfare that left their kids and one vanished would they defend them like they do the mcanns?

Not in a million years.

[slartibartfast]

There is a certain sycophancy in the entire case.