Are the McCanns too sensitive to alternative points of view?

[mercury]

Your second question was unanswerable, I suggest you re-read it and re-phrase it if you would like an answer.

Oh I see

Is that because I used the word duty? My apologies, but that is the impression I got when you said you would continue pointing out others "lack of empathy"... As if it is some kind of "moral requirement" or else...fill in the blanks

You are not in any position to either dictate or moralise...you've no real foundation

[Alfred R Jones]

I am perfectly able to imagine how I would feel if my child disappeared from her bed, thank you. What I can't imagine is how I would feel if it was due to me leaving three children under 5 in an unlocked apartment on holiday while I went out to eat.

No one is askng you to imagne that as it is quite immaterial to the issue of your empathy or lack thereof with the parents behaviour and feelings in the immediate aftermath of discovering their child missing.  Leaving the kids alone prior to the disappearance has litte bearing on their behaviour immediately afterwards, such as using their child's activity book to note down a timelne.  In any case you don't have to condone their leaving of the kids alone in order to imagine how guilty and upset you would feel on discovering one of them missing.

[Alfred R Jones]

Oh I see

Is that because I used the word duty? My apologies, but that is the impression I got when you said you would continue pointing out others "lack of empathy"... As if it is some kind of "moral requirement" or else...fill in the blanks

You are not in any position to either dictate or moralise...you've no real foundation

In your opinion, which does not interest me very much, sorry.

[Mr Gray]

from what I can see the sceptics feel no sympathy whatsoever towards the mcccanns....and I just do not understand how anyone could feel like that

[mercury]

In your opinion, which does not interest me very much, sorry.

I commented on your post which seemed to take such umbrage at someone not having empathy, I gave you a valid reason why someone might not, that's all, and do I look like I'm particularly bothered if my opinions interest you or not? No need for apologies, your position is perfectly clear, if you don't have empathy then you should etc etc

You and others here should get their heads around the issue, if you have suspicions then empathy can but normally doesn't come into it, it's not rocket science and neither does it mean that people are incapable of empathy....your and others failed game is known on this and other fronts

[stephen25000]

from what I can see the sceptics feel no sympathy whatsoever towards the mcccanns....and I just do not understand how anyone could feel like that

Do you have empathy for Amaral ?

[Mr Gray]

Do you have empathy for Amaral ?

absolutely not...nor sympathy either...do you have any sympathy for the mccanns

[Alfred R Jones]

I commented on your post which seemed to take such umbrage at someone not having empathy, I gave you a valid reason why someone might not, that's all, and do I look like I'm particularly bothered if my opinions interest you or not? No need for apologies, your position is perfectly clear, if you don't have empathy then you should etc etc

You and others here should get their heads around the issue, if you have suspicions then empathy can but normally doesn't come into it, it's not rocket science and neither does it mean that people are incapable of empathy....your and others failed game is known on this and other fronts

I have neither taken umbrage at a lack of empathy nor issued instructions that anyone should have it.  I have simply highlighted a lack of empathy as an explanation for why certain people on this forum are unable to understand why theMcCanns and their friends behaved as they did.  I hope that's clear now.

[slartibartfast]

I have neither taken umbrage at a lack of empathy nor issued instructions that anyone should have it.  I have simply highlighted a lack of empathy as an explanation for why certain people on this forum are unable to understand why theMcCanns and their friends behaved as they did.  I hope that's clear now.

I would counter that it is empathy that causes some people not to understand why they did what they did.

[mercury]

I have neither taken umbrage at a lack of empathy nor issued instructions that anyone should have it.  I have simply highlighted a lack of empathy as an explanation for why certain people on this forum are unable to understand why theMcCanns and their friends behaved as they did.  I hope that's clear now.

But that assumes the parents are innocent, my point was, again, that those that thnk they might not be, don't have to feel empathy....do you feel empathy for people who you suspect

[Mr Gray]

I would counter that it is empathy that causes some people not to understand why they did what they did.

you are abusing your position as a moderator

[slartibartfast]

you are abusing your position as a moderator

No I am not, when members make crass statements about the dead they deserve censure.

[Mr Gray]

I never said she deserved it...she certainly brought her problems onto herself by her abusive tweets,,
it is on record she had a history of mental illness

[slartibartfast]

I never said she deserved it...she certainly brought her problems onto herself by her abusive tweets,,
it is on record she had a history of mental illness

There is a big difference between being mentally ill in the past and being mentally ill. To imply otherwise is placing an unwarranted stigma on mental illness.

[slartibartfast]

what crass statement did I make...Brenda had a history of mental illness...you are abusing your position as a moderator,

I suggest you desist, there is ample precedent of what happens if you abuse moderators.