Madeleine is entitled to the right to be looked for without let or hindrance as long as there are active lines of inquiry to be followed.
The opprobrium directed at her parents helps Madeleine exactly how??
Little people with small minds with access to a column in a tabloid excoriating her parents helps Madeleine in what way?
Unfortunately there have always been those who enjoy a good witch hunt ... but the stamina and the mindset to keep it up for almost nine years must take some beating.
This may be fun and games to some ... but another anniversary ... and another birthday without their eldest child is fast approaching for the McCann family. Most normal people can have a little bit of understanding of how that must be for them ... the others are just a lost cause and not really worth bothering about.
The McCanns may or may not be innocent of a crime connected with the disappearance of their daughter. Many people think they were guilty of the crime of neglect, however. Had the disappearance occurred in the UK they may well have faced more problems with that than they did under Portuguese law.
Some have managed to ignore all the strange aspects of this case and have spent years castigating those who have noticed them. Those claiming the high moral ground in this debate seem unable to grasp that they are defending what others see as indefensible. Claiming the high moral ground is a tactic, just like referring to unrelated cases and ad hominem attacks are tactics.
