When will the online persecution of the McCanns end?

[Mr Gray]

A lot of people think they understand a lot of things, it doesn't mean they're right.

Being intelligent is in part an ability to understand

[Angelo222]

Being intelligent is in part an ability to understand

Many supposedly intelligent people are not streetwise though.

[G-Unit]

Being intelligent is in part an ability to understand

Quite. I understand that 'intelligence' is not something easily defined. That's why there's no generally accepted definition.

[Alice Purjorick]

Many supposedly intelligent people are not streetwise though.

If intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply skills those who acquire them but cannot apply them are by definition not intelligent.

[Angelo222]

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

[ferryman]

The only glimmer of hope I see is the (more-or-less) abandonment of theMcCannsdunsomethingdreadfultoMadeleineandcovereditup, which I hope, transmits to the Portuguese Supreme Court so that they overturn the perfectly disgraceful (first) appeal-court ruling and, at least restores the wisdom of the first-instance judgement. 

[Mr Gray]

So does anyone here admit to being a Sun reader

[ShiningInLuz]

So does anyone here admit to being a Sun reader

It would appear that Mr Robert Hurst, landlord of the Pig's Head in Burgau, and one of the forum members here, reads The Sun.  We had the benefits of his insight into The Sun exposé of mid-2016 on this forum, when that story broke.

[Robittybob1]

It would appear that Mr Robert Hurst, landlord of the Pig's Head in Burgau, and one of the forum members here, reads The Sun.  We had the benefits of his insight into The Sun exposé of mid-2016 on this forum, when that story broke.

What was his username on the forum then SIL?

[Angelo222]

So does anyone here admit to being a Sun reader

Like many here I read the online Sun stories but I don't subscribe to it nor would I buy it.

[ShiningInLuz]

What was his username on the forum then SIL?

Errrr.....  Robert Hurst.

I have spoken to him since the incident, but nothing to do with Madeleine.

[Angelo222]

The only glimmer of hope I see is the (more-or-less) abandonment of theMcCannsdunsomethingdreadfultoMadeleineandcovereditup, which I hope, transmits to the Portuguese Supreme Court so that they overturn the perfectly disgraceful (first) appeal-court ruling and, at least restores the wisdom of the first-instance judgement.

The appeal court was right to overturn the first instance judgement.  The McCanns brought this all down upon their own heads by their own stupidity.  If the Portuguese Supreme Court overturn the appeal court decision they will be seen as condoning bad parenting.

[Mr Gray]

Like many here I read the online Sun stories but I don't subscribe to it nor would I buy it.

Why wouldn't you buy ith

[Robittybob1]

Errrr.....  Robert Hurst.

I have spoken to him since the incident, but nothing to do with Madeleine.

That makes sense now that you mention it.   Not many around here use their actual name on the forum.

[Angelo222]

Why wouldn't you buy ith

I don't buy any newspapers unless there is something I specifically want to check out.

Going back to the thread title, I would say that it is more castigation than persecution so the heading is wrong.