The name calling which marks this case out.

[Angelo222]

Again I think it's, quite reasonable for kate to use this term in the circumstances

Well you would do wouldn't you and I think it's quite reasonable to apply it to her given her appalling parenting skills while in Portugual.  There's not many who holiday abroad and come back minus a child by reason of their own pure selfishness.

What makes it all the worse though is that the child was unhappy at being left alone every night and moreover told her mother that on the very morning of the day she disappeared.  And now this woman has wormed her way into being an ambassador for the Missing Persons charity, you couldn't make this up if you tried.

[Angelo222]

What about the fact that it is deemed acceptable  in this forum to refer to the McCanns as shit parents.... Is that really acceptable

They were!!   They were also official suspects in her disappearance in a case which is no closer to being resolved than it was almost eleven years ago.

[Erngath]

What about the fact that it is deemed acceptable  in this forum to refer to the McCanns as shit parents.... Is that really acceptable

 It is an adjective which seems to be acceptable on this forum but only in relation to the parents of a missing child.
I doubt it would be allowed to describe the capabilities of other main persons in this sad case.

[jassi]

 It is an adjective which seems to be acceptable on this forum but only in relation to the parents of a missing child.
I doubt it would be allowed to describe the capabilities of other main persons in this sad case.

Why don't you try it and see ?

[Angelo222]

 It is an adjective which seems to be acceptable on this forum but only in relation to the parents of a missing child.
I doubt it would be allowed to describe the capabilities of other main persons in this sad case.

I can think of a few shit private investigators and former PJ officers if that helps?

[Wonderfulspam]

I'm quite offended by the way some people find offense in almost anything & everything these days.

[Erngath]

Why don't you try it and see ?

Not a word I would ever use.
My grandchildren would be shocked!

[Erngath]

I can think of a few shit private investigators and former PJ officers if that helps?

Excellent.It does.
Thank you.

[Mr Gray]

I can think of a few shit private investigators and former PJ officers if that helps?

So it's fine to have the opinion that amaral was, a, shit copper

[jassi]

Why not? It is after all only an opinion and we're all full of those.

[Erngath]

So it's fine to have the opinion that amaral was, a, shit copper

Apparently that word is now considered vulgar and profane here in the UK but acceptable in Japan, well according to Wikipedia?
I would use the words inept or rubbish or useless copper.

[Mr Gray]

Apparently that word is now considered vulgar and profane here in the UK but acceptable in Japan, well according to Wikipedia?
I would use the words inept or rubbish or useless copper.

I don't normally use it... I think it seriously lowers the tone of the forum.... But a senior mod has set the acceptable standards

[Alice Purjorick]

The point is no matter what the context calling someone a ‘f**cking tosser’ is offensive to every right minded person. To take offence at the phrase. praying Arab, which simply describes an image everyone is familiar with, while defending a phrase that most people would deplore is hypocrisy of the most unvarnished kind.

You just have to accept that some like to make a career out of becoming offended on behalf of others.
In my experience they frequently receive their just deserts at the hands of those very people on whose behalf they purport to be offended. 

[Mr Gray]

You just have to accept that some like to make a career out of becoming offended on behalf of others.
In my experience they frequently receive their just deserts at the hands of those very people on whose behalf they purport to be offended.

So you would defend Kate's, description  of the two GNR as perfectly acceptable... Good

[Mr Gray]

You just have to accept that some like to make a career out of becoming offended on behalf of others.
In my experience they frequently receive their just deserts at the hands of those very people on whose behalf they purport to be offended.

in my experience some make a career by being offensive...I was watching Ricky Gervais....he said what do you give a deaf and blind child for christmas...his answer was ..cancer...i dont see how anyone can find that funny...perhaps you do