It isn't. Going out for a meal with your mates is negligent.
In my opinion there is something hideously odd that the most important resonance concerning Madeleine's disappearance for some was not that she vanished never to be seen again but the allegation of negligence which takes up most of their outrage.
At the time there was a pervert on the loose in the Algarve whose MO was to enter holiday apartments while the parents slept in most of the cases undisturbed, with the purpose to sexually assault little girls.
Who is to blame for these assaults: in my opinion quite obviously the pervert who perpetrated them.
By the same token the blame for Madeleine McCann's disappearance lies fair and square with the person who absconded with her.
After over thirteen years of absence I think it is about time that blame was apportioned appropriately.
Or not as the case may be ... the people who really matter are those who are doing their level best to find out what happened to Madeleine, who is responsible for it and if there is any chance she is still alive and those include her parents.
I really feel that Madeleine has been pushed into the background by those falling over themselves in their eagerness to get the boot into her parents.
Hatred as epitomised in the title of this thread ... "Is there more circumstantial evidence against the mccanns than there is CB"
How horribly base and revolting is it to compare bereaved parents who made the mistake of their lives over thirteen years ago and have spent those every day of those years in atonement with a creature such as Brueckner.