Fatal accidents in the home versus abductions. Is there are comparison?

[carlymichelle]

You could not make this behaviour up.

Fanaticism doesn't even come close.

There are fa more appropriate terms.

im not  sure in the uk  but  here  many  babies and toddlers  die from old  blinds in windows they get   the cords twisted around their necks  its  very tragic and it shows little ones should never be left alone

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[stephen25000]

Courtesy of ROSPA and another poster.

''More accidents happen at home than anywhere else
Every year there are approximately 4000 deaths as the result of a home accident. Around 120 of these are below 15 years and 1300 over 75
During 2002 there were 2.7million home accidents requiring hospital treatment, of which 477,500 involved children under five''

http://www.rospa.com/homesafety/adviceandinformation/general/facts-figures.aspx

plus this article.

http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/press/article/212/fatal_home_accidents_set_to_exceed_road_deaths

[icabodcrane]

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That's me is it  ?   ...  been 'reported '  for saying  davel talks shite,  have I  ? 

I'll go back and modify my post then 

...   just to point out  ...  as you will be aware Admin ...  I  never  press the report button myself,  but there's been a lot of provocation and trouble-making  going on since this trial began   (  and the influx of new members who appear to be very envious of our exclusive insight into the goings on in Lisbon  )

[Cariad]

You do the McCanns no favours with this hysterical support that is beyond the realms of all rational thought

I second this statement. Davel, you're claiming that something which has been repeatedly demonstrated to be false, is in fact true.

No one is claiming that child abductions from the home never happen. They do! There was a case of a little girl taken from the bath not far from me. The abductor wasn't a stranger, but was a paedophile. Another girl was taken from a tent in her back garden a few years ago.

The reason I remember these incidents is because they're so rare. I still can't find statistics, but I haven't given up yet.

[stephen25000]

For the UK figures.

'In the UK alone, there are approximately 120 fatal accidents in the home to under 14's per annum.

The biggest cause is falls - however these are not exclusively from stairs, but also from balconies, windows and from furniture, etc. There are also deaths from poisonings, scalds, choking and strangulation, amongst others.'


Whatever way look at this, what the Mccanns did was totally inexcusable,unless you don't inhabit the real world.

[carlymichelle]

For the UK figures.

'In the UK alone, there are approximately 120 fatal accidents in the home to under 14's per annum.

The biggest cause is falls - however these are not exclusively from stairs, but also from balconies, windows and from furniture, etc. There are also deaths from poisonings, scalds, choking and strangulation, amongst others.'


Whatever way look at this, what the Mccanns did was totally inexcusable,unless you don't inhabit the real world.

exactly who knows the twins and madie could have  been playing with the curtin blinds  annd maddie could have strangled herself with the cord

[stephen25000]

exactly who knows the twins and madie could have  been playing with the curtin blinds  annd maddie could have strangled herself with the cord

The bottom line Casrlymichelle is simple.

The children should never have been left alone. You can't be there every single second of every single day, but leaving them as they did was asking for trouble, and it did.

[carlymichelle]

The bottom line Casrlymichelle is simple.

The children should never have been left alone. You can't be there every single second of every single day, but leaving them as they did was asking for trouble, and it did.

when i was a little girl my parents friends came to   our hotel rooms  if  we were away   all us kids played together  and  our parents had a few  drinks (    not enough to get drunk etc)   it  was loverly  and  the parents relaxed and  us kids  got social interaction    why couldnt the tapas  9 do that??

[stephen25000]

when i was a little girl my parents friends came to   our hotel rooms  if  we were away   all us kids played together  and  our parents had a few  drinks (    not enough to get drunk etc)   it  was loverly  and  the parents relaxed and  us kids  got social interaction    why couldnt the tapas  9 do that??

Good question, and one I've posed before.

Probably the simple answer is pure selfishness. They didn't want their children being in the way of a good time.

[Angelo222]

The bottom line Casrlymichelle is simple.

The children should never have been left alone. You can't be there every single second of every single day, but leaving them as they did was asking for trouble, and it did.

No doubt I will be criticised for saying this but it has to be said.  It is unbelievable that even after poor little Madeleine remonstrated with her mother about being left alone in a strange apartment in the dark that the parents still chose to do so with the consequences that we all know so well.   That isn't just careless, it is downright criminal!!

[carlymichelle]

Good question, and one I've posed before.

Probably the simple answer is pure selfishness. They didn't want their children being in the way of a good time.

the pros will carry on about  how   i myself  was left alone ina hotel room BUT  i was  11    and my parents and their friends were out for dinner and i had a meltdown/tantrum   and  my parents got in big trouble from other guests because i was very distressed     ( long story but anyway)   but there is a  world of diffrence between a  3 year old and a  11 year old  and  our parents never did it again they were embarrased and ashamed

[carlymichelle]

No doubt I will be criticised for saying this but it has to be said.  It is unbelievable that even after poor little Madeleine remonstrated with her mother about being left alone in a strange apartment in the dark that the parents still chose to do so with the consequences that we all know so well.   That isn't just careless, it is downright criminal!!

exactly pros say it  was a mistake but it   wasnt if it had been a mistake the mcanns would never have done it again

[stephen25000]

No doubt I will be criticised for saying this but it has to be said.  It is unbelievable that even after poor little Madeleine remonstrated with her mother about being left alone in a strange apartment in the dark that the parents still chose to do so with the consequences that we all know so well.   That isn't just careless, it is downright criminal!!

Yes Angelo, I completely agree.

[carlymichelle]

Yes Angelo, I completely agree.

kate said maddies remark  was  a passing  remark........