Wandering Off Topic

[Vertigo Swirl]

I have seen their statements presented as absolute truth, when their variations show that they are not. I highlight those variations to highlight that point, not to assign suspicious motives. That is an accusation levelled at me by others who believe that's my aim.

Who has presented their statements as "absolute truth"?  That is a nonsensical accusation and I don't think you will able to back it up. 

[Eleanor]

Who has presented their statements as "absolute truth"?  That is a nonsensical accusation and I don't think you will able to back it up.

I don't think that anyone did.  But that's a minor detail.

Anything to undermine The McCanns.  Although Why is a mystery to me.

[Brietta]

I have seen their statements presented as absolute truth, when their variations show that they are not. I highlight those variations to highlight that point, not to assign suspicious motives. That is an accusation levelled at me by others who believe that's my aim.

Goodness me - I don't think I've ever read that.  I have seen such things as parts of statements being verified by weighing up the evidence much as Pegasus did when assessing Kate's experience with the curtains and the actual science of the VENTURI effect.

I think most intelligent people know that in a room full of witnesses to an event, each witness will see things differently which is reflected in how they report it.
We've seen experiments and studies to that effect - or presumably most of us have.

I have seen it said and I have often repeated it - that the problem with the tapas statements would have been had they all been word perfect and their timings matched all to the nth degree.
Now THAT really would have been suspicious.

[Eleanor]

Why are No Sceptics prepared to say for why they are doing this when nothing will come from it?

They won't prove that The McCanns are guilty, so what is the point?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Why are No Sceptics prepared to say for why they are doing this when nothing will come from it?

They won't prove that The McCanns are guilty, so what is the point?

Everyone needs a hobby.

[jassi]

Why are No Sceptics prepared to say for why they are doing this when nothing will come from it?

They won't prove that The McCanns are guilty, so what is the point?

You might as well ask what is the point of anything on this forum? It certainly isn't going to change anything.

[Eleanor]

Everyone needs a hobby.

You are right of course.  So why am I doing this?

I suppose it is in some vain attempt to support Innocent Until Proven Guilty.  I have been shocked rigid by the repeated attempts to deny this fact.

[Eleanor]

You might as well ask what is the point of anything on this forum? It certainly isn't going to change anything.

This is true.

Me?  I was a bit lonely in days of yore, living on my own at the time.  But I was involved from the start and quite devastated by this mindless desire to blame The McCanns when it was obvious that it simply wasn't possible.

[G-Unit]

This is true.

Me?  I was a bit lonely in days of yore, living on my own at the time.  But I was involved from the start and quite devastated by this mindless desire to blame The McCanns when it was obvious that it simply wasn't possible.

I, on the other hand, was astonished by the insistence of some that no part of the McCann group's statements should be examined and/or questioned. Not only that, but anyone doing so was assumed to be seeking to blame, libel or harm one, two or all of them.

[Eleanor]

I, on the other hand, was astonished by the insistence of some that no part of the McCann group's statements should be examined and/or questioned. Not only that, but anyone doing so was assumed to be seeking to blame, libel or harm one, two or all of them.

Has it done any good, examining The Statements?

It has only told me that you are on a hiding to nothing.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I, on the other hand, was astonished by the insistence of some that no part of the McCann group's statements should be examined and/or questioned. Not only that, but anyone doing so was assumed to be seeking to blame, libel or harm one, two or all of them.

Again, more unsubstantiated hyperbole

[Brietta]

I, on the other hand, was astonished by the insistence of some that no part of the McCann group's statements should be examined and/or questioned. Not only that, but anyone doing so was assumed to be seeking to blame, libel or harm one, two or all of them.

I think the problem you may be having is that when you are posting here you are required to bear British libel laws in mind.
Perhaps that is why you feel confined by the restraints observance of which causes your complaint.  I can see no reasoning other than that by your post.

Nothing really to get another chip on your shoulder about.  We all have to observe the law even if some sceptics manage to abrogate common decency in the process.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

You are right of course.  So why am I doing this?

I suppose it is in some vain attempt to support Innocent Until Proven Guilty.  I have been shocked rigid by the repeated attempts to deny this fact.

I'll be interested to read your posts on CB's current "innocence" of killing Madeleine.

[G-Unit]

I think the problem you may be having is that when you are posting here you are required to bear British libel laws in mind.
Perhaps that is why you feel confined by the restraints observance of which causes your complaint.  I can see no reasoning other than that by your post.

Nothing really to get another chip on your shoulder about.  We all have to observe the law even if some sceptics manage to abrogate common decency in the process.

No, that's not it.

[Eleanor]

I'll be interested to read your posts on CB's current "innocence" of killing Madeleine.

Check my previous posts.  I have already said several times that Brueckner is entitled to The Presumption of Innocence, as is everyone.