Originally Posted by Xaccers (Post 34318834)

Did Maddie's parents leave her and her siblings alone in order for them to be abducted, or did the thought of such a crime occuring not cross their minds?

Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 34318836)

Sounds a bit far fetched to me, any links?

I would say the first one was an accident who expects someone to be hiding in a hedge?

If the second was caused by dangerous driving then yes he should face charges.

Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 34318838)

Does someone over the limit (who also may not believe they are over) leave the house in order to cause an accident?

If they think they are under the limit and then its discovered they are over then should they not be punished?

Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 34318840)

Whats done is done. Blame should perhaps be left for when Maddie has been found?

Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34318845)

And surely any parent knows the risks of leaving defenseless children?

Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34318837)

If I left a child and went to the pub and the house burned down would you all be so understanding then??

Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34318845)

chances are she isnt gonna be so you saying we should never highlight what has happened here and just let it happen again and again?

Originally Posted by Xaccers (Post 34318842)

There's enough information out there to let people know that it should be none for the road as everyone reacts to alcohol differently...

Originally Posted by Xaccers (Post 34318842)

...If someone has a drink, they know it impares their functions, even slightly, and therefore increases the chance of having an accident.

Originally Posted by XFS03 (Post 34318873)

There is also enough information out there to let people know that leaving 2 & 3 year olds on their own, unattended is downright negligent.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34318869)

They might be pretty understanding if you had friends and neighbours in the next room or you'd paid staff to be at your house, from what I've heard and read you can't really compare leaving a child at home whilst the parents go down the pub with this, I could be wrong though, I am only basing this on what people who have stayed at the complex have said

Originally Posted by XFS03 (Post 34318873)

There is also enough information out there to let people know that leaving 2 & 3 year olds on their own, unattended is downright negligent.


If someone leaves their child alone, they know it greatly increases the chance of that child being abducted.

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo (Post 34318888)

From waht the parents have said in their interviews, thy felt that going to the restaurant "was no different to eating in the garden". They also reprtedly said that everyone in the complex looked out for each other's kids, even though they had made no arrangements for other people to keep an eye out on their children.

What is fact is that they didnt pay for child care arrangements (even though it was available in the complex) and they left the apartment unlocked.

I think that is highly negligent, on par with Zings example.

Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 34318872)

I suspect that it doesn't really need highlighting any more...

Originally Posted by Xaccers (Post 34318884)

Mothers do it all the time all over the world, either physically leaving them, or by catching up on some well deserved sleep.
Don't forget, if you're bathing one child, the other is normally left alone in another room, after all, you shouldn't leave a child in the bath.



Hardly.
If you left a child alone in your house for 2 hours, would you expect it to be abducted?
Not unless you believe there's "lone child radar" fitted to all abducters!
They had no way of knowing that their daughter had been targetted, and as has already been pointed out, if they hadn't taken her during the night, then they'd have grabbed their oppertunity at another time.
Wasn't it her bedroom window that was forced open?
Her siblings weren't woken either were they?
So you're saying that if her parents were next door, then the window would have made more noise? Or the abducter would have made more noise? Simply because the parents were in the next room?
How do you work that one out?

Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34318905)

do we know for a fact the 2 years didnt wake up who did they tell they slept through it?