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Originally Posted by Chris T
I'm not saying that they weren't incredibly stupid in what they did. I'm just saying I am concerned at how easily some people slip from condemning a stupid incident - even a stupid chain of incidents - to condemning them as 'bad parents' which takes in far more than whether they think it's a good idea to leave their kids alone while they go to a restaurant that (they believe) is within reasonable eyeshot of the apartment..
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What they beleive to be reasonable and what is fact is totally different. Factually the apartment they left their kids in was not within reasonable 'eyeshot' of their restuarant. There wasn't a clear line of vision to their room, and it wasn't say 20 feet away
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Originally Posted by Chris T
And I don't know what to make of it either Pia, really I don't. On the one hand I want to shake them 'til their teeth rattle for being so stupid. But on the other hand I suspect deep down they *know* that whoever took their daughter, they will share some of the responsibility for the lifetime of trauma she will suffer after this - assuming, of course, she is still alive. They are hurting, and they are going to hurt for the rest of their lives. And if, on the remote off-chance, they or a member of their family does read this forum, then the last thing they need is to read a load of complete strangers who are lining up to say what thoroughly awful people they think they are..
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Assuminfg that they had nothing whatsoever to do with it.