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Osem · 17-09-2007, 11:41

Read most of the article - it doesn't add much to the debate from where I'm sitting tbh. There are always people with extreme views about everything. There are people who shoot/stab others because they dared to look at them FGS! There are people who'd happily kill/maim others simply because of where they work! Of course extreme minority views tend to get noticed and reported far more than the rest don't they. There's no news in moderation and empathy is there!

Nearly everyone I've chatted to about this story has said the same thing - they sympathise greatly with the McCanns and of course the little girl but still find it hard to understand why they chose to leave their children alone in those circumstances. I don't think that's an extreme view or even a callous one. Furthermore, having that view doesn't preclude anyone from hoping desperately that this story has a happy ending.

17-09-2007, 11:41	#1376
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: Toddler 'abducted' during holiday Read most of the article - it doesn't add much to the debate from where I'm sitting tbh. There are always people with extreme views about everything. There are people who shoot/stab others because they dared to look at them FGS! There are people who'd happily kill/maim others simply because of where they work! Of course extreme minority views tend to get noticed and reported far more than the rest don't they. There's no news in moderation and empathy is there! Nearly everyone I've chatted to about this story has said the same thing - they sympathise greatly with the McCanns and of course the little girl but still find it hard to understand why they chose to leave their children alone in those circumstances. I don't think that's an extreme view or even a callous one. Furthermore, having that view doesn't preclude anyone from hoping desperately that this story has a happy ending.