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Bit rich from you considering you posted that the rest of their kids should be taken off them. Not to mention your media/race conspiracy theories. Your comments and those of Pints definitely imply to me you begrudge them the media attention which has helped reopen the case. I could care less whether that offends you or him.

At best ye'er comments (as another posted just said) are cold hearted. They made a mistake in leaving her unattended. But they have already paid a massive price for this. As the Father of 3 young girls myself my heart has always gone out to them (not to mention the mental images going through one's head imagining what Madelaine went through).  I really dont give a f**k how much help they get from anywhere. More power to them.

You really are a complete f**king idiot. "media/race conspiracy theories", eh? Shannon Matthews' family were treated the same way the McCanns were prior to the facts of that case coming to light, were they?

My comments do not begrudge the McCanns that they have managed to get a case reopened, not one little bit.. I begrudge the police and the government for not doing it for everybody else.

Yes, I did post that their other children should be taken from them and placed in care. Anyone who considers it acceptable to leave a three year old alone while they f**k off out to dinner is, in my opinion, unfit to be a parent. That is not a "mistake" - it is complete and utter incompetence.

It was asked on the first page and has been forgotten all about - Willie brought this up out of the blue, nobody has banned him or spoken about banning him from doing anything.

One suspects that his main objective is to find some way of causing trouble, end up arrested or turfed back up the motorway and then enjoy his airtime afterwards. Just ignore the little bollocks. We all know what a bigoted little p***k he is. Must have come from his da.

I'd say Non-United fans post on this thread because it's nearly always at page one & they wonder what all the fuss is about (i do get caught up in it myself) Gallsman TBH your also known to give the occasionally bite.

In order for me to bite, someone would have to be fishing.

[How many have gone missing as a result of suspected abduction?]

I wonder how many children has gone missing since Maddie McCann and not a word about them.
Can someone explain to me why should the McCanns receive special treatment? Will the MET be opening any other cases?

How many have gone missing as a result of suspected abduction?

The fact that they are getting assistance from the police force of their country is their right.  I would leave no stone unturned if it was my daughter, so fair play to them.

I don't blame them for asking, I blame Cameron and the Met. Why do they deserve special treatment?
As for the bit in bold, are you serious?

I wonder how many children has gone missing since Maddie McCann and not a word about them.
Can someone explain to me why should the McCanns receive special treatment? Will the MET be opening any other cases?

That's a question for the MET. Hardly the McCann's fault about other kids not getting the same treatment.
In all fairness if you were in Maddie's parent's shoes wouldnt you use every available infleunce possible to maximise publicity and keep the search going? I really dont know how anyone can begrudge them this new investigation. Best of luck to them.

Put yourself in the shoes of a parent who has a child  missing and who never received any of the attention the mccanns get (and who never left their child at home while they go out boozing!).  How would you feel?

Sweet Jesus Christ in heaven! Are you for real? So they deserve this do they? Is that your point? Anyone would with half a heart would feel for ANY  parent who's child was taken. But most (like another poster said) would leave no stone unturned looking for their own child and not worrying about anyone else's. You seem more preoccupied with whats PC. Dont get you or the likes of you that holds this type of opinion or begrduges the McCann's any advantage they get.

What a ridiculous post. First of all you imply pints has a particular opinion on something and then ask if that is his point. Please for the love of god, without any histrionics, point out where anybody said the McCanns deserved this since this thread was reactivated (Some idiot may have done beforehand. Unlikely but I haven't checked). Go on, do it now. How f**king dare you put words in anyone's mouth to that effect.

Nobody is begrudging the McCanns anything, "they" (myself included) are criticising the cops, the media and the government for appearing to only give a flying f**k about a missing child when it's a particularly high profile case, with the high profile often arising from the family being firmly white middle-class.

Because they can do so in the knowledge that the three most recent posters before me will always bite?

Of course the McCann's should do everything in their power to get their daughter back. If they ever do, she and her siblings should promptly be taken off then and placed in the care of a loving family capable of looking after them.

As for the McCann's getting preferential treatment (both police and the way the media treat them), this is undoubtedly the case. The disappearance of Shannon Matthews is an obvious example. Look at the murder of Joanna Yeates before Christmas. The sickening tabloid reporting about her "creepy" and "weird" neighbour had him guilty in the eyes of the retarded mob, some of who showed their faces on this board. I remember one twat in particular advocating that the police should have tried to do everything possible to convict the boyfriend because, well, you know, he was her boyfriend. This is the sort of shit that fuels the tabloids in these type of cases.

Affluent, attractive and white - victims of a tragedy.

Poor, "ugly" and often non-white - dreadful parents

Are they not entitled to the assistance of the police force of their own country to aid the investigation into their missing daughter?  Who or what type of person would deny them this ...

I presume it has to do with the fact they are allowed help as much as the Portuguese let them

As for bemoaning the lack of tourist visitors, if they hadnt have robbed shite out of everyone for the last 15 years they might have a few more.

This  tourism thievery wasn't just confined to Dublin you know.

He has a point when you compare Dublin to the other tourist cities in Europe.

Which tourist cities are we talking about now? Eastern European?

Because I've worked all over Europe and I can tell you Dublin is not that bad WHEN COMPARING to some of western Europe's cities.

I've worked all over Europe too, mostly Eastern European however i have found Paris,Rome & Berlin cheaper than Dublin & i have also found Scandinavian cities to be quite pricey.

Paris cheaper than Dublin my f**king hole.

Thanks for that lb. Doesn't really answer the question though as I asked about sectarianism after removing the footballing aspect from it.

While clearly a problem in both Scotland in general and Glasgow in particular, just how strong is sectarianism on a day to day basis when you take footballing rivalry out of the equation?

Sure some of them towns up north are like the wild west when the clubs and pubs close. You're taking your life in your hands just walking home and there's not a cop in sight. And that's how I remember it being 20 odd years ago too.

Rubbish. Like any city with a lively nightlife, if you look for trouble while loaded, you can easily find it. As for there "not being a cop in sight", I invite you to stand out side the Bot in Belfast any night of the week at closing time.

As for littering etc. in Dublin, while deplorable, I'd like to think the Gardai have better things to do than stand on street corners acting as a litter deterrent.

Best half a season striker has to be Negri

Mark de Vries had a pretty storming start to his Hearts career too!

Kris Boyd?

Never scored v Celtic.

Was a big fan of Cadete, but Larsson & McCoist would be best of the modern era.

You may laugh Benny but he broke the scoring record at an impressively young age, with a lot of those goals coming from his time at Aberdeen.

Larsson, McCoist, Di Canio were all quality.

[Big, big blow to Barca if found guilty.]

Busquets charged with racism by UEFA, case to be heard on Monday. Big, big blow to Barca if found guilty.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13381508.stm

Would it be? He's looked average anytime I've seen him. Maybe in comparison to whats around him mind!

Busquets is an absolutely hateful bollox with his theatrics. He's a top quality player though. Tackling, vision, passing are all outstanding.

Keita is another player that can come in, while been charged with racism is very serious i can't help feeling with a CL final around the corner it will nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

If he's not found guilty, they can hardy suspend him. If he is, they will and he will be fined.

Busquets charged with racism by UEFA, case to be heard on Monday. Big, big blow to Barca if found guilty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13381508.stm