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What's new, Daily Mail? [May. 29th, 2008|08:37 am]
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The McCanns face child neglect charges over leaving Madeleine alone the night she was abducted.

FINALLY.
And how do the parents respond to someone pointing out that perhaps leaving a three year old unsupervised might be a bad idea, even if you are 'just fifty yards away' in a restaurant?

"'If there is any suggestion of neglect charges being considered that will be vigorously denied because the legal advice that Kate and Gerry have received both in Portugal and Britain is that legally speaking everything they were doing that week was well within the bounds of responsible parenting.'"
Yes, you read that right, RESPONSIBLE PARENTING. That'll be why she got kidnapped, then. It's kind of like how the responsible way to drive a car is to take a nap while doing 65mph on the motorway. After all, driving while tired is just dangerous!

(I'd also argue accidentally killing your own kid* and then covering it up, disposing of the body and crying about it for the next six months on the news is outside of the bounds of responsible parenting, but what the hell do I know?)





*Allegedly.
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[User Picture]From: [info]the__seeker
2008-05-29 12:58 pm (UTC)

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What do Portuguese police and Madeleines father have in common?
[User Picture]From: [info]evil_egg
2008-05-29 01:42 pm (UTC)

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I don't know, what do Portuguese police and Madeleine's father have in common?
[User Picture]From: [info]zero_shadow
2008-05-29 03:27 pm (UTC)

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I think we're gonna be waiting a while for the punchline.
[User Picture]From: [info]the__seeker
2008-05-29 09:47 pm (UTC)

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They've both been probing the snatch of a missing toddler.
[User Picture]From: [info]shadowofsummer
2008-05-29 11:12 pm (UTC)

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Good sir, you win the internet.

*applauds*
[User Picture]From: [info]evil_egg
2008-05-30 12:07 pm (UTC)

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I know I shouldn't laugh...
[User Picture]From: [info]joellevand
2008-05-29 09:21 pm (UTC)

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They're both terrified of Kate McCann?
[User Picture]From: [info]joellevand
2008-05-29 09:22 pm (UTC)

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It took them long enough. And if their attorneys say that they did nothing wrong, they're lying to their clients.