Missing Toddler in Portugal

[Hadrians hiring!]

my own take on this is that it is now turning into mass hysteria. £2.5 million reward for starters - some people will now see this as a career move. Abduct any kid, wait for a couple of weeks then bang , couple of mill.

The length of time that has passed makes me think the wee lass is gone and releasing all the baloons in the world aint gonna help.

Not often I have ever agreed with Sweltered but I do think the parents should be getting a far rougher ride and that will probably happen if a body is found.

[Sweltered]

I would like to think that the wee girl is alive and well, and living in the south coast of England, perhaps the Portsmouth, Plymouth, or Poole areas.
Human nature at times is predictable in that we react in a certain manner.
When a crime is committed, the need to escape is paramount in the mind of the guilty party. When you do something wrong you head for home and safety. I would suggest that they, One Woman, Two Men headed East and straight out of Portugal to the relative safety of a foreign country Spain. They would then turn North and head for home. The authorities should turn their attention to any CCTV footage of anyone buying three tickets from the booking hall of the Spanish port of Santander.
This isn't about sores on legs, and wanting to punch a Father who has just lost his wee girl. because of the way he speaks, for Christ sake, get a grip man.
The car that was used by the kidnappers, is a more visible than the people inside, as all cars have number plates that identify the owner. I would pay particular attention.
The reason I suspect that they, the villains are English is that it would be easier to commit the crime when you know the victims plans for that particular evening.
Maybe I'm wrong, who really knows apart from the wee girl and the abductors. Nevertheless to continue to detract from the topic only serves to show disinterest.
However let us hope that this awful mess is resolved in a happy manner.

Of course they're english, you wouldn't belive it of any other race, would you. Your xenophobia is as relevant as the leg. Go away, just go away

[dunoon]

my own take on this is that it is now turning into mass hysteria. £2.5 million reward for starters - some people will now see this as a career move. Abduct any kid, wait for a couple of weeks then bang , couple of mill.

The length of time that has passed makes me think the wee lass is gone and releasing all the baloons in the world aint gonna help.

Not often I have ever agreed with Sweltered but I do think the parents should be getting a far rougher ride and that will probably happen if a body is found.

It's all about transfering the guilt.
It's the Diana thing all over again. Back then people in London were sacked for not showing any emotion about her death. The trouble is you can't say no!. The next thing will be con men riasing funds with street collectors. Everyone will feel embarassed to say no.
I hope the kid is alive and, that if she cannot found, that it's a kidnapping to replace lost child thing.
PS did anyone notice in the wake of the abduction how relatively little there was about Blair going ( and McConnell sure to follow) - media influence anyone? Call me cynical but I know how it works.

[ionnsaigh]

The village Idiot,
Lost in sea of words, drench drab a doubtful drowning gulps for air and deludes true meaning
blindly stumbles sucking stinking cancerous corpse of headless Kentucky deep fried battered chicken
finger licking slick scab slabber a cheap an nasty headline grabber
the wee girl an English rose, away you go wipe yer nose as well yer dripping erse
dribble drooling daft defunct deluded mouth with wounded weeping wet puss filled sore,
what the game and wits the score, turning with nasty foul breath blunt blade, behold the baffled blunders
xenophobia a hideous charge, hold the post there's a fool at large

[Sweltered]

Can you not take direction?

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Put all the words in a cup.. shake.. line them up.

[general jack o'niell]

i apologies, there are some things that need to be kept serious, and if he's having a go at me, then he's not kicking the cat or worse. day 12 and nothing, grief does funny things to people but i can't help thinking that by now i'd be ready to lamp the next person who stuck a camera in my face, maybe a clear head doesn't consider these things but we've all seen the press coverage, we all know what will appear sometime, some silly little story from the couples life or that of a relation, that some gutter press will consider newsworthy, the british media can't help themselves, i feel sorry for any parents who have lost children in similiar circumstances, they'll be fending off press, looking for a way to bulk up their pages, rehashing old cases just to sell more copy

as for dunoons comments re tony blair, i see the labour press ie the mirror and record, run more pages on this case than tory papers like the express, god knows what the dregs of journos like the sun and star are printing? hopefully the local childnapper was involved, he apparently has sold upwards of 100 kids into slavery with well to do couples, better that and her being found eventually than the alternative that she's been dead within hours of her being taken, we've all thought it, we all hope we are wrong

[ionnsaigh]

Put all the words in a cup.. shake.. line them up.

Put all the rabbits in a hat .. shake.. line them up.

I find the charge of xenophobia extremely insulting and constituting what can only be described as a cheap shot.
I have fought against racism in all its ugly shapes and guises over the years, and will continue so.
Would you be happy if a post insinuated that you suffered from menophobia, I suspect not.

[Sweltered]

If you get the name of rising early you can sleep all day......

Politician assure everyone of the good they are doing all the time...some of them believe it too. Just because you don't want to believe something about yourself doesn't make it false.

[general jack o'niell]

can i settle for believing 50% of the things i don't believe about my self?

await the outcome of the latest news, according to the papers, the man the police are questioning is going thru a divorce and trying to get custody of his daughter who looks just like the missing girl, he was reported to the police by a mirror reporter who thought there was something weird about him, tho she didn't say on tv, nor did she write about it in the paper, why? is she saving it for a big front page spread should he be involved? or does her paper already know he is not involved yet are keeping up the suspense to shift copy?

[Hadrians hiring!]

I find the charge of xenophobia extremely insulting and constituting what can only be described as a cheap shot.
I have fought against racism in all its ugly shapes and guises over the years, and will continue so.

Well Ionns I find that the denial of xenophobia is very deparaging to us xenophobes! I am not racist - I am a xenophobe + proud.
There is a world of of difference ya plum.

[general jack o'niell]

the definition of xenophobe is someone who is wary of all things foreign, not someone who has a dislike or hatred of same. you can be a xenophobe without being rascist. in fact the foreign, could refer to something or someone you are not familiar with, like oh i don't know? i'm sure you could find hundreds of examples and i can't be bothered to make a gag about any.

of course i might have made that up, i know someone who is kind, caring and would never by any stretch of the imagination be called rascist, but doesn't like japanese people, is that rascist or xenaphobic or both? no its not me, i don't recall ever meeting anyone japanese? i'm an oldfirmaphobe

[Malky]

Xenophobe was a 1988 arcade game for the NES. A starbase was infested with aliens, and the player had to kill the aliens before it was completely overrun. Think the aliens were called xenos.

Malky

[general jack o'niell]

never played it, more of a traditionalist space invaders player, not a very good one.

[Malky]

My wife tells me the uncle, who lives in Glasgow, is the sales rep for an asthma drugs company and this is part of his area. She says he's a really nice guy.

Malky