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The Prodigal Son Returns

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by RAVENBLACK, Oct 18, 2013.

  1. RAVENBLACK

    RAVENBLACK Well-Known Member

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    DI Dev is back folks.

    Any more updates on Maddie?
     
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  2. Otto Flayshow

    Otto Flayshow Well-Known Member

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    The Prodigal Geriatric, you mean.
     
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  3. Commachio

    Commachio Rambo 2021

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    In true gc form from what i can gather

    Is he.

    A ****/ *****.

    Irish potatoe peeler, with a loathing for the other religion.

    A scot, who wants to hate the English, or doesn't give a ****e about them.

    An Englishman, who really don't give a ****, as we are over run by paki's

    Or just a wanadering peado..





    Can someone reveal the truth?
     
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  4. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I think you pretty much nailed it <ok>
     
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  5. charlienicholasismydad

    charlienicholasismydad Active Member

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    Typical schizo/druggie/alchy like most of us <ok>
     
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  6. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    We're not schizo <grr>
     
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  7. charlienicholasismydad

    charlienicholasismydad Active Member

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    Not neccesarily all three you can be a combination. I am the latter two <diva>
     
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  8. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I'm confused now, but I'm not.
     
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  9. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    I am.
     
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  10. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    ^^^^

    And so is he.
     
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  11. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    I can tell you that a lot of Portugese people still believe her parents were to blame, they are wrong though.
     
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  12. Patience

    Patience Spastic Arab

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    Well, they are to blame, aren't they? They left her alone to go out on the razz.

    <ok>
     
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  13. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    Once when I was on holiday with my mum and brother, we found a little girl about 3 years old in an alleyway crying her eyes out. We eventually tracked down her mum in the pub across the road. My mum had a right go at her then the girl's mum said something like "don't tell me how to bring up mychildren". They had quite a row but it's safe to say the girl's mum was totally embarrassed and shamed in front of a pub full of people. Could have been another Maddie.

    Don't leave young children on their own and go out drinking.
     
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  14. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator
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    <ok>

    They deserve to suffer the rest of their lives. I can't believe they left the kids at all, but the fact that they left them the previous night - only to come back and find Maddie upset and scared - and still did it the following night shows how irresponsible and callous they were.

    Anybody can make a mistake/misjudgement once (though I think 99.9% of parents wouldn't do something so negligent), but to do it again beggars belief.
     
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  15. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    The person who took Maddie is to blame, no one else.
     
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  16. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator
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    He wouldn't have taken her if she'd not been left alone. If you left your car open, with the keys in the ignition, would you be partly to blame if it was stolen? Of course you would. Part of a parent's job is to protect his/her child. The McCanns failed spectacularly.
     
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  17. Patience

    Patience Spastic Arab

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    So, how are the McCanns not to blame, in any way, shape or form?
     
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  18. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    I remember going to Butlins years ago, lots of people used to leave their kids in the Chalets at night because they had a Chalet Patrol. You could be sitting in a club and an announcement would come up saying "Baby crying in Chalet 10" (or whatever). I dare say it still goes on, plenty of people have left their kids in an apartment on holidays, it does not make them bad people. If their child had been snatched then of course they would be partly responsible, but not necessarily to Blame.

    The McCanns have been pilloried for their behaviour but it was hardly child abandonment or neglect. My personal opinion is that they made a terrible error of judgement and although some blame can be laid at their door, it serves no purpose to consistently blame them when you consider what they are going through. They have been punished enough over the last 6 years and finger pointing or the blame game does not help anyone.

    I may have done the same as they did, I suspect many would.
     
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  19. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    Retracted, see above.
     
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  20. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator
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    Fair enough. I still think you're being more charitable than they deserve, but we'll have to agree to disagree.
     
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