The Good Yank » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:23 am wrote:RED BEERGOGGLES » Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:27 pm wrote:I can only view it as parents who have lost a child ,something completely horrifying to even contemplate let alone find yourself
living out ....I mean the concept of someone taking your baby ,and then throughout your grieving having to live constantly in
the glare of the media cameras, and endure the constant speculation and conjecture of so called experts must be soul destroying.
They must go home at night and scream the kind of scream that makes no sound over the clicking of the jaw.....I mean imagine
living with the fact you left your child alone ,one mistake that would completely alienate you from the loving families up and down
England who would shiver at the very suggestion.... Conscience is a killer ,and the severity of the punishment handed out to this
couple for their transgression and negligence in leaving their child alone will haunt them till the day they die.
going to reply to this and Stu in this post.
RBG I totally understand where you are coming from. I stated earlier that I was sympathetic to the Mcanns and it was for this very reason. The thought of losing a child is something that every parent thinks of...always (at least as far as the friends I have. There are nights where I simply can't sleep because all sorts of scenarios run through my head of something awful or , given my condition (which is going well) my kids either getting some sort of disease that is incurable . This is why, if the McCanns had nothing to do with the disappearance of their daughter, I feel sympathy for them.
Stu, I don't know anything about you, but if you are a single guy without kids, I don't think you can quite understand the level of love that comes with being a parent. When my wife was pregnant with my second and third I would lay in bed thinking "How can I possibly love someone as much as I love my child" but when you see the newborn baby it just clicks. You love that baby just as much as your others. This is why I sympathize. I know not everyone in the world takes parenting as seriously. but in these circumstances I at least like to think they did.
Listen, I have no absolutely no issues with what you're saying... but I don't "believe you have to be a parent" (I'm not) to understand loss. I can very much imagine how painful it would be.
That is also the reason why I am 100% convinced what they done is absolute neglect. I feel bad enough leaving my gog at home alone when I go to work for a few hours, let alone leaving a baby alone.
I just can't for the life of me understand that thought process. It quite frankly discusts me and I believe they should have been behind bars because of this.
How can a parent, (as you describe) be so selfish? I bet you wouldn't leave your kids in the same way!
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