Never a truer word

I just loved this post from Bridget over on Joana Morais' blog:




The McCanns need to understand something.

They are not victims.

They are perpetrators.

I don't give a monkey's left one if they claim they are innocent. They are not. No process has rendered them innocent. A process is shelved because at the moment there is insufficient evidence to guarantee a conviction. They have not been found guilty of anything, but neither have they been cleared of anything.

There is, however, such a thing as moral responsibility. I wasn't responsible for their child, you weren't, Mark Warner wasn't, nor were their friends. Whatever has happened to their child happened because of them.

They can piss off with their assertions that suggesting she is dead harms the search for her. Bullshit. And what search would that be? The one they never made because it was dark out ? The one being conducted by a detective so dense that he couldn't find his own arse if we all shouted directions ? They may not like the fact that people point the finger at them, but it's their own fault for treating their children with such casual and callous disregard.

Neglected children aren't all tottering around council flats, with stinking nappies and a diet of turkey twizzlers. People who neglect children come in all shapes and sizes. All that separates Kate McCann from Matt Lucas' portrayal of Vicky Pollard is Kate's taste for chardonnay and the fact that Matt is clearly the more feminine of the two.

They can sue whomever they like, threaten anyone who expresses a view which displeases them, but it will never ever make them innocent.

To achieve that, they would have to turn back time and spend 3rd May 2007 being parents. It's a bit late to start now. They should take their sneering self-satisfaction, and their goading ''you can't touch us - the files say we're innocent'' and piss off home, because sooner or later this charmed existence of theirs will collapse like the house of cards it so obviously is.

They hate Amaral not because he isn't looking for their daughter, but because he looked at them and saw them for what they are. Arrogant, child-neglecting scum, using someone else's money to attempt to polish a turd.


Thank you for this prose Bridget!