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Pure Chance?
Last week, my eighty-plus-year-old mother experienced something new: a complete stranger gave her a book. She didn't want it but the guy was quite pushy, so she accepted the as yet undisclosed literature. As the man quickly exited the scene through the outdoor market, my mother looked into the bag to find it contained Madeleine by Kate McCann. Now what were the odds on that?
On the same day, the book cover's iconic image of Madeleine was splashed across the news channels covering the breakthrough story. Now, why was such information withheld? Well, any information that tarnishes the image of a state or damages the credibility of its institutions (police) is often censored, just like Lily's abduction. Don't believe me? Well, here's a compelling argument. And why didn't the British Foreign Office warn British families there was a predator on the loose targeting young, white British girls? Well, as Lady Meyer and I have stated, the British authorities think more of international relations than the fate of children. Put another way, the authorities don't give a damn about the public, even when, as in Lily's case, foreign government institutions are involved in abducting children on home soil.
If warnings of the predator had been issued, the McCanns may never have booked their fateful holiday or may have been more vigilant. And the same can be said of all the other families put at risk.
Still, the odds of being given a book pale into insignificance compared to the 7 billion to one yielded by my own, The Key?, -- to put that into context, the chances of being killed by lightning are 300,000 to one apparently -- but that, as they say, is another story.
More information can be found at my campaign site. Free eBook.
On the same day, the book cover's iconic image of Madeleine was splashed across the news channels covering the breakthrough story. Now, why was such information withheld? Well, any information that tarnishes the image of a state or damages the credibility of its institutions (police) is often censored, just like Lily's abduction. Don't believe me? Well, here's a compelling argument. And why didn't the British Foreign Office warn British families there was a predator on the loose targeting young, white British girls? Well, as Lady Meyer and I have stated, the British authorities think more of international relations than the fate of children. Put another way, the authorities don't give a damn about the public, even when, as in Lily's case, foreign government institutions are involved in abducting children on home soil.
If warnings of the predator had been issued, the McCanns may never have booked their fateful holiday or may have been more vigilant. And the same can be said of all the other families put at risk.
Still, the odds of being given a book pale into insignificance compared to the 7 billion to one yielded by my own, The Key?, -- to put that into context, the chances of being killed by lightning are 300,000 to one apparently -- but that, as they say, is another story.
More information can be found at my campaign site. Free eBook.
