http://www.wikio.com/search=MacKeown Wikio - MacKeown http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68247007 these people want to destroy the family. And they've done a pretty good job of it. Consider one British parent, Fiona MacKeown, who in November 2007 went on a six-month vacation to Goa, India, with her boyfriend and eight of her nine children by five different fathers, none of whom ever contributed financially for long to the children’s upkeep. (The child left behind—her eldest, at 19—was a drug addict.) She received $50,000 in welfare benefits a year, and doubtless decided—quite rationally, under the circumstances—that the money would go further, and that life would thus be more agreeable, in Goa than in her native Devon. Reaching Goa, MacKeown soon decided to travel with seven of her children to Kerala, leaving behind one of them, 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling, to live with a tour guide ten years her elder, whom the mother had known for only a short time. Scarlett reportedly claimed to have had sex with this man only because she needed a roof over her head. According to a witness, she was constantly on drugs; and one night, she went to a bar where she drank a lot and took several different illicit drugs, including LSD, cocaine, and pot. She was seen leaving the bar late, almost certainly intoxicated. Followed, unsurprisingly, by her rape and murder. Then About a month later, Scarlett’s mother, interviewed by the liberal Sunday newspaper the Observer, expressed surprise at the level of public vituperation aimed at her and her lifestyle in the aftermath of the murder. She agreed that she and her children lived on welfare, but “not by conscious choice,” and she couldn’t see anything wrong with her actions in India apart from a certain naivety in trusting the man in whose care she had left her daughter. Scarlett was always an independent girl, and if she, the mother, could turn the clock back, she would behave exactly the same way again . Because, of course, she couldn't possibly have any responsibility in how things turned out. 'Naivety'? YOU ARE A FRIGGIN' MORON, NOT 'NAIVE'. It is not surprising that someone in Fiona MacKeown’s position would deny negligence; to acknowledge it would be too painful. But—and this is what is truly disturbing—when the newspaper asked four supposed child-rearing experts for their opinions, only one saw anything wrong with the mother’s behavior, and even she offered only muted criticism. It was always difficult to know how much independence to grant an adolescent, the expert said; but in her view, the mother had granted too much too quickly to Scarlett. Even that seemed excessively harsh to the Observer’s Barbara Ellen. We should not criticize the mother’s way of life, she wrote, since it had nothing to do with her daughter’s death: “Scarlett died for the simple fact that she was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people, as well as being blitzed with drugs, late at night, in a foreign country.” On this view, being in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people is a raw fact of nature, not the result of human agency, decision, education, or taste. It could happen to anybody, and it just happened to happen to Scarlett. As for drugs, they emerge from the ether and blitz people completely at random. It all seems very unfair . And you, Ellen, you idiot. The kid was 'in the wrong place at the wrong time and drugged' because her idiot mother left her there! And you are one of the enablers who helps this kind of crap happen. Read the whole damn thing. This is exactly what a bunch of 'progressives' would like to see here: no judgement, no responsibility, 'the state will take care of everything', the whole damn nine yards. And where it happens, the same damn things happen. Ever see the show Two And A Half Men ? One episode I saw, the father of the kid was asking his brother "What's wrong with Jake? He gets everything he wants, he lacks for nothing, we almost never tell him no....OH GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MY SON?!?" It finally hit him that he should have been saying 'no' a lot more, making him work for things, making him grow up . Well, the 'progressives' in England have basically done the same things, and far too many parents have bought into it: give the kids things, and family and rules and discipline won't matter. They think. Until they're dealing with a bunch of uncivilized, immature beasts who think rules don't apply to them. And they get that idea because they've not had to follow any rules; except for the 'don't sound bigoted or judgemental or otherwise non-pc' of course, and then, if they do break them, they'll get a talking to. At worst. I know I say this a lot, but it does cover it: God, what a mess. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:41:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68247007 2008-08-19T14:41:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68189614 British welfare freeloader Fiona MacKeown had a taxpayer funded litter of children -- nine children by five different fathers, none of whom ever contributed for long to the children's upkeep... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:09:37 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68189614 2008-08-19T08:09:37Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68156761 This piece is about far more than a glance at its title may suggest: What explains the nonjudgmental attitude among elites? The reluctance to criticize Fiona MacKeown might be an expression of sympathy for someone in the throes of grief: however foolishly (or worse) she behaved, she certainly did not deserve the murder of her daughter. [...] Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:25:55 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68156761 2008-08-18T21:25:55Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68149435 When I was a child, my friends and I had a host of complaints about the two people raising us. (And yes; in most cases, it was indeed a mom and a dad in charge in every household.) We weren't... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:37:45 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=68149435 2008-08-18T18:37:45Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=67908867 Fiona MacKeown will meet director Prabhaker Shukla, who plans to make a movie on Scarlett's life and death in Goa called the Rave Party. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:47:23 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=67908867 2008-08-16T00:47:23Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=67309870 A petition seeking a probe into the role of Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling, in leaving her daughter in the company of a stranger will come up for hearing tomorrow (August 11). Goa's Children's Court will hear the petition filed against Fiona by a local NGO, ... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:27:22 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=67309870 2008-08-11T01:27:22Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=67041770 Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, has decided to hold back her visit to India awaiting the lower court’s observation in a petition filed against her by an NGO. Fiona was supposed to arrive in India this week to depose before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Scarlett’s death case. [...] Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:18:03 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=67041770 2008-08-08T01:18:03Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66978713 Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, has decided to hold back her visit to India awaiting the lower court's observation Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:52:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66978713 2008-08-07T13:52:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66957791 Fiona MacKeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, has decided to hold back her visit to India awaiting the lower court's observation in a petition filed against her by an NGO. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:19:15 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66957791 2008-08-07T11:19:15Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66772850 The mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was raped and murdered in Goa, could be charged with neglect. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:36:48 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66772850 2008-08-05T22:36:48Z http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66647595 A Goa-based non-governmental organisation has filed a complaint against Fiona Mackeown, mother of deceased British girl Scarlett Eden Keeling, with a local court in Panaji, for neglecting her daughter.Scarlett's bruised semi nude body was found floating at Anjuna beach on February 18 following which the state police have charge sheeted two locals for allegedly drugging, raping and murdering the British teenager.The NGO has demanded that Fiona be made primary accused. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:11:19 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/MacKeown?rinfoid=66647595 2008-08-04T23:11:19Z