Missing White Woman Syndrome. And so the lithe and luscious Megan Stammers has been returned to her rightful owners -- she was after all, taken 'without their permission'. Or 'abducted' as our hysterical press prefer to claim. It has been a miracle wrought by the attentive media, without whose help little Megan would still have been wandering along the Rue Sainte Catherine happily window shopping -- en route to a job interview to gain useful employment. I am well aware of the law -- she was less than 16, so could not legally give permission for sexual intercourse, if that is what she has indeed done. I do hope so, for otherwise Jeremy Forest will have been labelled a 'sexual predator' for nothing. I am well aware that he is in a 'position of trust and authority' -- and it may surprise British readers who have been given the impression by the British media that 'the French couldn't care less, because the age of consent is 15 in France' -- aye, it is, excluding sexual intercourse with 'apparent' consent obtained by abusing a postion of authority.  So let's nail that one on the head. Let's hope that there is more to this story than meets the eye; let's hope that the Sussex police were in possession of unrevealed information giving rise to a belief that she might have been in danger of some extreme physical harm -- for if not, I'll wager there will be many exceptionally angry parents in