Surprised by the continuing MD-11 thrashing/questioning.
I'm not surprised either.
Just check the stats against the largely comparable 777/A340 or the 744 and draw your own conclusions.
It's surely not voodoo. It has its shortcomings like all technical objects do. The only question is what effects the shortcomings have. Unfortunately it appears that the effects of its not so good aspects tend to be more severe/less forgiving than for most other contemporary types.
To put it in perspective:
In a world where accidents of large transport aircraft are not considered acceptable at any rate any more an aircraft with an accident statistic which is in absolute terms still quite good (compare it to B707/DC-8 or even propliners) will be quickly considered 'unsafe'.