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[ChairmanPoo]

. Perhaps because I need to believe that if the Mother knew she wouldn't subject her child to this

you never know

[Cheeetar]

It sounds like a whole lot of bad luck. I mean, seriously, who'd have thought it'd lead to that? I know one radio station that did a lot of lie detector stunts, it was rather amusing. Nothing went wrong at all.

The two things people are most pissed off about is that the mother knew beforehand and pressured the child into revealing she was raped, and that Kyle said 'Well, that's one sexual experience, have you got any others?' after she admitted being raped when 12.

[Jackrabbit]

It sounds like a whole lot of bad luck. I mean, seriously, who'd have thought it'd lead to that? I know one radio station that did a lot of lie detector stunts, it was rather amusing. Nothing went wrong at all.

The two things people are most pissed off about is that the mother knew beforehand and pressured the child into revealing she was raped, and that Kyle said 'Well, that's one sexual experience, have you got any others?' after she admitted being raped when 12.

Yes. The idea of getting an 14 strapped to a llie detector just to find out if she had sex is unimaginable. I cannot think of the minority that is people who enjoy that shit. I presume they are all inbred and bigots. But that's just me.

[Agdune]

My take on the mother: That it was the mother pushing the sexually oriented questioning (transcript - the radio show presenters actually didn't really encourage that line of questioning specifically, though the didn't exactly discourage it either...) gives some indicator that the mother might have been doing it as an attempt at punishing the girl for being a difficult kid (funny that, growing up with the kind of mother who'd force their kids onto lie detector on radio etc).

I also don't think it was a hoax, since I've met plenty of parents who would happily subject their kids to this sort of shit. There are fuckloads of terrible, terrible parents out there.

Muz: It was really less a matter of poor luck than it was completely retarded decision making. To be completely honest, the revelation that she had been raped was probably the sole good thing to come of the whole incident (even though it fell apart later). If she hadn't cried rape, the show probably would have gone unnoticed by the general public, the staff would continue exploiting and screwing with people on their show and the girl would probably still be unremarkable in the eyes of child protection services (No charges but you can bet your ass someone's keeping an eye on them now). My personal gripe was that the girl was forced into a position by the radio program where she had to discuss personal matters in a humiliating fashion, on live radio and for shits and giggles of all (except her).

Zangi: Pity, but it's how the law works. If there isn't an injured party, no investigation takes place. The important things to remember are that personal relationships can be incredibly messy things and that we know nothing about what actually went in in that regard. Maybe it was a case of her saying something that was only technically true, to humiliate her mother back, maybe it was someone she cares about etc. If she insists to the police that there's no need for an investigation, then it's probably best that the courts leave it alone lest they set any precedents that come back to bite everyone in the ass later.

[Agdune]

Just gotta give one last update: The show will go on.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2655102.htm

[Cheeetar]

Just gotta give one last update: The show will go on.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2655102.htm

Yet The Chaser get's taken off for two weeks for the Make A Realistic Wish skit.

[Jackrabbit]

That's pretty terrible. I want them so gone it was as if they were never there.

[Muz]

Well, yeah, discussing sexual stuff with a 14-year-old is pretty much a stupid thing. A lot of people do get away with it.. I'm sure there are magazines dedicated to that stuff in many countries. But yeah, you shouldn't really discuss sex on radio. Live. With an underaged kid.

I still think the outcome is more horrifying than the actual event. Fine, it's unbelievable to have a girl admit to being raped on radio. But only two people getting blamed (and now rehired) for it? And the radio station itself gets off free? And nothing happened with that kid or her caretakers? WTF?

I'm sort of thinking it's a little staged, the lie detector was faked, and the girl was lying about it, just because all that seems a bit tough to believe. Sounds a bit like a very extreme publicity stunt and they didn't expect people to react so badly to it.