Antiseptic,

You're acting like a troll of the worst kind.

You're talking about a 14 YEAR OLD GIRL. A CHILD. To continue speculating about the alleged rape makes you no better than Sandilands or JO. With all the uproar and with people like you pushing and pushing this child like this I don't blame her. She'll just want it all to go away.

14 years old mate.

If she hadn't made the statement the issue would still be the fact that they intended to use her admissions of illegal activities as entertainment and to use a 'lie detector' on a child is just plain wrong.

“"The 14-year-old girl whose on-air rape claims led to the suspension of the The Kyle And Jackie O radio show has told police she does not want the alleged rape investigated."

hmmmm... now, where does that leave all the "righteous anger" brigade?”

I don’t think it is the girls decision Anti. Wish I’d heard the thing now everyone is going on about it – how old was the dude?

“I welcome all of the cooking shows, the collectors and so on. I know the networks are only doing it to save money, but my fervent hope is that it will cause more young people at least to leave the Box turned off.”

Good idea Cornflower, I do notice no children are ever scrambling to watch my TV.

Foxy: I've never watched MasterChef - I have watched Gordon
Ramsay a few times - not a big fan. “

How can an Englishman abusing Americans not be good TV?[smile]

“Yes - Nigella is divine! I actually encourage my
husband to watch her (as a turn on) :)”

You saucy tart Foxy. If hubby catches a glimpse of her I start rambling off facts like how her first hubby had his tongue removed and then died and how tragic her life has been.

Who cares which chef, many Australian children would be eating out of cardboard while watching. That is if they haven't done the burger, fries and icecream with sprinkles on the way home from school.

Jamie Oliver for PM.

Talking about Jamie, his program on pigs was great watching and a unique educational opportunity for people who have never seen where the bubble wrapped product in Woolworths comes from (and most Australians are so urban that they are afraid of grass that has been untouched by a Victa).

Dear Antiseptic,

I can understand your hesitation in not
judging too quickly on an issue where the
parent obviously gave permission to have
her child interviewed on a show. And where
to everyone's surprise - the child came
out with things that no one could have
anticipated. And perhaps, the child may have
even stretched the truth (that's what teenagers
sometimes do). However, I guess the thing we need to ask
ourselves - is manipulation of this sort, even with
a parent's permission - something that should
be condoned?

That's the moral question. And I guess it depends
on how we view things. I personally think it's
not right - but then I don't approve of photographing
naked 8 to 12 years olds, and calling it art either.

Foxy:"the child may have
even stretched the truth (that's what teenagers
sometimes do). However, I guess the thing we need to ask
ourselves - is manipulation of this sort, even with
a parent's permission - something that should
be condoned?"

And if the girl was making her own protest against her intrusive mother? Would she have gained the attention without the claim of rape? I suspect the answer is "not a chance". There was a flurry of straight polemics centering on the rape allegation but very little that looked at the girl's treatment outside her casting as a rape victim.

IOW, she was used by people like Melinda Tankard-Reist and Nina Funnell every bit as much as by Kyle and Jackie O. Now the rape claim has been withdrawn, the whole thing will go away over the course of a couple of weeks. Kyle and JackieO will get a nice holiday and life will go on.

The girl and her mother will no doubt continue to have a dysfunctional relationship.

Anti,
Sure the girl and the mum will continue to have a dysfunctional relationship..
But you still seem unable to internalize that what took place and the show are wrong and that the one true point of life is to reduce the number of hurdles that the less equipped need to contend.