I Pit You, My Fellow Australians

[Cazzle]

I pit you, my fellow Australians, or at least those of you who left comments about the 12 year old girl granted the court’s permission to have an abortion.

When an intellectually disabled 12 year old girl turns up pregnant, my first assumption is that she was sexually abused and raped, not that she’s promiscuous. Yet there’s over 200 comments that largely condemn the girl and her parents for her situation, assuming that she was a willing sexual partner.

A selection of comments from just the first couple of pages:

“my god what is the world coming to…a 12 year old girl having an abortion…a child having a child…come on now what sort of parents does this child have???..its beyond belief!!!”

Extra punctuation = extra outrage!!!

“I hope this young girl was not taken advantage of as she is intellectually disabled”

Mmm, me too. I hope this pregnant 12 year old with the intellect of a 6 year old wasn’t taken advantage of. :rolleyes:

“I agree that the main question is what is a 12year old doing having sex to begin with! Well there are some pretty developed 12year olds out there”

Oh sure. Those intellectually disabled girls are usually so forward and can easily pass for early twenties.

“I think it is absolutely appalling that the 12 year old is pregnant.The Dr’s say she has the mentality of a 6 year old, so where in heck was the parents when she fell pregnant??? Where is the parental control of such a child?They should be ashamed to call themselves parents is all I can say.The girl obviously doesnt know any better.”

Right. The 12 year old being pregnant MUST be because her parents allow her to run amok and not even possibly be anything at all to do with a paedophile taking advantage of her.

“12 year old and abortion do NOT belong in the same sentence. What is a 12 year old girl doing pregnant in the first place? This is completely wrong whatever way you look at it. Where are the so called parents of this child? Unbelievable.”

Yes, of course it’s her (so-called) parents that are to blame for this, and not the father of the child.

This summary of comments was almost as depressing to read as YouTube.

[Captain_Carrot]

I guess you haven’t realized yet that most comments left on public news sites are idiotic. This is no exception.

[An_Gadai]

@Captain_Carrot

I guess you haven’t realized yet that most comments left on public news sites are idiotic. This is no exception.

I never understand why they don’t moderate comments on news sites.

[myskepticsight]

This is for YouTube but applies to most places that have a comment box:

Listen to Yourself

[Gatopescado]

I Pit Australia for Mel Gibson!

[Cazzle]

@Gatopescado

I Pit Australia for Mel Gibson!

Hey, don’t blame us! He was born in New York.

[Cider_Depot]

To be fair and balanced to our fellow Australians, here are some of the other comments:

Read the article people. The girl had the mentality of a 6 year old. She was taken advantage of. The father of the baby should be prosecuted. The girl and her parents might not have done anything wrong!

Seriously people - who the Hell do you think you are! What would be worse for her, having an abortion or delivering a baby when she is just a baby herself (the article says she has a intellectual capacity of a 6 years old). I don’t know all the details of how this has happened but perhaps she didn’t get choice and perhaps her parents didn’t know!! Ever heard of sexual assault?

Abortion is a medical procedure and it is not the business of political or religious groups. The judge made the right decision, in accordance with the medical issues and recommendations. Now there needs to be an inquiry into the parents and whoever impregnated her should be charged with rape, since she is too young and mentally impaired to have consented!

[Cider_Depot]

@An_Gadai

I never understand why they don’t moderate comments on news sites.

Some Australian news services do. For example all comments in Fairfax Group news sites are moderated.

[Aquila_Be]

@Gatopescado

I Pit Australia for Mel Gibson!

Born in the USA.
Came to Australia with his family aged 12 where he finished his education.
Never stopped thinking of himself as American and, after achieving some success as a movie star, returned to the USA permanently (I hope).

[bannerrefugee]

@Gatopescado

I Pit Australia for Mel Gibson!

I pit Austrialia for Rupert Murdoch.

What A Dick.

[Cider_Depot]

@bannerrefugee

I pit Austrialia for Rupert Murdoch.

What A Dick.

So is this a dick pit?

[Gatopescado]

@Cazzle

Hey, don’t blame us! He was born in New York.

I officially withdrawl my pitting of Australia for Mel Gibson. Instead, I pit them for *Steve Irwin *and Sheep!

[Cazzle]

@Gatopescado

I officially withdrawl my pitting of Australia for Mel Gibson. Instead, I pit them for *Steve Irwin *and Sheep!

Ouch! Pwn’d!

[Bites_When_Provoked]

I feel for you, Cazzle, but really… the folks that post comments on most news sites are about on par with the ones that post comments on YouTube.

I realise it’s easy to start wondering What The MFing Hell IS WRONG With Our Country?! when you encounter that level of ignorance, but try not to read too much into it. There are no doubt plenty of people who disagree but don’t see the point in wrestling with pigs on a comments board. (You both get dirty, and only the pig enjoys it.)

[AllWalker]

On behalf of my nation, I am sorry for Russel Crowe.

Nah, I take that back. He’s a Kiwi.

turns eatsward and shakes fist

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Gatopescado

I officially withdrawl my pitting of Australia for Mel Gibson. Instead, I pit them for *Steve Irwin *and Sheep!

The New Zealanders (and Welsh, I think) have a lot more sheep. Pit Australia for Rolf Harris.

[Giles]

@Really_Not_All_That_Bright

The New Zealanders (and Welsh, I think) have a lot more sheep.

Ah, but it’s not how many sheep you have, it’s what you do with them.