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CruciasNZ: I can understand why the person may have committed suicide, they broke the medical oath of confidentiality unintentionally in a very very high profile way; an action which would have haunting them in that profession wherever they went for the rest of their life. Though the Radio staff's actions led to that suicide, I still don't feel it would be right to prosecute them for that result. However willfully creating the environment which caused it would weigh in on their punishment; if there is no accountability for destroying a persons life it would set a bad precedent for the future.
It is a horrendous breach of privacy for someone to call up impersonating family and pulling information regarding a persons medical treatment. I hope that the staff involved in this "prank" are dealt with severely be it under UK or Aus law. I feel that whether you believe in the Monarchy or not is irrelevant to this situation. If this had happened to an average family it would still be morally and ethically wrong and should still result in conviction.
So my opinion in summary: they should not be directly convicted for the suicide, but they should most definitely be dealt with severely under the law for their actions.
Edit Reason: Really really bad paragraph structure from copy paste re-arranging!
Common sense is not as common as you think.
networkn: I think the DJ's should feel appropriately bad, perhaps it wasn't the outcome anyone could predict, but there is still some responsibility as these type of calls have the potential to go so wrong. Personally I think out of respect to the family the DJ's and producer and anyone else who signed off on the prank should be required to resign.
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Old3eyes
DarthKermit: It's a tragedy that someone has died, but why does this royal garbage make the news in the first place?
I think that One news had 15 minutes of coverage of the impending birth of the royal sprog the other night!!! I left the room and muted the TV so I wouldn't have to hear about it.
old3eyes:networkn: I think the DJ's should feel appropriately bad, perhaps it wasn't the outcome anyone could predict, but there is still some responsibility as these type of calls have the potential to go so wrong. Personally I think out of respect to the family the DJ's and producer and anyone else who signed off on the prank should be required to resign.
Why should they resign.. Her death most likely has more to do with the Pommy class system than anything else. Thjis was one on the most snobby hospitals in the UK. She was most likely hauled before Sir or Lord some body and told that her future in British health was finished unless she wanted to be a cleaner.
There have also been calls by some British MPs for the DJs to be charged with treason.
I'm quite sure if the nurse had challenged the caller and it had turned out to be the Queen then she would still have been in trouble.
thebender:DarthKermit: It's a tragedy that someone has died, but why does this royal garbage make the news in the first place?
I think that One news had 15 minutes of coverage of the impending birth of the royal sprog the other night!!! I left the room and muted the TV so I wouldn't have to hear about it.
(off topic) because this child will become head of state of NZ one day
vexxxboy: if you listen to the call they never said they were the queen or the duke , she just asked to speak to her granddaughter Kate, it was the nurses who thought she was the queen, they were amazed that it worked and the person who killed herself was only on the line for seconds , who knows what was going on in the nurses life but the whole reaction seems to be a bit over the top
mattwnz:vexxxboy: if you listen to the call they never said they were the queen or the duke , she just asked to speak to her granddaughter Kate, it was the nurses who thought she was the queen, they were amazed that it worked and the person who killed herself was only on the line for seconds , who knows what was going on in the nurses life but the whole reaction seems to be a bit over the top
They didn't have to, it was implied by the questions, and the fact that the call went through. I think some of the people at fault are those that should have vetted the call, as it should never through to the nurse. Especially when dealing with vip's and royals. When I first heard the call last week I felt sorry for the nurse, as they shouldn't have had to be put through that sort of rubbish. And it is all to do with radio ratings. Nz has had this sort of thing happen, remember those comedians who tried to board a plane as the flight crew.
Common sense is not as common as you think.
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