What do you think should happen to Belle Gibson?


What do you think should happen to Belle Gibson?

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I believe she should face criminal charges and have the book thrown at her.

Having seeing my old man go through cancer and having chemo, was a tough time and who knows how many people followed her advice and averted chemo only to find out she was a fraud and profited from her falsehoods at the possible expense of cancer sufferers.

Normally I can go through the news day and carry on, but this story absolutely infuriates me.

Sorry but this is personal.

Edited by SocaWho: 23/4/2015 06:58:55 PM

Edited by SocaWho: 23/4/2015 06:59:41 PM
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Throw the book at her. She disgusts me, and she now blaming her childhood
Bitch please you lied about having cancer , why should people belive you know .Sadly there are a lot more people out there like her who keep on pedaling bullshit
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just a sick lady whos an attention seeker. Theres nothing worse than false hope, if there was such a thing as hell she would be going straight there.

Edited by switters: 23/4/2015 07:51:23 PM
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Should be an open and shut fraud case, if she wasn't an attractive white woman, that is.
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well heres the thing.... if she was a medical professional she would have been charged with malpractice.

you could say she is no different to practising witchcraft or voodooism
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She can be charged with fraud because she profited from it. Also shows how gullible people are.
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Jail time no doubt. She is a con artist, who really should be charged for manslaughter if anyone decided to follow her advice and died.

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Whatever they can find. Should get 5 years.
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There was an article on news.com.au today where some feminist figured Belle deserves our compassion and sympathy. I nearly threw up. Here's a cow who conned people out of their charity donations and used it to fund a lavish lifestyle including overseas trips and a beachside home. Regardless of what sort of childhood you would have to have a totally demonic soul to do that kind of thing. I don't care if she goes to jail I just wish her misery for the rest of her life.
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Who?

What?

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Deserves permanent removal from society, or at the very least a swift kick to the head

But seriously, she should sit in a room full of the people she tricked and be forced to try and explain to them why she did it
Cunt of the highest order
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paulbagzFC wrote:
Who?

What?

-PB


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The Maco wrote:
Deserves permanent removal from society, or at the very least a swift kick to the head

But seriously, she should sit in a room full of the people she tricked and be forced to try and explain to them why she did it
Cunt of the highest order


People like her would not accept responsibility for the harm she's caused amongst some of the most desperate people in Oz.
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This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM


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Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM

umm bit of a differemce
1. she lied about her condition
2. she failed to donate to charity when they gave her an endorsement
3. least of all she doesnt have any qualification whatsoever.
you would expect some of the natural therapist have undergone training. she had none.

whats worse is, she is now playing the victim card by saying she is being unfairlt treated due to a rough childhood.

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She profited from falsely representing charities and misled people into purchasing her products under the impression that some of that money would go to those charities. Pretty sure that's a criminal charge.

For the people who purchased her products, maybe fines from government agencies (false advertising) and a civil case?
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benelsmore wrote:
The Maco wrote:
Deserves permanent removal from society, or at the very least a swift kick to the head

But seriously, she should sit in a room full of the people she tricked and be forced to try and explain to them why she did it
Cunt of the highest order


People like her would not accept responsibility for the harm she's caused amongst some of the most desperate people in Oz.

Fair call, and that's the real kick in the teeth as well
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SocaWho wrote:
Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM

umm bit of a differemce
1. she lied about her condition
2. she failed to donate to charity when they gave her an endorsement
3. least of all she doesnt have any qualification whatsoever.
you would expect some of the natural therapist have undergone training. she had none.

whats worse is, she is now playing the victim card by saying she is being unfairlt treated due to a rough childhood.


People pray instead of going to a doctor. The church has charity status. The church lies about priests.

You could go on.

Oh, any "qualification" a homeopath has is not worth the paper it's written on.


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Dr. Nick: Instead of making sandwiches with bread, use pop tarts. Instead of chewing gum, chew bacon.

Bart: You could brush your teeth with milkshakes.

Dr. Nick: Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too?



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 11:55:25 PM


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SocaWho wrote:
Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM

umm bit of a differemce
1. she lied about her condition
2. she failed to donate to charity when they gave her an endorsement
3. least of all she doesnt have any qualification whatsoever.
you would expect some of the natural therapist have undergone training. she had none.

whats worse is, she is now playing the victim card by saying she is being unfairlt treated due to a rough childhood.



Anti-vaxxers would be my pick of the bunch though. They really are scum.

This sheila is a flea on an elephants arse compared to those cunce at the AVN.



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Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM


She confessed she made the whole thing up. Those above professions may actually deliver tangible benefits or a least act as a placebo to achieve healing, which is scientifically proven. Cancer however, no matter how much will power, will fuck you up, and any deviation away from conventional treatments will kill you. Gibson is a rotten kunt.

Seriously comparing what she did with what chiropractors do is fucking ridiculous.
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Munrubenmuz wrote:
SocaWho wrote:
Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM

umm bit of a differemce
1. she lied about her condition
2. she failed to donate to charity when they gave her an endorsement
3. least of all she doesnt have any qualification whatsoever.
you would expect some of the natural therapist have undergone training. she had none.

whats worse is, she is now playing the victim card by saying she is being unfairlt treated due to a rough childhood.



Anti-vaxxers would be my pick of the bunch though. They really are scum.

This sheila is a flea on an elephants arse compared to those cunce at the AVN.

you might be right. she really put herself in the crosshairs by not paying up to charities.
but we see these types of stories from time to time ACA or today tonight.

Edited by Socawho: 24/4/2015 12:01:41 AM
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rusty wrote:
Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM


She confessed she made the whole thing up. Those above professions may actually deliver tangible benefits or a least act as a placebo to achieve healing, which is scientifically proven. Cancer however, no matter how much will power, will fuck you up, and any deviation away from conventional treatments will kill you. Gibson is a rotten kunt.

Seriously comparing what she did with what chiropractors do is fucking ridiculous.


She gave dietary advice.

I already said she is despicable. All I'm saying why pick on her only. Some Chiropractors say that a sublaxation (or whatever it is called) can take the place of childhood vaccinations.

So what was that about chiros again?

(PS: Why didn't her advice carry a placebo effect BTW.)




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rusty wrote:
Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM


She confessed she made the whole thing up. Those above professions may actually deliver tangible benefits or a least act as a placebo to achieve healing, which is scientifically proven. Cancer however, no matter how much will power, will fuck you up, and any deviation away from conventional treatments will kill you. Gibson is a rotten kunt.

Seriously comparing what she did with what chiropractors do is fucking ridiculous.

some alternative medicines do actually work. Gibson had no intention of trying to help these people
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rusty wrote:
. Those above professions


They're not "professions" they're charlatans.

No more than a water diviner is a geologist. Run into many of those Russ?



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SocaWho wrote:

Gibson had no intention of trying to help these people


And you know that how?


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SocaWho wrote:

some alternative medicines do actually work


Find a peer reviewed paper here and get back to me. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/

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Heineken wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Who?

What?

-PB


Basically a charlatan and a fraud with a pretty face that claimed to have had cured her multiple terminal cancers that she never had by abandoning her doctors and not going to chemotherapy, and going on a diet that she sold a book and an app for, a portion of profits of which she also promised to donate to charities but never did.

People have died because of her.

Fairfax wrote:
[size=7]The Whole Pantry author Belle Gibson admits she lied about having terminal cancer[/size]
April 22, 2015
Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano

Disgraced author and social media entrepreneur Belle Gibson has admitted to lying about having terminal cancer.

The Whole Pantry founder has broken her silence about the controversial story that she used to build her business almost two months after questions about her cancer claims and questionable fundraising activities were first raised.

In a magazine interview, Ms Gibson was asked if she has or ever had cancer.

"No … None of it's true," she told the Australian Women's Weekly. "I am still jumping between what I think I know and what is reality. I have lived it and I'm not really there yet."

Ms Gibson launched her global business, which included the top-rating app and cookbook, off her controversial claims that she was a young mother healing herself naturally from terminal brain cancer.

She came under fire after Fairfax Media revealed in March that she had raised money in the name of five charities that had no record of receiving a donation from her. Her story of survival was soon put under the spotlight and she admitted that multiple other cancers she claimed to have suffered from may have been based on a misdiagnosis.

The 23-year-old promised an open letter to explain all, but instead went to ground. Her private and business social media accounts were wiped clean.

In the story in The Weekly, titled "My Life-long struggle with the truth", Ms Gibson gave rambling explanations for her behaviour - including saying she was diagnosed by two health practitioners - but did not go into detail about her motivations for lying.

"I think my life has just got so many complexities around it and within it, that it's just easier to assume [I'm lying]," she says. "If I don't have an answer, then I will sort of theorise it myself and come up with one. I think that's an easy thing to often revert to if you don't know what the answer is."

Ms Gibson, who grew up on the outskirts of Brisbane, has said she is estranged from her mother and never knew her father. In the interview she claims to have had a troubled childhood.

"When I started school, my mum went, 'My daughter is grown up now'. All of a sudden I was walking to school on my own, making school lunches and cleaning the house every day," she said. "It was my responsibility to do grocery shopping, do the washing, arrange medical appointments and pick up my brother. I didn't have any toys."

Ms Gibson has faced a barrage of criticism since her friends spoke out and accused her of lying about her "inspirational" story. Her Australian and overseas publishers have pulled her new cookbook from shelves and her award-winning app is no longer available for sale.

Ms Gibson's Australian publisher, Penguin, has admitted it never fact-checked her story or asked for evidence of her illness before publishing her cookbook late last year. The app was going to be a feature on Apple's new smart watch but these plans were dumped as the tech giant moved to distance itself from its once star developer.

The Weekly has also reported accountants were winding up The Whole Pantry business and that no profit is expected to be made.

Speaking about the turbulent weeks after her fundraising activities were exposed, Ms Gibson said the backlash had been "horrible". But she said people needed to "draw a line in the sand where they still treat someone with some level of respect or humility".

In the story, to be published on Thursday, Ms Gibson said she did not want forgiveness and was speaking out because it was "the responsible thing to do".

"Above anything, I would like people to say, 'Okay, she's human. She's obviously had a big life. She's respectfully come to the table and said what she's needed to say, and now it's time for her to grow and heal."

A former friend of Ms Gibson's who first raised doubts about her story of cancer survival said she was relieved she had finally confessed to deceiving her followers.

"If she wanted to do the responsible thing she would never have done this in the first place," she said.

"I'm relieved that I don't have to carry her burden any more and try to make things right. It's not my responsibility. It was hers and it has taken her years to do the right thing.

"It's inhumane to deceive sick and vulnerable people and charities."

The Weekly said it did not pay Ms Gibson or anyone else for the interview.


Edited by paladisious: 24/4/2015 03:24:59 AM
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paladisious wrote:
Heineken wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
Who?

What?

-PB


Basically a charlatan and a fraud with a pretty face that claimed to have had cured her multiple terminal cancers that she never had by abandoning her doctors and not going to chemotherapy, and going on a diet that she sold a book and an app for, a portion of profits of which she also promised to donate to charities but never did.

People have died because of her.

Fairfax wrote:
[size=7]The Whole Pantry author Belle Gibson admits she lied about having terminal cancer[/size]
April 22, 2015
Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano

Disgraced author and social media entrepreneur Belle Gibson has admitted to lying about having terminal cancer.

The Whole Pantry founder has broken her silence about the controversial story that she used to build her business almost two months after questions about her cancer claims and questionable fundraising activities were first raised.

In a magazine interview, Ms Gibson was asked if she has or ever had cancer.

"No … None of it's true," she told the Australian Women's Weekly. "I am still jumping between what I think I know and what is reality. I have lived it and I'm not really there yet."

Ms Gibson launched her global business, which included the top-rating app and cookbook, off her controversial claims that she was a young mother healing herself naturally from terminal brain cancer.

She came under fire after Fairfax Media revealed in March that she had raised money in the name of five charities that had no record of receiving a donation from her. Her story of survival was soon put under the spotlight and she admitted that multiple other cancers she claimed to have suffered from may have been based on a misdiagnosis.

The 23-year-old promised an open letter to explain all, but instead went to ground. Her private and business social media accounts were wiped clean.

In the story in The Weekly, titled "My Life-long struggle with the truth", Ms Gibson gave rambling explanations for her behaviour - including saying she was diagnosed by two health practitioners - but did not go into detail about her motivations for lying.

"I think my life has just got so many complexities around it and within it, that it's just easier to assume [I'm lying]," she says. "If I don't have an answer, then I will sort of theorise it myself and come up with one. I think that's an easy thing to often revert to if you don't know what the answer is."

Ms Gibson, who grew up on the outskirts of Brisbane, has said she is estranged from her mother and never knew her father. In the interview she claims to have had a troubled childhood.

"When I started school, my mum went, 'My daughter is grown up now'. All of a sudden I was walking to school on my own, making school lunches and cleaning the house every day," she said. "It was my responsibility to do grocery shopping, do the washing, arrange medical appointments and pick up my brother. I didn't have any toys."

Ms Gibson has faced a barrage of criticism since her friends spoke out and accused her of lying about her "inspirational" story. Her Australian and overseas publishers have pulled her new cookbook from shelves and her award-winning app is no longer available for sale.

Ms Gibson's Australian publisher, Penguin, has admitted it never fact-checked her story or asked for evidence of her illness before publishing her cookbook late last year. The app was going to be a feature on Apple's new smart watch but these plans were dumped as the tech giant moved to distance itself from its once star developer.

The Weekly has also reported accountants were winding up The Whole Pantry business and that no profit is expected to be made.

Speaking about the turbulent weeks after her fundraising activities were exposed, Ms Gibson said the backlash had been "horrible". But she said people needed to "draw a line in the sand where they still treat someone with some level of respect or humility".

In the story, to be published on Thursday, Ms Gibson said she did not want forgiveness and was speaking out because it was "the responsible thing to do".

"Above anything, I would like people to say, 'Okay, she's human. She's obviously had a big life. She's respectfully come to the table and said what she's needed to say, and now it's time for her to grow and heal."

A former friend of Ms Gibson's who first raised doubts about her story of cancer survival said she was relieved she had finally confessed to deceiving her followers.

"If she wanted to do the responsible thing she would never have done this in the first place," she said.

"I'm relieved that I don't have to carry her burden any more and try to make things right. It's not my responsibility. It was hers and it has taken her years to do the right thing.

"It's inhumane to deceive sick and vulnerable people and charities."

The Weekly said it did not pay Ms Gibson or anyone else for the interview.


Edited by paladisious: 24/4/2015 03:24:59 AM



She is twisted. Also claims that she looked after herself from the age of 5 by going to the shops and buying groceries.
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Munrubenmuz wrote:
This is idiotic.

If you lock her up you need to lock up every acupuncturist, chiropracter, homeopath, herbalist, anti vaxxer, Bowen therapist and countless other peanuts across Australia for the misinformation they peddle every day of the week.

Despicable as she is she's no worse than any of those other clowns.



Edited by MUNRUBENMUZ: 23/4/2015 10:38:01 PM


What's wrong with that? :lol:
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