[Albion Wilde]

Baldwin is a lunatic leftie, but Kim Basinger is the real idiot here for subjecting her daughter to world-wide ridicule with the release of that phone conversation. Anyone who has kids knows a parent can lose their temper and say stupid, hurtful things. But for a mother to expose her daughter to this public scrutiny is deplorable. The young girl has my sympathy.

Nobody on this thread seems to be scrutinizing the child, but rather the father, who brought this humiliation on himself. It's hard to believe you think his abuse was less deplorable than the exposure of his abuse. If there was no abuse, there'd be no shame in hearing what he said.

[KsSunflower]

Tell me this...what possible advantage was to be gained on Ireland’s behalf by the public release of this tape?

The answer is none.

Using it in a court where the documents are sealed could certainly have done much to keep Ireland from suffering future abuse from her father.

However, all Kim has done by releasing this to the public has been to inflict more pain on her daughter and it has been done pubicly. Do you not think that Ireland’s friends have now heard what her dad has said to her? She will have to continue living with the public fallout of what her mom did just to make her dad look bad in the media.

Someone should have been protecting that girl. Neither parent has done that.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Do you have children?

[Nevadan]

re: It’s hard to believe you think his abuse was less deplorable than the exposure of his abuse. If there was no abuse, there’d be no shame in hearing what he said.

excellent point!