Aren't There Bigger Issues To Deal With?
Racism is a cancer that needs to be cut from the very fabric of society, I don't think any right minded person could say otherwise, but doesn't Keith Vaz have more important things to deal with than the supposed racist and bitchy comments that have been made to Shilpa Setty whilst she has been in the Big Brother house?
The number of people who have complained today has been increasing on a minute-by-minute basis, the number of complaints will soon exceed the number of viewers in a manner similar to the number of people who saw the Sex Pistols first gig. You have to wonder if it's not part of a carefully calculated scheme by the Bollywood actors fans and PR team to get her more in the public eye, along with her nascent film career. Let's face it this wouldn't be the first time that little stunt has been used would it?
If Endemol and Channel 4 believe that there are racist and bullying issues in the BB House then they should take action, but the action should be as a result of a request by the actress herself - not outside forces who feel they have something to gain.
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I think bullying is a pretty important issue and if the profile of bullying and its many invidious forms, plus the fact that it can be carried out by just about anyone, is raised through this sort of programme then good.
From what I have read about this, I don't think racism comes into it but bullying has clearly taken place. Now the victim may not have complained but then that's normal for the bullied, isn't it?
I decided to watch CBBLB on E4 just now and it is clear that neither Channel 4 nor Endemol will be taking any action because it's all rather too good for ratings. My opinion of Dermot O'Leary, formerly of the highest order, has just plummeted to depths I doubt it will recover from. He had been given his script and sold his soul sticking to it.
Racism is a biased term intentionally weighted in favour of the immigrants, jewish in this case, who invented the concept. People who hate dogs don't hate dogs because they are dogs they hate dogs because they smell, bark all day or shit on the pavement. The term racism puts the blame on the victim. If I went to live in an igloo and offended all the eskimos would that be *their* problem? I don't think so.
With a bit of luck, this could be the beginning of the end for Big Brother.
I agree Mags - as you know I've experienced bullying both as a victim and the parent of a victim. I didn't actually think it was bullying I thought the comments were borne out of ignorance and also (I know I'm going to get slaughtered here) typical of when a group of women get together - it happens everywhere.
If you go to the toilet and then touch your families food and they say they won't eat it is that bullying or common sense?
Dermot O'Leary used to be somebody I admired but on BBLB and CBBLB he has thrown quality control out of the window and sold his soul for a few quid.
I wont slaughter you Paul!
I would take it further and say its what you get by mixing people who have very little in common in an artificial enclosed space.
Its what BB was 'designed' to do -
for our entertainment....
{i'm not watching it I hasten to add}
Oh dear Paul! So men don't bitch and men don't bully? I am sorry but I do not agree that this is what you get when you get a group of women together.
In my own experience a group of women can be supportive and welcoming, funny, witty, and so on as they could be bitchy or bullying but I would never stereotype women in a group as bitches and bullies. It may happen but then it does with men too and my experience of men in offices (as a generality) is that men are far better for obtaining the gossip from and are also very good at bitching too.
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