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Thread #98416   Message #1949386
Posted By: The Shambles
27-Jan-07 - 02:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: Jade (UK show character)
Subject: RE: BS: Jade (UK show character)
What planet are you from?

Richard - is there a term to be carelessly tossed around - for those od us who would discriminate against Martians?

Having seen the second of the three girls labelled by the media as racist bullies be evicted last night and also denied their 'normal' interview - it is now clear exactly what a storm in a tea-cup this was and how mis-judged the show's over-reation has been to it.

Davina, who for some housemates suddendly has become Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight - looked silly trying to grill a girl who honestly considered that she had done little wrong, did not apoligise and stated that it was all being blown out of all proportion - which was plainly seen to be the case.

The show's makers must stick to it claims for the show and not seen to be swayed by outside pressure (mostly from those who do not watch the show and who cannot see the editing clips in their true context).

Had they been seen to address the racist attitudes first openly displayed on the show by Jermaime Jackson and the later displays of prejudice on the grounds of class or mental illness - non of the later fuss would have occured.

Ironically it is Jremaine Jackson who is seen to be 'nice' and likely to win.

I am not sure what this is saying about our current society but it does not sound very heathly to me - or bode very well for the future.

For the record. Whatever planet they may have come from - Jade did not in fact call anyone a poppadom.