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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6274881.stm

Carphone Warehouse has suspended its sponsorship of 'Celebrity' Big Brother, after alleged racism against one of the 'inmates', a Bollywood actress.

Here's what was actually said - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6271161.stm

So far, Ofcom, the regulatory body for tv, has received 30,000 complaints about the show, and will probably receive more. For context, the most complaints Ofcom ever received over one show/incident was 63000 for the Jerry Springer Opera when it was broadcast on BBC 2. Although 55000 of those were received before it was screened...

Anyway. The chief executive of Channel 4, which shows CBB, had this to say: "This morning we have clarified with Shilpa, and unequivocally, she does not believe the treatment she has received is racially motivated.

"She thinks it is socially and culturally motivated," he added.

Does that make it any better? Does it matter what the motivation was? Were the comments even that bad?

I think we should take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. :)

That's the only sensible thing to do. :cool:

I think we should take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. :)

Ugh, why do people watch these shows? Is it a horrid fascination with how disgusting people can be to one another? Like we need to look far for examples of that:rolleyes:

I think we should take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. :)
You'd have my support.

You post about big brother in preference to posting about storms with winds in excess of 100mph that have killed several people and left a 400,000-500,000 homes in the UK without power?

You lose at life Stalin.

I don't care what they said really I watched the show for 5 minuets (<.< >.>) and that bloody woman poured bones down the toilet before going off to complain that they where “victimising her” when they told her to use the sink

I’m not surprised really if she’s always like that I’d of buried her in the big brother garden by now

For context, the most complaints Ofcom ever received over one show/incident was 63000 for the Jerry Springer Opera when it was broadcast on BBC 2. Although 55000 of those were received before it was screened...

and the monsters still showed it :mad:

You post about big brother in preference to posting about storms with winds in excess of 100mph that have killed several people and left a 400,000-500,000 homes in the UK without power?

You lose at life Stalin.
Go read the News24 thread.

Besides, I don't lose at life. I lose at caring about people I never knew nor was ever likely to know. And I'd have freely admitted that before this anyway.

And considering there's a hurricane in Germany, I don't think the few people killed here is that much of a story.

"This morning we have clarified with Shilpa, and unequivocally, she does not believe the treatment she has received is racially motivated.

"She thinks it is socially and culturally motivated," he added.

Problem is that Shipla has no idea what Goody and the other ignorant 'celebrities' have been saying when she has not been there.

I think its a debate that is needed.

Is Goody insensitive to other cultures or racist?

Until I found out she had actually been to India I thought she was just mere ignorant chavscum. Now its apparent to me that she is actually racist.

And needs a damn good slapping. I wonder if Goody and her pathetic cohorts know that Shipla is a karate Blackbelt?

You post about big brother in preference to posting about storms with winds in excess of 100mph that have killed several people and left a 400,000-500,000 homes in the UK without power?

I was running on a bridge at the time with roaring waters below hanging on to a thin metal fence do I give that much of a fuck? no

You post about big brother in preference to posting about storms with winds in excess of 100mph that have killed several people and left a 400,000-500,000 homes in the UK without power?

You lose at life Stalin.

Don't be a douche.

Pfft, fine. Enjoy gossiping about big brother for all I care. :p

As with all reality shows. Who knows what happened before the final edit. I had a friend on a reality show and it's absolutely amazing how different reality is from the TV show.

The producers (or whoever) had manufacuted a fight she was supposedly having with someone else in the house. Funny thing was they were super close friends during filming.

Pfft, fine. Enjoy gossiping about big brother for all I care. :p

Ordinarily I'd agree with you. However the thing here is that the dynamics are reflective of parts of Britain.

Jade and her friends are from working class council estates. Why do they act like this? Is it racism? Is it cultural insensitivity? Is it ignorance or fear?

Ordinarily I'd agree with you. However the thing here is that the dynamics are reflective of parts of Britain.

Jade and her friends are from working class council estates. Why do they act like this? Is it racism? Is it cultural insensitivity? Is it ignorance or fear?
Or is it just because they're thick?

Does that make it any better? Does it matter what the motivation was? Were the comments even that bad?

my thinking is that the issue has gone beyond whether or not she was the subject of racial slurrs from other housemates. the issue has now become whether or not the british public (a proportion of them who vote in big brother anyway) endorses (alleged) racism, by voting, or not voting Jade out of the house.

Jade and her friends are from working class council estates.

I thought she lived in a septic tank myself

It's mob mentality. Similar people gang up to suport each other when they are emotionally insecure and can end up picking on surrounding minorities as a way to vent such insecurities. If you want to witness such an effect there are plenty of better ways to do so than watching big brother. Big Brother is a very bad way to research such infomation because, as already stated, the producers can put huge slants on the footage you actually see and the order in which you see it.

You post about big brother in preference to posting about storms with winds in excess of 100mph that have killed several people and left a 400,000-500,000 homes in the UK without power?

You lose at life Stalin.

i should take blame for the thread really, as i originally posted the article. however, the hurricane topic has already got its own thread here i believe

Or is it just because they're thick?

Quite. As I posed in my first post....is this ignorance or stupidity? Is it racist if you are think as two short planks? (the part where one of the housemates complains that Shipla can't speak English properly...with an incredibly think scouse accent)

cant they just not like her for HER not for her race or culture?

once you take a dislike to someone you diss them for whatever reason enters your head. as long as they arent using racial insults, cant it just be bitchiness?

i should take blame for the thread really, as i originally posted the article. however, the hurricane topic has already got its own thread here i believebah, I should have been more careful with my use of language. I was just trying to show my disdain for this being considered so important that the BBC considers it the third most important news item after today's storms, and the rise in the license fee.

bah, I should have been more careful with my use of language. I was just trying to show my disdain for this being considered so important that the BBC considers it the third most important news item after today's storms, and the rise in the license fee.

oh. yeah, the media are pretty stupid. but at least its not the #1 article, right? ;)


i only looked for the story on the BBC cos i heard about it briefly from a colleage and wanted to hear the rest of the story *nods*

You post about big brother in preference to posting about storms with winds in excess of 100mph that have killed several people and left a 400,000-500,000 homes in the UK without power?




Yet they didn't kill the Idiot, who has already crapped in the gene-pool twice. This relates to lifes harsh truth and irony.

Ordinarily I'd agree with you. However the thing here is that the dynamics are reflective of parts of Britain.

Jade and her friends are from working class council estates. Why do they act like this? Is it racism? Is it cultural insensitivity? Is it ignorance or fear?


No, with others this might be true. However this is the Idiot, and its because its thick.

let's hope this spells the end for this abomination that passes for television.

*dances the cancan on the still-warm corpse of big brother wearing rugby boots just in case their's still some life left in it*

You post about big brother in preference to posting about storms with winds in excess of 100mph that have killed several people and left a 400,000-500,000 homes in the UK without power?

You lose at life Stalin.

i didn't even know there had been any storm til i logged on to the BBC news website this evening. i mean i knew there was forecast to be winter storms but i thought we'd missed it. all we got in edinburgh was a light dusting of snow on the hills. i was looking forward to blizzards and stuff. although one of my seminars was cancelled cuz the lecturer couldn't get in, so i guess it was worse in the highlands.

No, with others this might be true. However this is the Idiot, and its because its thick.

Ever live on a council estate? Believe me...she is a dime a dozen.

i didn't even know there had been any storm til i logged on to the BBC news website this evening. i mean i knew there was forecast to be winter storms but i thought we'd missed it. all we got in edinburgh was a light dusting of snow on the hills. i was looking forward to blizzards and stuff. although one of my seminars was cancelled cuz the lecturer couldn't get in, so i guess it was worse in the highlands.I knew about it. I lost count of how many times I was almost blown off my bike. :mad:

But yeah... I think the low-thingy-point-pressure passed right over the UK. It's why half the deaths that occured in Northern Europe happened in the UK.

I knew about it. I lost count of how many times I was almost blown off my bike. :mad:

But yeah... I think the low-thingy-point-pressure passed right over the UK. It's why half the deaths that occured in Northern Europe happened in the UK.

Yeah. I live near to London (20 mins to Waterloo on the train) and it was....breezey...

So stayed in doors mostly.

I hate this show, and I hope it ends. I also hate Jade Goody, with a passion. She's not a celebrity, she's a loudmouth bitch. Nothing more. Possibly less.

I hate this show, and I hope it ends. I also hate Jade Goody, with a passion. She's not a celebrity, she's a loudmouth bitch. Nothing more. Possibly less.

Thats putting it kindly.

Ever live on a council estate? Believe me...she is a dime a dozen.

I've come across a few fuckwits in my time, but shes one of the worst. But they're picked out of thousands to be thick/weird/extroverted/introverted. Get one of each, fuck in front of camera, and edit till 'interesting'. However, thanks to (presumably) a smart management team, this waste of flesh has developed a life of its own - Frankenfuckwit - rampaging across tabloids and "celeb" mags, abetted by a delirious mob, who've forgotten they're supposed to kill the beast, not cheer it on. I don't watch the poxy thing, and I know about this.....my mind is dirty, dirty, dirty......

I've come across a few fuckwits in my time, but shes one of the worst. But they're picked out of thousands to be thick/weird/extroverted/introverted. Get one of each, fuck in front of camera, and edit till 'interesting'. However, thanks to (presumably) a smart management team, this waste of flesh has developed a life of its own - Frankenfuckwit - rampaging across tabloids and "celeb" mags, abetted by a delirious mob, who've forgotten they're supposed to kill the beast, not cheer it on. I don't watch the poxy thing, and I know about this.....my mind is dirty, dirty, dirty......

Now that is what I call a great post!

You are of course one hundred percent correct. She does seem to have a good management team. Well did. Until they let her unsupervised access to the beast.

Entertainment is entertainment.

Entertainment is entertainment.

I just can't fathom how BB even rates as entertainment. But I won't deny its popularity.

I hate this show, and I hope it ends. I also hate Jade Goody, with a passion. She's not a celebrity, she's a loudmouth bitch. Nothing more. Possibly less.

well said

I can't help but sniggering right now... sort of an arrogant intelectual little snigger.
See, I watch an awful lot of TV, 2-4 hours on a weekday, and more on the weekends. And yet I have no clue who this fuss is all about. I tend to stick to documentaries, movies or comedies, so as a result I never even heard the names of any of the people this scandal is about. And from what I hear here, I'm glad I don't. :D

I can't help but sniggering right now... sort of an arrogant intelectual little snigger.
See, I watch an awful lot of TV, 2-4 hours on a weekday, and more on the weekends. And yet I have no clue who this fuss is all about. I tend to stick to documentaries, movies or comedies, so as a result I never even heard the names of any of the people this scandal is about. And from what I hear here, I'm glad I don't. :DThis be what ye be missing missy.
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yar... :confused:
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Shilpa has more elegance and quality than a thousand chavettes - the problem here is jealousy expressed as malicious sniping. I have too much experience of estate chavscum and can attest to the fact that we would all be far better off without them. Hitler had the right idea but went after the jews because he was misguided. We should implement the final solution and this time see it through.

"keep britain tidy - kill a chav" :sniper: