Stop Blaming Irish people!

[ChristmasNeeve]

For Conor staying.............Do you not think, there's a slight possibility that some British people were voting for him too??? No one ever blamed the Irish for Brian Dowling winning ...................................twice.......... .....Just Sayin'

[Smithy]

bloody irish :bored:

[InOne]

We'll blame the Northern Irish

[ChristmasNeeve]

lol Smithy, you're lucky this is virtual land, you know you'd be getting a proper clip round the ear otherwise :laugh:

[King Gizzard]

ffs potatoes

[ChristmasNeeve]

shut up blue Asian Nathan

[emmetmcl]

I know, only Northern Ireland can vote - it's not like the amount of voters in NI can compare to the amount in Britain

[Merry Mockmas]

I wouldn't say all of Ireland but I definitely think a large portion of Derry kept him in.

[King Gizzard]

shut up blue Asian Nathan

that's not rery nice

[ChristmasNeeve]

I know, only Northern Ireland can vote - it's not like the amount of voters in NI can compare to the amount in Britain

No you can vote through facebook from ROI

[ChristmasNeeve]

that's not rery nice

Me likey to much

[Smithy]

niamh you're so racist :rolleyes:

[ChristmasNeeve]

stop picking on me, I'm too tired waaaaaaaaaaa

[emmetmcl]

No you can vote through facebook from ROI

Ah, wasn't sure whether or not you could still do that, though I'd imagine most votes come from the phone vote.

And Derry only has population of about 200,000 and NI as a whole has about 1.8 million, compared with Great Britain which has roughly 60 million.

So it's a total of about 7million against around 62million - can't see that being the deciding factor.

Can't people just accept that he is entertaining?

[Yayita]

Niamh, I take it your irish? LOL

[ChristmasNeeve]

Niamh, I take it your irish? LOL

Yes my dear, but first and foremost a fan of the show, nationality shouldn't be a deciding factor in a HM!

[JamesBond]

Why would Irish people vote to keep someone who is clearly an embarrassment?

[InOne]

stop picking on me, I'm too tired waaaaaaaaaaa

Does that mean drunk? :suspect:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Why would Irish people vote to keep someone who is clearly an embarrassment?

Exactly. I didn't.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Does that mean drunk? :suspect:

Maybe :pipe:

[emmetmcl]

Why would Irish people vote to keep someone who is clearly an embarrassment?

Because they find him entertaining.

[Merry Mockmas]

I think the main factor for why The Wannabe Rapist stayed is because of the troll vote, people wanted to piss off the haters, including the Arron fans in this act and it bit them in the ass, it's ashame though as a good Housemate got evicted for this boring aggressive twat.

[Yayita]

I know most people wont keep him just because he is Irish, but some people are patriotic and would do it.

[King Gizzard]

Niamh's from Canada

[KingOfTheMods]

The only reason he didn't go was cause it wasn't a vote to evict, if it was he was ev****ed

[ChristmasNeeve]

I know most people wont keep him just because he is Irish, but some people are patriotic and would do it.

I'm extremely patriotic....................which is why I wouldn't vote for him.

[Soniamad]

A few years ago there was a debate (here in Ireland anyway) about whether the British should apologise for the famine. Apparantly you guys were responsible for something that happened at least 100 years before any of you were born.

So my question is this - should we Irish, now apologise for Connor?

[dylissimo]

This really annoyed me, as if all Irish people are just gonna excuse what he did because "oooh he's Irish too, must vote for him", bit patronising!

I very very rarely vote and I was very close to voting for Deana and Becky, just so that Conor or Arron would go!

(I'm Irish)

[ChristmasNeeve]

A few years ago there was a debate (here in Ireland anyway) about whether the British should apologise for the famine. Apparantly you guys were responsible for something that happened at least 100 years before any of you were born.

So my question is this - should we Irish, now apologise for Connor?

:laugh: well done Soniamad

[Raph]

It's ok Niamh, people blamed the Welsh big time when Rachel won in BB9 and that was just as silly. I'm not Irish myself, and I voted to save Conor so there you have it :)

[lou22]

I'm extremely patriotic....................which is why I wouldn't vote for him.

Exactly, he is an awful representation of an Irish person! As if Derry had the power to keep him in!

[InOne]

I love it when the Irish get all fiery

http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/499092/713686.gif

You only see a very small % "blaming" the Irish. But one comment always seems to get massive blown out of proportion.

[Soniamad]

:laugh: well done Soniamad

I guess we should get Michael D on a plane asap Niamh. He can call to Buck House, get on his knees and beg the forgiveness of the British nation. Then Sara can decide whether or not his apology is fitting of a queen.

[Yayita]

The only reason he didn't go was cause it wasn't a vote to evict, if it was he was ev****ed

I think this is probably the likely reason why he is still in and Arron acting the twat the last few days

[ChristmasNeeve]

I guess we should get Michael D on a plane asap Niamh. He can call to Buck House, get on his knees and beg the forgiveness of the British nation. Then Sara can decide whether or not his apology is fitting of a queen.

:laugh:

I like you

[Yayita]

I'm extremely patriotic....................which is why I wouldn't vote for him.

that makes sense but not evrybody is that astute, some people confuse things and lose objectivity. kinda like the eurovision contest, people always vote for their next door neighbor. Or like football, you always support the home team, human nature I guess.

Anyway, we agree he is vile and not a representation of the Irish

[ChristmasNeeve]

that makes sense but not evrybody is that astute, some people confuse things and lose objectivity. kinda like the eurovision contest, people always vote for their next door neighbor. Or like football, you always support the home team, human nature I guess.

Anyway, we agree he is vile and not a representation of the Irish

Indeed! you're a great addition to the forum btw :love:

[Novo]

Don't be like that Niamh, come and Join myself and Locke for a spot of tea in Mars Bar :pipe:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Don't be like that Niamh, come and Join myself and Locke for a spot of tea in Mars Bar :pipe:

:laugh:

[reece(:]

Not the Irish.. the Derry.

[erinp5]

Conor is British ,not Irish.

[Ramsay]

potato eating bastards

[The Human Santapede]

I hate the Irish. :bored:

[Merry Mockmas]

I think I will hate Derry if they was the only thing seperating Conor from being evicted instead of Arron.

[fruit_cake]

I'm extremely patriotic....................which is why I wouldn't vote for him.

this quote :love:

[karezza]

There should be a survey of Conor fans to see who they are.

[Yayita]

Indeed! you're a great addition to the forum btw :love:

Awww shucks Niamh :blush2:

Btw how is your nic pronounced?

[Yayita]

There should be a survey of Conor fans to see who they are.

Yeah, wife beater audience? LOL

[Brother Leon]

Yeah, wife beater audience? LOL

Not funny :idc:

[InOne]

Awww shucks Niamh :blush2:

Btw how is your nic pronounced?

neee-av and it's her name not her nick :joker:

[flamingGalah!]

To be fair pretty much the only people supporting him on Facebook were women from Londonderry (with the odd bloke thrown in)... They were all harping on about "supporting their own". It seems they only voted to save him because he was from their town, not based on what sort of a person he is :rolleyes:

[InOne]

To be fair pretty much the only people supporting him on Facebook were women from Londonderry (with the odd bloke thrown in)... They were all harping on about "supporting their own". It seems they only voted to save him because he was from their town, not based on what sort of a person he is :rolleyes:

Reminds of those bloody Geordies last year.

[Omah]

No you can vote through facebook from ROI

Ah, wasn't sure whether or not you could still do that, though I'd imagine most votes come from the phone vote.

And Derry only has population of about 200,000 and NI as a whole has about 1.8 million, compared with Great Britain which has roughly 60 million.

So it's a total of about 7million against around 62million - can't see that being the deciding factor.

Can't people just accept that he is entertaining?

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1105893/

24 November 2011

Some 1.5 million votes were cast during nine weeks of 'Big Brother ', 47% of which were through the 'Big Brother' Facebook app.

[flamingGalah!]

Reminds of those bloody Geordies last year.

Yep, pathetic :bored:

I would never support someone from where I live simply because of that fact, if they were a twat I'd hate them, I really don't understand that mentality at all...:conf:

[thesheriff443]

this thread was a good read i love it how niamh gets all shirty when she has had a few shants.lol
the reason conor stayed is beacuse arron was being a vile pig and as much as conor was coming across nasty arron was takeing centre stage as king d*ck

[fruit_cake]

I do think that Conor probably did get more votes than the proportional amount he should have received if things were neutral, from Derry, and possibly Ireland but then again, Arron probably did from Manchester, and Deana and Becky from where-ever they originate from. Surely it's part of mass psychology to offer more support than a neutral would to 'our own' however disgusting they may be, rightly or wrongly.

[Yayita]

neee-av and it's her name not her nick :joker:

Quite unique, Is it common in ireland? My name is considered weird here in Spain but in the Americas its quite commom.

[Cherry Christmas]

Quite unique, Is it common in ireland? My name is considered weird here in Spain but in the Americas its quite commom.

Niamh is a popular Irish name.

There will of course be a section who will vote for him purely on nationality, but its shouldnt be given blanket ..."he will get the Irish vote" as that is just nonsense.

[WozMan]

I'm Irish and I voted for Becky in the hope of getting Conor out. Looks like I should have voted for Arron :(

[lostalex]

Conner was saved because he has a MASSIVE SCHLONG!! he obviously doesn't suffer from the Irish curse.

[MrWong]

To be fair pretty much the only people supporting him on Facebook were women from Londonderry (with the odd bloke thrown in)... They were all harping on about "supporting their own". It seems they only voted to save him because he was from their town, not based on what sort of a person he is :rolleyes:

This is true. They spam Facebook constantly with their support of Conor, because Derry people stick together apparently. :sleep:

[karezza]

I blame Terry Wogan.:nono:

[Me. I Am Salman]

Whoever voted for Conor just because he's Irish is ****ing stupid.
:)

[karezza]

Whoever voted for Conor just because he's Irish is ****ing stupid.
:)


Leon Jackson won X Factor because of the Scottish vote. I hate geographical bias - it ruins reality TV.:nono:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Conor is British ,not Irish.

Actually he's both British and Irish............just like Scottish people, English people and Welsh people

[ChristmasNeeve]

this thread was a good read i love it how niamh gets all shirty when she has had a few shants.lol
the reason conor stayed is beacuse arron was being a vile pig and as much as conor was coming across nasty arron was takeing centre stage as king d*ck

:laugh:

I need to step away from the lap top after a certain amount of alcohol......it was eviction night though, that's my excuse

[Novo]

How is Conor British? thought he was from ROI?

[ChristmasNeeve]

How is Conor British? thought he was from ROI?

No, he's from Derry

[karezza]

How is Conor British? thought he was from ROI?

He is from Londonderry/Derry/Foyle City, which is in Northern Ireland.

[Novo]

Thought he was from Dublin for some reason

[ChristmasNeeve]

Thought he was from Dublin for some reason

Ah Novo, please tell me you can tell the difference between a Dublin accent and a Northern Irish one? :joker:

[Novo]

No i am awful with accents i didn't even know Manchester people had an accent until a couple of years ago

[ChristmasNeeve]

No i am awful with accents i didn't even know Manchester people had an accent until a couple of years ago

:laugh2: Even I could pick out a Manchester accent and I'm not even English

[Soniamad]

I know there are some (ie Becky) who have "no interest in history...or...well, anything really." Nonetheless allow me to settle the question of whether Connor is Irish or British, for those who might be interested. Article 2 of the Southern Irish constitution was amended as part of the peace agreement in Northern Ireland. It now reads:

It is the entitlement and birthright of every person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish Nation. That is also the entitlement of all persons otherwise qualified in accordance with law to be citizens of Ireland. Furthermore, the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage.

However a further amendment will shortly be put to refferendum. It will add the words "except Connor from Big Brother" to the end of the first sentence. It is expected that the amendment will be made. However it is not known how the British State will react. Sources close to David Cameron have quoted the PM as having said "Well we're not having him either"

[cfromhx02]

For Conor staying.............Do you not think, there's a slight possibility that some British people were voting for him too??? No one ever blamed the Irish for Brian Dowling winning ...................................twice.......... .....Just Sayin'

I know it's obvious that not all Irish people are the same and obvious that in any so called nationality or race that there are good and bad people.So racial or nationalistic stereotypes are a load of rubbish as not everyone within any so called group is the same.

The real truth is that it is the inability by some to put principles or morals before their need to watch a TV program that is the real problem here.They are just trying to shift blame onto someone else by blaming the Irish.

It's obvious that it is the inability to

a)put principles or morals before their need to watch BB or back Conor as they think he makes it more entertaining than good people and

b) the inability to understand that entertainment doesn't have to be about being nasty that are the real problem

It is possible to be entertaining without being nasty as has been proven so often by almost every other programmme apart from BB

and it just shows up the backing of the viewers for them using nastiness which is the real problem

when they should be putting pressure on the lazy BB production team to come up with other ideas for entertainment other than nastiness.

[JTM45]

However a further amendment will shortly be put to refferendum. It will add the words "except Connor from Big Brother" to the end of the first sentence. It is expected that the amendment will be made. However it is not known how the British State will react. Sources close to David Cameron have quoted the PM as having said "Well we're not having him either"

That was rather amusing and well written. Nice one! :joker:
I just carried on reading it as if it was factual like the previous paragraph, hook line & sinker.:thumbs:


And on the 'supporting your own' thing; I'm Welsh and very proud to be so but if a Welsh housemate was being a horrible twat the fact that they were Welsh wouldn't make me think they were any less of a twat and therefore they wouldn't get my support.
If anything i'd be more critical of them because they were from my home country and were setting a bad example.
Basically, if you're a twat you're a Universal twat (like Conor!) :laugh3:

[ChristmasNeeve]

I know there are some (ie Becky) who have "no interest in history...or...well, anything really." Nonetheless allow me to settle the question of whether Connor is Irish or British, for those who might be interested. Article 2 of the Southern Irish constitution was amended as part of the peace agreement in Northern Ireland. It now reads:

It is the entitlement and birthright of every person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish Nation. That is also the entitlement of all persons otherwise qualified in accordance with law to be citizens of Ireland. Furthermore, the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage.

However a further amendment will shortly be put to refferendum. It will add the words "except Connor from Big Brother" to the end of the first sentence. It is expected that the amendment will be made. However it is not known how the British State will react. Sources close to David Cameron have quoted the PM as having said "Well we're not having him either"

hahahahaha, love it

[lostalex]

I think in some ways, culturally, you understand people a bit more so maybe they don't seem as bad to you. I know when i see Americans on the show, i see them being misunderstood a lot. So i do think culture has it's part to play in how people perceive you. People do judge people through a prejudiced lens.

I think Isaac from BB10, even though he was only there for a few days, i noticed a lot of brits were calling him arrogant and nasty, but when i watched him i didn't see him that way at all, they just didn't get his personality and his sense of humor.

[emmetmcl]

Conor is British ,not Irish.

Conor is NOT British.

He is from Northern Ireland. Britain only consists of three countries: England, Scotland and Wales.

He is Irish, or Northern Irish if you are that way inclined.

He would not see himself as British anyway, considering where he's from and his religion, I would doubt it anyway.

And as for the "Irish vote" - I don't think people will vote for people just because they're from the same place. Initially you're going to be more interested in the HM as they are from the same area and have the same culture, ways of doing things, dialect (which is noticable with Conor for me anyway) but if you don't like the HM then you don't like them, simple as that.

For example, Caoimhe was Irish but I didn't like her.