Breaking news: Parliament to discuss BB bullying

[Bigmouth81]

BREAKING NEWS:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/uknews

[Sophii3x]

OMG
You serious:shocked:

[Nowhere]

Lol, don't they have more important things to discuss? :rolleyes:

[Bigmouth81]

need to discuss things like pulling out from iraq instead

[Nowhere]

Exactly, they should concentrate less on these trivial things, and do their jobs! :rolleyes:

[Leona]

OMG! WOW!
The complaints must really be filling up!

CH4 better just do something, at least a warning. They are in deep trouble.

[spacebandit]

Originally posted by Bigmouth81
need to discuss things like pulling out from iraq instead

Pity Jades mother didn't discuss pulling out

[Leona]

^lolz..

[on_mercury]

I disagree this is a good thing bullying is a VERY serious matter and at last there doing something about it.

[Nowhere]

Originally posted by on_mercury
I disagree this is a good thing bullying is a VERY serious matter and at last there doing something about it.

It may be a serious matter, but there are many more-serious matters that need discussing at the moment, I don't think this is a job for parliament. A job for channel 4 bosses maybe, I find this so ridiculous. Bullying goes on everyday, whatever happens, parliament isn't going to sort it by saying a few short paragraphs about Big Brother, they'll have to alot more than that, so if they don't intend to, just leave the subject well alone. As I said channel 4 bosses should concern themselves with this, not the parliament :rolleyes:

[Bigmouth81]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/uknews

[Bigmouth81]

discussion underway me thinks

[Arneldo]

This is unbeliveable.
Because 3 girls have bitched about a female of diffrent race - It's being discussed in parlament.

[Psylocke]

To tell you the truth,the subject of racism and bulling should be brought up in parlament,espically when its being broadcast into houses all over the country,it needs to be dealt with

[Leona]

Shilpa Shetty row: MP raises motion
Tuesday January 16, 04:06 PM






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Labour MP Keith Vaz has tabled an early day motion in the House of Commons about the treatment of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Shilpa Shetty.
Mr Vaz said members of his Leicester East constituency had contacted him about alleged racism on the Channel 4 show.

The early day motion (EDM) reads: "This House views with concern the comments made about Big Brother contestant Shilpa Shetty by other housemates; believes that Big Brother has a role to play in preventing racist behaviour in the Big Brother house; regrets that these comments have been made; and calls on the programme to take urgent action to remind housemates that racist behaviour is unacceptable."

EDMs are used by MPs to highlight an issue and appear on the Commons Order Paper each day.

Mr Vaz said: "I have been contacted by constituents who have expressed concern that apparently racist comments in the Big Brother house have passed without any response from the Big Brother programme.

"We would not tolerate this kind of racism on other types of television programme and we should not do so on a programme that is watched by millions of people."

It is not the first time Celebrity Big Brother has been mentioned in the Commons.

Last January Labour MP Chris Bryant questioned how contestant George Galloway had managed to sign a series of Early Day Motions while locked up in the Big Brother house.

Speaker Michael Martin later cleared him of any wrongdoing.

[secrets]

Originally posted by Nowhere
Exactly, they should concentrate less on these trivial things, and do their jobs! :rolleyes:

its not trivial if you are on the recieving end of appalling,sickening taunts.

[Chrizzle]

How pathetic, I actually laughed.

This is Big Brother, if people are that bothered DON'T WATCH IT!
Oh my god, how stupid.

Theres been racism on this forum why didn't that get taken to parilament.

[Arneldo]

Originally posted by secrets
Originally posted by Nowhere
Exactly, they should concentrate less on these trivial things, and do their jobs! :rolleyes:

its not trivial if you are on the recieving end of appalling,sickening taunts.

What taunts?
We do not know what Jack said because it was cut.
Danielle called her a 'dog', So what? She has a right to say what she thinks. If she thinks she looks like a dog then she can it.
Jade has spoke about her being fake - This isnt raceist or bullying, This is Jades opioion.

I dont know were all this Raceist Bullying has come from - Its completely stupid.

[arista]

The MP is on Sky News now.


Trouble is he ain't watched it.

[MarkWaldorf]

Good.
Hopefully when them 3 come out they'll realise what they've done is stupid and apologise.

[texbex]

Okkkk...

So they are discussing the bullying in the BB house instyead of focusing on important matters like WORLD BLOODY PEACE!!

The worlds gone mad

[sunny]

you can no longer look at c4 forum unless your member.

[Chrizzle]

I agree.

Hmm... some girls bitching? Or bullying in the school and workplace?
I know.. lets pick some girls bitching because its on TV and will make us look good! :rolleyes:

Pathetic.

[Arneldo]

Just watch Sky News and i agree with Jo, who sent a e-mail in.

She said that it wasnt to with race and more of a clash of personailtys and that the race card is pulled once to many times by minorities when it come to these sort of situations.

[Nowhere]

Originally posted by secrets
Originally posted by Nowhere
Exactly, they should concentrate less on these trivial things, and do their jobs! :rolleyes:

its not trivial if you are on the recieving end of appalling,sickening taunts.

Point is secrets, bullying is anywhere and everywhere these days, Parliament saying a few words about BBs' encounter with it, isn't going to solve anything in the big picture. The only thing they can really do to put a stop to bullying in the BB house, is axe the show, as producers etc have no control over what the housemates might say. Butr I think people should open their eyes a little, Big Brother is a reality tv show, nothing's watered down for the lighthearted, these bullying issues are happening everywhere, I don't think axing BB is going to solve it in any way.

Besides, we all watch BB to see how people react in certain social situations, It's not going to be all chocolate and roses, it's supposed to be a reflection of todays society.

[lilmissnaughty]

Oh for gods sake.... :rolleyes:

[Cupcakes9]

Hilarious. When your finished guys, there's the rest of the world out there. I suppose though they have to look into things like this. Shilpa is a very well respected and acclaimed woman in India, and her presence in the UK is obviously not something the Government want to ignore - especially if she is being treated horribly. Racism/culture clash is a BIG thing these days, and we live in an extremely multi-cultural society.

But no matter your viewpoint, you can't help but laugh at the three witches, especially Goody, as they are in the spotlight for racism and bullying. Goody has already been dropped from a foundation. I think its hilarious and it teaches them right.

I'd wager that this year is going to have the biggest affect on the celebrities and their careers.

[lilmissnaughty]

Yes, but what I want to know, would this much fuss have been made if they were all treating, say, Jo for example?

[arista]

Originally posted by lilmissnaughty
Yes, but what I want to know, would this much fuss have been made if they were all treating, say, Jo for example?


No

Jo is retired from Music.

[lilmissnaughty]

Thats not the point though, if someone else that wasn't black was being treated the same way as Shilpa, would it get as much press attention? No.

[Cupcakes9]

Originally posted by lilmissnaughty
Yes, but what I want to know, would this much fuss have been made if they were all treating, say, Jo for example?

How could they 'treat' Jo? Make fun of her accent? She isn't from a completely different culture. And lets face it, who gives a damn how offended people in Britian are - were an ignorant bunch of tossers.

[missbling]

this story is gettin a lot of media attention around the world thats what c4 wanted by bringing in shilpa

[Bigmouth81]

Its also the bullying. something nheeds to be done..so that next time it won't happen

[zira]

if it takes this to sort bullies out in the school playground then go for it.. personally i think they just want to address this topic to fill their dreary lives and not address more important topics.. i'm not saying bullying is NOT IMPORTANT! by the way

[lilmissnaughty]

Originally posted by Cupcakes9
Originally posted by lilmissnaughty
Yes, but what I want to know, would this much fuss have been made if they were all treating, say, Jo for example?

How could they 'treat' Jo? Make fun of her accent? She isn't from a completely different culture. And lets face it, who gives a damn how offended people in Britian are - were an ignorant bunch of tossers.

I just used Jo as an example, Cleo, Dirk, or any of the others wouldn't have got the same attention.

And your last statement is rubbish, it proves your ignorance maybe, but there's ignorant people from all sorts of countrys.

[Ruth*Star]

hav'nt parlament got something better like iraq or taxes or money issues to talk about before this but hey aslong as shipa starts getting tret better i'm not botherd.

[The_Hitman]

Originally posted by Chrizzle
How pathetic, I actually laughed.

This is Big Brother, if people are that bothered DON'T WATCH IT!
Oh my god, how stupid.

Theres been racism on this forum why didn't that get taken to parilament.

Does this really need answering??

Children up and down the country watch big brother. If the standard of behaviour on the TV is what they are seeing, then that is what they will deem acceptable conduct in society. Dont forget, there are thousands if not millions of parents in this great country of ours who use the TV as a baby sitter.

I for one am glad that the more influential aspects of popular culture (big bro) are being discussed on a national scale, regardless of the issue.

[Siouxsie]

Its a game for gods sake:bored: