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ange7 18-07-2009 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by IsleOfWeather
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Originally posted by JustKaz



90% of audience? where are these figures from exactly?

About 60% of the population are white and straight, yet he thinks 90% of the BB audience is white and straight. :laugh3:

This guy's just embarrassingly thick...it's not his fault. :laugh2:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_British

In 2005 the Dept. Of Trade and Industry, trying to assess the impact of the New Civil Partnership Act, and reviewing various surveys, produced an estimate that 6% of the general population could reliably be identified as gay.
straight 90%
white 85%
straight AND white = 94% times 85%
= 79%
Not that it moves the argument forward at all.
Producers will pick hm who are in one way or another extreme. Picking a house full of "average" hms wouldn't be that entertaining. I couldn't care who they get in there as long as they're fun to watch. eg Sophie/kris were rubbish to watch... not because they were straight and white but because they were a bore.

but it is the extreme ones that they pick that always turn out to be the dullest ?

like Lisa and Angel for example
dude lol don't edit people's posts in replies.

re Lisa and Angel ... nah ... they mixed it up and got involved. Love'm or hate them they did stuff. Had you mentioned Rod then I'd agree

IsleOfWeather 18-07-2009 04:44 PM

it would appear that you have not read the thread?^^^^^^

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ange7 18-07-2009 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by IsleOfWeather
it would appear that you have not read the thread?^^^^^^

:spin2:
lol I wish...
90-10 is universally agreed.

CaraRawr 18-07-2009 05:09 PM

I think it would be boring personally, but there has been alot of foriegners this year... :|

Chuckyegg 18-07-2009 05:33 PM

what a depressing thread

Clockers 18-07-2009 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by IsleOfWeather
Would a BB house made up of white, British, straight, regular folk aged 18-60 be a bad house?

ie one made up of the majority of viewers?


I guess we will never know:sad:
As the UK is multicultural society made of all races, religons and people with sexual prefrences, I think having a right wing house is not right.

HuxleyPig 18-07-2009 07:21 PM

I'm sorry but I don't buy into the fact that all the housemate slots should be reserved for the white, straight, etc people of Britain. I think it's clear that you fit this discription, and have very badly disguised you prejudices.

Why should black, gay etc people be excluded from the programme? Do you really think 90% of the viewing figures fit exactly your category? The show is now getting viewers around the 2 million mark, and the majority of this audience, from what I gather is females and gay men. (I know there are exceptions to this, obviously, I'm not quite as blind as the opening poster).

So, where you pulled that figure from is anyones guess. In fact, it quite literally was anyones guess.

Why shouldn't disabled or people from different countries or people with a different sexuality to yours be eligable to go in? We have heard that you think they should be left out of the show, what we haven't heard is why you think this. Asides from the obvious prejudices.

[/end rant]

Rodrigo2Win 18-07-2009 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by HuxleyPig
I'm sorry but I don't buy into the fact that all the housemate slots should be reserved for the white, straight, etc people of Britain. I think it's clear that you fit this discription, and have very badly disguised you prejudices.

Why should black, gay etc people be excluded from the programme? Do you really think 90% of the viewing figures fit exactly your category? The show is now getting viewers around the 2 million mark, and the majority of this audience, from what I gather is females and gay men. (I know there are exceptions to this, obviously, I'm not quite as blind as the opening poster).

So, where you pulled that figure from is anyones guess. In fact, it quite literally was anyones guess.

Why shouldn't disabled or people from different countries or people with a different sexuality to yours be eligable to go in? We have heard that you think they should be left out of the show, what we haven't heard is why you think this. Asides from the obvious prejudices.

[/end rant]
:dance2:

JoMaAlArGuMa09 18-07-2009 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by HuxleyPig
I'm sorry but I don't buy into the fact that all the housemate slots should be reserved for the white, straight, etc people of Britain. I think it's clear that you fit this discription, and have very badly disguised you prejudices.

Why should black, gay etc people be excluded from the programme? Do you really think 90% of the viewing figures fit exactly your category? The show is now getting viewers around the 2 million mark, and the majority of this audience, from what I gather is females and gay men. (I know there are exceptions to this, obviously, I'm not quite as blind as the opening poster).

So, where you pulled that figure from is anyones guess. In fact, it quite literally was anyones guess.

Why shouldn't disabled or people from different countries or people with a different sexuality to yours be eligable to go in? We have heard that you think they should be left out of the show, what we haven't heard is why you think this. Asides from the obvious prejudices.

[/end rant]
:dance2: well said ! woot woot !

HuxleyPig 18-07-2009 07:34 PM

Lol, thankyou.
I just get so wound up with this kind of ignorance.

To quote Karly, the opening poster is a 'vile, disgusting pag'
=P

Rodrigo2Win 18-07-2009 07:35 PM

Hahahah. That he is.

JoMaAlArGuMa09 18-07-2009 07:36 PM

no problem !!

and lol

MargeryFan 18-07-2009 07:43 PM

Im pretty sure there have been more white housemates than any other kind since BB started but of course thats not enough for you. If you can't tolerate an enviroment that has people who are different to you in it then it sounds like your the one that needs to change not big brother.

CallumJoshuaSturt 18-07-2009 07:50 PM

Well, the things is there have bben some regular poeple, Kris was just a normal lad really

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I don't like the fact you put whilte as 'Normal'

Benjamin 18-07-2009 07:52 PM

I couldn't give a flying toss what their race, gender, age, sexuality is.


As long as they are entertaining then that's all I need.

Fangz 18-07-2009 08:41 PM

So you're saying that white straight people prefer to watch white straight people on TV?

Alf 18-07-2009 08:44 PM

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Originally posted by Shaun
Not necessarily, but ethnicity and sexuality shouldn't come into your judgment of Housemates tbh.
but it does come in to the judgement of the bb selection process

tentpeg 18-07-2009 08:50 PM

It's a difficult one, this. They have obviously tried to introduce us to people that in our lives we would nevert normally come into contact with. Ok so you may meet a Russian mid 30's lesbian boxer at your workplace, but the chances are slim. I guess we all like to think we are different, even us white middle class English folk...

BBUK4LYFE 18-07-2009 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by phebes
what is regular anyway? the words homophobic and racist spring to mind


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