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If we walk away and switch off, are we not abrogating our responsibility and undermining our right to criticise those in charge ?
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It is not we who have a responsibility Sticks - it is Ch4 and Endemol. And we are demonstrating our right to criticise by staging a walk out (or, as it would be, a switch off). This is what workers do to show their criticism or contempt of management practices - they walk out. This would be our version.
Just because the responsibility for the housemates lies with Ch4/Endemol though doesn't mean we don't
feel responsible. We feel like we are being forced to be participants, alebit passive and voyeuristic, in this total farce. It's a bit like being one of those old women knitting as they chopped some poor sods head off. They may not have liked to see people get their head lopped off, but felt it their responsibility to be there. They showed their contempt for the process by not baying for blood and stamping and cheering, but sitting with heads down and knitting.
I think the more people e-mail Ch4, Endemol and/or O2 letting them know their views the better. We want to watch Big Brother - not Endurance or Survivor. The housemates didn't sign up to this and we don't want to watch it.