[Seraphim]

Kirklancaster, I wrote my post to you after reading a post you wrote, in which you referred to people as scum, and made many vitriolic overly simplistic generalisations. I feel you are getting your knickers into a twist over a TV programme which is designed by psychologists to be extremely stressful and difficult. The normal coping strategies and distractions which people normally have, such as TV are all removed, and it's not surprising that some find it hard to cope, particularly vulnerable people. Quite a number of people in that house are finding Gary challenging and think he's playing games, and since you know nothing about him or how you would act if you were stuck with him in a confined space with him, perhaps you should be a bit less judgemental.

"... all the remaining house mates are scum, who from the start, have targeted Gary and bullied him shamelessly.

The 2 most vitriolic remaining HM's are Dee and Adele, and there have been times during their unjustified rants at Gary, when their faces have contorted with pure hatred, and their stares have been menacing.

James, is an egotistical immature idiot, who has probably bullied Gary the most, but he has never displayed the intensity of hatred towards him that Dee and Edele have. It's as though James' 'rants' have been purely for the camera - to illustrate how macho he is in confronting Gary in the first place, then how fair and caring he is during the after rant explanatory lectures where he talked down to Gary and patronised him. On the occasions when Gary (and Audley) have stood up to James, James has capitulated very, very quickly, simply because he is a bully and a coward.

Dee is one of the most vile human beings ever put on TV. She is the ultimate 2 faced, backstabbing, ****-stirring, scheming, bully and coward. She joins in with the baying pack when they are bullying Gary, starts the bullying if none is taking place, then slinks away or goes quiet when what she has started begins to escalate. She is a very devious manipulator, who - when she has yielded to her base instincts and bullied Gary - soon realises the mistake she has made because she knows that Gary is so popular with the public, and sets about on 'damage limitation' with creeping and fake fawning which would put 'Uriah Heep' to shame; "I'm sorry Gary. I'm sorry'. Gary ... I'm sorry", only to immediately flit from bullying crony to bullying crony slagging off the man she has just apologised to.

George - a revolting egotistical buffoon of pseudo intelligence and very, very, sly and devious - probably the biggest game-player in the house. He is one of those cowards who delight in the bullying and contributes from a safe distance. He goes to great pains to portray himself as a nice, ordinary man with morals and a moderate temperament, but he betrays that with his sly mocking grins, and smirking and sneering to the others when Gary is talking, or trying to defend himself to one of the others.

Edele - a genuinely nasty bitch, whose reputation as one preceded her, and at first, she set about portraying herself as 'little Miss Nice' - the voice of reason, a very fair - if somewhat boring - house-mate. As with the others, the façade soon slipped however, and the bitter, ugly person she really is has been well exposed over the past few days. Her desire to win at all costs was illustrated by her pathetic 'showmance' style, attachment to George, and her desperate cringe-worthy foray into the pool fully clothed, once she had learnt that she had been perceived by the public as 'boring'. She may have also started to pick on Gary for the same reasons, but the hatred in her ugly, contorted face when she was berating him in the garden was all too real.

They are genuine bullies - there can be no doubt of that, but the way that they obsequiously apologise to Gary once they have realised that by yielding to their base instincts they may have damaged their popularity with the viewers, speaks volumes about their cowardice in hiding behind their façades.

This is not a 'Reality Game Show' as some on here maintain - it was meant to be - but because of these vile bullying bastards, this is as much a game show as Fox Hunting is a sport at the moment the baying pack of hounds are ripping the cornered fox to shreds - it is very, very, uncomfortable viewing.