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Originally Posted by Robodog
The question is how much do we let past events from OUTSIDE the BB house influence what happens to the HMs once they enter the house?
This is a gameshow. I thought we were meant to judge BB HMs on who they are 'on the gameshow' not pick over their past and judge them according to that. This isn't a court of law.
Most of all, BB should have done their homework BEFORE she went in to save all this upset and embarassment.
This is the age of social media and Channel 5 are a media company, so it's pretty poor show of them to go THIS far; letting her in and then 24hours later suddenly going 'oops, sorry we don't like what you said years ago, so out you go!'
I'm sure too that over 50% of those other HMs have either said or done something regrettable in the past that could be found offensive by someone, somewhere. Do we set a team of lawyers to rake over all their years of social media postings and as soon as we find dirt on them then - wham - kick them out?
If Tila had made illegal comments once inside the BB house then of course remove her.
If she was a proper nazi sympathiser and remained so even when challenged then of course do the same.
But clearly she regretted what she said, she was probably trying to be 'excitingly controversial' at the time but she made a very poor error of judgement and it backfired. A bit like Prince Harry's Nazi uniform at that fancy dress party.
She's not claiming to be a nazi sympathiser. She didn't say anything illegal. She made a distasteful, misguided comment which she clearly now regrets. And it happened years ago - long before she entered the house. How long can you go on punishing someone for that when they already accept how bad it was?
I think it's harsh and very poorly managed by BB. They should sort out all this type of thing out LONG before they let HMs enter, not let it get this far.
Poor show from BB.
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So if a murderer or a peodophile went into the house and was really funny and entertaining that would be ok? Obviously I'm not saying Tila is as bad as that before anyone starts but I'm using it as an example to show that yes, when it comes to extreme behaviours and attitudes, it is right to judge someone on their actions before going into Big Brother.
Tila's comments
were anti-semetic and nazi sympathizing and this HAS to be seen as an extreme. It's truly shocking to me that some people on this forum are making light of the incredibly dangerous and offensive things she's said, as if it's just some silly little thing that slipped out, or comparable with comments other controversial HM's have made in the past.
It's good that she has since retracted her comments, of course it is. And I hope she's happy and brings up her child well. But I still think that someone who has the capacity to say the things she said should never be celebrated in a public way like Big Brother. The fact that she made those comments will never go away, that's just the nature of media, and for young people and the impressionable to see someone who will always be associated with nazi-ism being celebrated and applauded is dangerous.