[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

theres millions in london too lol
they and the disabled and even the millions of saffers, aussies, kiwis, etc etc etc are way under represented in these tedious soaps.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Corrie has got a girl in a wheelchair

There are millions of people in wheelchairs.

The entire cast of Corrie should be disabled.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Corrie has got a girl in a wheelchair

wow shes about the only 1 ive seen in the soaps in decades. pathetic under representation

[the truth]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

There are millions of people in wheelchairs.

The entire cast of Corrie should be disabled.

and now you lose the argument

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

wow shes about the only 1 ive seen in the soaps in decades. pathetic under representation

There was a man in a wheelchair in EE last year. There's also a blind woman in ED.

How many disabled people do you know who all live in the same street/village?

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by the truth

what about regional accents? how many irish in eastenders, how many welsh in coronation street...what about disabled? how many in any of these daily shows? theyre masisvely under represented way way way way way way way way moreso than black people or anyone else

Fair comment.

[Vicky.]

I do think disabled people are under-represented. But again, should shows write in a disabled person just to be PC? I dont know tbh

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by the truth

wow shes about the only 1 ive seen in the soaps in decades. pathetic under representation

You a Corrie fan truth?

[Kizzy]

Worst is EE, nothing remotely cultural about both black families in that, Masood used to be muslim.. now he drinks, smokes farts and sleeps around like Ian Beale! :/

[the truth]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

There was a man in a wheelchair in EE last year. There's also a blind woman in ED.

How many disabled people do you know who all live in the same street/village?

zillions more than the soaps represent.....theyve never even had a wheelchair in the ubder liberal big brother...bunch of hypocrites

[Vicky.]

Apparently 8% of our population has a physical disability. I never knew it was that high...even in day to day life I don't see many wheelchairs or anything at all :/

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Apparently 8% of our population has a physical disability. I never knew it was that high...even in day to day life I don't see many wheelchairs or anything at all :/

yeap and is it 8% in parliament or in tv shows, soaps, movies, jobs? etc they cant even get into buildings let alone jobs and tv shows.....but lets ignore that and talk about the poor women who cant get on Ł5 notes .........ffs

[Jack_]

^ discrimination isn't a competition, you know

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

zillions more than the soaps represent.....theyve never even had a wheelchair in the ubder liberal big brother...bunch of hypocrites

Zillions of wheelchair users live on the same street? Really?

Also "disability" is more than wheelchairs. There are millions of people with "invisible" disabilities.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Worst is EE, nothing remotely cultural about both black families in that, Masood used to be muslim.. now he drinks, smokes farts and sleeps around like Ian Beale! :/

I don't think Masood was ever truly religious though. He never prayed or anything, he just kept to certain Muslim "rules" for the sake of Zainab.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Zillions of wheelchair users live on the same street? Really?

Also "disability" is more than wheelchairs. There are millions of people with "invisible" disabilities.

and theyre all way more under represented than black people or any other minority yet nothing seems to be said or done about it, so your point is?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

and theyre all under represented so your point is?

You said they're under represented on the soaps, I mentioned EE, Corrie and ED all having one which you said is underrepresentation.

I asked "How many disabled people all live in close proximity on the same street?" You said "zillions more than on the soaps".

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by the truth

yeap and is it 8% in parliament or in tv shows, soaps, movies, jobs? etc they cant even get into buildings let alone jobs and tv shows.....but lets ignore that and talk about the poor women who cant get on Ł5 notes .........ffs

What?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

and theyre all way more under represented than black people or any other minority yet nothing seems to be said or done about it, so your point is?

Zillions of disabled people don't all live on the same street (where soaps are set, in one area).

But don't let that stop you from jumping from one thing to another and responding with an opinion on something separate from the post I responded to where you then have to ask what the point is.

Whether disabled people are under represented or not, does not take anything away from other people who are under represented. As another person said, it's not a competition.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

What?

He jumps from one thing to another, impossible to converse with someone like that.

[Vicky.]

Honestly do not know anything about this five pound note thing. Totally stumped me there

[the truth]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Zillions of disabled people don't all live on the same street (where soaps are set, in one area).

But don't let that stop you from jumping from one thing to another and responding with an opinion on something separate from the post I responded to where you then have to ask what the point is.

Whether disabled people are under represented or not, does not take anything away from other people who are under represented. As another person said, it's not a competition.

it is a competition....there is limited money and limited media space to promote the discrimination agsinst all groups.....it seems almost infinitely more time , money , respurces and media headlines are devoted to issues egaridng women , gay rights and black people, than disabled people. the fact there is a disgustingly low % of disabled people represented in all walks of society and on tv is a visual illustration of how pathetically under-represented and under support and encouraged the disabled people are

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

it is a competition....

You make some valid points. My brother is disabled and I completely agree with some of what you say. But you don't half make it hard by throwing in a load of rubbish to balance it out.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Honestly do not know anything about this five pound note thing. Totally stumped me there

seriously? you havent hear dof radical feminist groups demanding more women be represented on our notes? its made the bbc main news dozens of times.....a story which has had more bbc main news coverage than the tens of thousands who die of clots in nhs hospitals.....you may not see the direct link, there is direct competition every day over what makes the news.....for some reason this trivial feminist nonsense is seen as more important than matters of life and death by those radical liberals who control the news agendas....what chance do the disabled have eh?

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by InOne

I'm sure we had this same thread about a year ago

you're thinking about the poster who made a thread complaining about eastenders focusing too much on white characters, that was a month ago