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Originally Posted by ChristmasNeeve

Those examples aren't really comparable though, Big Brother is a Reality Show that actually uses "ordinary" people, cage fighting and Bear Grylls aren't.....

''Ordinary People'' how do you define that statement, Jade goody was ordinary who became a celeb, Westbrook was a celeb that became very ordinary. Anyone that chooses to live in a media fish bowl and be ridiculed for several weeks in the vain hope they become rich or recognised is definitely not ordinary in the true sense of the word.

We are all human beings that have a varying degree of public awareness. I was followed by many when I was a pro golfer in my hayday but \I am definitely not a celeb. My point was simply that if we categorise possible contestants as quirky or suspect, then why would the very people who spend most of their leisure hours ridiculing these very contestants want to become one. I cant compute that reasoning. I dont think being a fan of anything affords you the right to be treated any different from anyone else and if you disregard the cage fighting and bear analogies, my point is poignant when read under different circumstances.

I don't want to get into an in depth debate about this as we are slightly off topic but suffice it to say that the ordinary people tag cant really be hung on anyone that is willing to undergo these trials, not that there is anything wrong with them (before the crew descends on me) I just think that its strange and slightly hypocritical for someone to enter a program they openly malign