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07-06-2007, 03:37 PM | #1 | ||
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I think its just a descriptive word and has been taken out of context. Does anyone really care if that word is used in this manner?
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07-06-2007, 03:39 PM | #2 | |||
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good lord
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07-06-2007, 03:40 PM | #3 | ||
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the 'N' word is like the most offensive thing you can say especially infront/ or at a black person.
So yes it was wrong. |
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07-06-2007, 03:41 PM | #4 | |||
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yea its a descriptive word but its still racist. and trust me, alot of ppl would care.
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07-06-2007, 03:43 PM | #5 | ||
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That's my point exactly 'Girth'
Saying 'Good Lord' will probably cause offence to someone! Where will it end? If it's meant as a direct racial slur and said in a demeaning manner then that is clearly unacceptable - but that wasn't the case. Yes, Emily overstepped the mark, but BB has done the same by taking such action. Some form of punishment seems appropriate - but not eviction. |
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07-06-2007, 03:49 PM | #6 | |||
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do u think after what happen in january, BB could get away with turning a blind eye on it? no way! and especially as channel 4 was occused of promoting the race row by ofcom. they had to take action regardless of the context it was said in.
saying 'Good Lord' is not racist and the house now has zero-tolerance on racism. |
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07-06-2007, 03:53 PM | #7 | |||
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07-06-2007, 03:56 PM | #8 | |||
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The word is a racial word ecspecially used towards a black person. Emily really should have thought of her actions before blurting out rubbish to Charley and Nicky. Glad BB have gone tougher this year on behaviour and comments
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07-06-2007, 03:56 PM | #9 | ||
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07-06-2007, 03:57 PM | #10 | ||
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You've also got to think about the context and the person. Emily should have thought twice before saying it to a person she doesn't even know that well.
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07-06-2007, 03:58 PM | #11 | |||
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07-06-2007, 03:59 PM | #12 | ||
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I think it is wrong, no matter what context you use it in if iit was meant to be a joke there are thousands of other words you can use but the "N" word is not one of them
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07-06-2007, 03:59 PM | #13 | ||
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bloody hell some people cant see the wood for the tree's........
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07-06-2007, 04:01 PM | #14 | ||
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Of course I know where it comes from, I'm a fully paid up member of the party! (Yes, I'm black and proud of it)
I just wanted to open up the debate and say, as a black man in the U.K., I am able to distinguish between a racial slur and a comment meant in jest. It may not be the brightest thing to have said - but it wasn't meant to be derogatory or demeaning. I fully understand BB's nervousness after the Shilpa event and also C4 and OfCom are watching - but the reaction was simply out of context to the spirit of the event. BB could have done far more in education terms by showing Emily being repremanded and give some form of punishment (probably as big a punishment as anyone has ever recieved) than by not showing it and simple stiring the racial tension with guesswork and inaccuarate accounts of what might and might not have happened. Discuss! |
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07-06-2007, 04:01 PM | #15 | ||
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Even though this isn't the point, some people would consider "good lord" offensive. Obviously it is not racially provoking, but it is sacrilegious or blasphemous. I know my grandparents would find a comment like this disrespectful to their religion. But as I've said, that is another matter, and something that is not as imminent as rascism. |
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07-06-2007, 04:10 PM | #16 | ||||
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And before anyone says "Charley said it because she was prompted by Emily", yes, she did, but she said it last week as well, totally unprompted. |
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07-06-2007, 04:14 PM | #17 | ||
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AND another one!
How many threads have we got about the same thing? It is obvious that people are stirred up about this but that facts are that Emily is out and she said a bl**dy stupid word (I I have just probably offended someone BTW) and yes she was racist in what she said, but actually because Charley said it earlier in the week did that set a precident? (can't spell that word so if it is wrong I am sorry) and did Emily say it thinking it was OK because of that reason? |
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07-06-2007, 04:23 PM | #18 | |||
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Here it was alleged victims all against and overcoming ignorant perpetrator. No malice at all This is a knee jerk reaction as C4 loose the plot again. |
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07-06-2007, 04:34 PM | #19 | ||
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07-06-2007, 04:37 PM | #20 | |||
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07-06-2007, 04:39 PM | #21 | ||
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IGNORANCE is not an excuse
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07-06-2007, 04:40 PM | #22 | |||
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You have to understand the new Ofcom rules with Endemol. Emily was using rap song bits but that one word got her kicked out. She is a clever girl but at that late hour she went very wrong. |
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07-06-2007, 04:42 PM | #24 | ||
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07-06-2007, 04:46 PM | #25 | |||
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It is only in the public domain because C4 put it there. They could have let it be as the HM's had dealt with it and Emily had been re-educated. The word would not have got the dissemination that it has now. |
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