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FoxesDeb

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7 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Exactly.

 

The whole thing would have been avoided if the BBC did their job properly and protected him. 

 

If you honestly don't think there's anything wrong with that word then you need to educate yourself. It's a word that does upset people so editing it from the broadcast would have saved a lot of trouble in this age of misinformation and cancel culture.

 

The poor bloke is now unfairly subject to horrendous abuse and has been labelled as a racist by the uninformed majority for something he had no control over. The BBC could have saved him from much of that.

But why should the BBC hide someone's medical condition? Why can't we expect the 'uninformed majority' to inform themselves better instead, and call them out for their intolerance and ignorance to something someone has absolutely no control over?

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AKCJ

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1 minute ago, FoxesDeb said:

But why should the BBC hide someone's medical condition? Why can't we expect the 'uninformed majority' to inform themselves better instead, and call them out for their intolerance and ignorance to something someone has absolutely no control over?

They aren't hiding his medical condition.

 

I'm not sure if you watched the broadcast but they repeatedly referred to his condition and you could repeatedly hear him shout.

 

Also, the film that was made about his life received three awards and much was made about how great of a story it is.

 

But they didn't need to air him screaming that word and were right to apologise for failing to do so.

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bovril

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39 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

 

If you honestly don't think there's anything wrong with that word then you need to educate yourself. 

He has ****ing Tourettes lol 

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bovril

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Just now, StanSP said:

It doesn't take away from how offensive the word is though?

I feel a bit like I'm going insane here but yes obviously it does. 

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AKCJ

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7 minutes ago, bovril said:

I feel a bit like I'm going insane here but yes obviously it does. 

So why are you against them bleeping or muting the broadcast for the split second he uses that word?

bovril

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4 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

So why are you against them bleeping or muting the broadcast for the split second he uses that word?

to be honest idgas and if they'd bleeped it then fine. I just don't think it's a problem keeping it in considering he has tourettes and saying that it should've been edited 'for his own safety' is a bit disturbing imo. 

 

We're not going to agree - you think certain words are always offensive no matter the context, I don't.

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AKCJ

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Just now, bovril said:

to be honest idgas and if they'd bleeped it then fine. I just don't think it's a problem keeping it in considering he has tourettes and saying that it should've been edited 'for his own safety' is a bit disturbing imo. 

He's being abused left and right on social media for it.

 

Why does it disturb you that I would want to see a disabled man (and other Tourrettes sufferers who are witnessing the abuse) be protected from that?

bovril

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1 minute ago, AKCJ said:

He's being abused left and right on social media for it.

 

Why does it disturb you that I would want to see a disabled man (and other Tourrettes sufferers who are witnessing the abuse) be protected from that?

It disturbs me that it needed to have been done. 

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Zear0

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Not been this offended since I saw the wheelchair users at the football not stand for the anthem.  Disgrace.

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st albans fox

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1 hour ago, bovril said:

He has ****ing Tourettes lol 

In my ignorance, I assumed that to use the word, he’d have to be familiar with it.  Almost as if someone with Tourette’s often can’t stop themselves saying what they’re seeing ms using language they’d usually not. . 
 

however, I’ve read stuff from sufferers which contradicts that.  A connected condition where the sufferer often finds the most offensive thing they can say and out it comes. 

CornwallFox

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2 hours ago, Guest said:

I think they probably should have just edited that bit of the broadcast and I don't really see what the benefits are of it not having been cut. Must have been a pretty awful experience for all three of Jordan, Lindo and Davidson.

Most sensible post. Nothing to add to this.

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FoyleFox

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21 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

I hope Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor gets what he deserves. However, on this occasion, isn't every penny the royals get funded by the tax payer in anycase?

I speak, as someone who is not anti-monarchy . 

No, they receive a Sovereign Grant, which is tax payer funded for official duties and the upkeep of official residences. The rest is from private wealth or investments and Duchy estate income i.e The Prince of Wales runs the Duchy of Cornwall. 

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Trav Le Bleu

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12 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Sign of the times..

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3gqr7p0lqo

 

Oh yeah!

In Bath, a skinny man ate a chocolate bar with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a Kit-kat and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on cocoa and totin' a double choc magnum
 
… Time
 
Times
… Leicester fan Annie ripped off the wrapping of a Twirl and ate everything inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody diets
A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it Mars
And yet we're sending people to Bournville
In September, my cousin tried Snickers for the very first time
Now he's doing Flake, it's April unh
… Times
 
 
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Bellend Sebastian

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29 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:
Oh yeah!

In Bath, a skinny man ate a chocolate bar with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a Kit-kat and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on cocoa and totin' a double choc magnum
 
… Time
 
Times
… Leicester fan Annie ripped off the wrapping of a Twirl and ate everything inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody diets
A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it Mars
And yet we're sending people to Bournville
In September, my cousin tried Snickers for the very first time
Now he's doing Flake, it's April unh
… Times
 
 

Underrated post, this

MaidstoneFox

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2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:
Oh yeah!

In Bath, a skinny man ate a chocolate bar with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a Kit-kat and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on cocoa and totin' a double choc magnum
 
… Time
 
Times
… Leicester fan Annie ripped off the wrapping of a Twirl and ate everything inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody diets
A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it Mars
And yet we're sending people to Bournville
In September, my cousin tried Snickers for the very first time
Now he's doing Flake, it's April unh
… Times
 
 

You're wasted on here!

Md9

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1 hour ago, Zear0 said:

Looking forward to seeing a calm and rationale speech from Trump later... 

sure it will be sometime along the lines of bidens fault , Canada 51st state , we need Greenland, someone else is getting a big tariff and he doesn’t know or ever been anywhere near Epstein then just a load of mumbling about stuff no one understands 

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Izzy

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7 hours ago, Zear0 said:

Looking forward to seeing a calm and rationale speech from Trump later... 

They were hanging on his every word

 

Hank Johnson and Tom Suozzi 'caught sleeping' during Trump's SOTU speech; 'Way past their bedtime' | Hindustan Times

 

 

 

 

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