Are some people for real??

[squarebear]

Media Watchdogs are having to investigate the Derren Brown Show where he apparently tied a member of the public up in a strait jacket on a railway line and tricked them into thinking a train was coming after receiving complaints from the public!!!
http://news.uk.msn.co...-documentid=154682834

You've got to be kidding me. It was only a trick. I saw Paul Daniels saw a woman in half but I didn't ring in asking about the woman's wellbeing! Some people are stupid beyond belief.

[ummmm]

Are you surprised by this? I'm not...My Mum complained about this advert...!!!

http://www.youtube.co...JGqYo&feature=related

[squarebear]

No disrespect to your mum but some people really need to sort out reality from fiction.

I would love to work in the complaints department and would take great pleasure in making fun of the people that complain about these things. I probably wouldn't last long but it would be a great few days!

[DrFilth]

that will teach her to leave the crunchy nuts in the trolly

[jake-the-peg]

I don't think that's the point - I don't think they thought it was real

A lot of suicides in this country come from people throwing themselves in front of trains.

If you were the mother of father of someone who had killed themselves like this I think you might have found it very distressing.

Having said that I don't agree - you can't insullate everybody people kill themselves with drug overdoses and you can't ban ads for pain-killers on that basis.

Typically lazy misleading journalism though - we aren't told how many complaints there were - could have been 2 - but it makes a few column inches and winds up the public in a "what's the world coming to" sort of way

[squarebear]

"If you were the mother of father of someone who had killed themselves like this I think you might have found it very distressing. "

Yes and I would have turned the TV off or switched channels. Why force my opinions on what should be on TV on to others?

11 complaints apparently.

[squarebear]

"and winds up the public in a "what's the world coming to" sort of way "

Yes, that's what it did to me jake :-)

[jake-the-peg]

//Why force my opinions of what should be on TV on others//

Come on get real - are you telling me they could but anything on TV and you'd never complain?

[ludwig]

It depends. If the person really thought they were in danger, then that's a bit like torture, whether they actually were in danger or not - or am I missing something?

[squarebear]

Yep, I have an off button on mine.

I didn't particularly like the "live autopsy" programmes but it would never cross my mind to complain about it, as I'm sure some people must like that sort of thing. I simply chose not to watch it.

[ummmm]

My Mum is a bit odd I must admit.

[naomi24]

With all due respect, ummmm, having heard a bit about your mum, why doesn't that surprise me. :o)

Jake, if we tried to pussyfoot around everyone's feelings, we'd never do anything. Everything upsets someone.

[ummmm]

Let's just hope she has enough money for her care home :-)

[naomi24]

Haaa!

[ummmm]

I'm only joking...my sister can have her..

[jake-the-peg]

That's right Naomi

Did you miss the bit where I said:

//Having said that I don't agree - you can't insullate everybody people kill themselves with drug overdoses and you can't ban ads for pain-killers on that basis. //

The point is that there is a general vague consensus of what is and is not acceptable on TV

I'm not sure that I believe SB could never be offended by anything on TV - but if that's the case he's in a small minority.

You'll always get borderline cases and thats why the complaints comission are there. Now I didn't see the program but I'm also willing to bet that if had been a pony tied to the track or a bag of kittens there would be more than 11 complaints.

And I suspect SB wouldn't be deriding their stupidity for complaining either.

We're funny about animals over here I find

[RATTER15]

I hate this sort of thing be discussed like this, I'm going to see if I can have all threads regarding, death, near death, attempted suicide, murder, attempted murder, illness resulting in death, illness resulting in near death etc. etc..........................BANNED

[ludwig]

Seriously, can someone explain because It's not clear from the article or what anyone's said whether or not the person actually believed they were in danger.

[jno]

you might enjoy the comments here

http://www.guardian.c...n-brown-railway-stunt

[joggerjayne]

"If you were the mother of father of someone who had killed themselves [under a train] I think you might have found it very distressing. "

But by the same reasoning ...

If your child had been killed by a speeding driver, you'd complain about Formula1.

If you were a victim of crime, you'd complain about The Bill.

If your spouse had dies of an illness, you'd complain about the graphic natue of hospital dramas.

Etc, etc ...

Some viewers seem unable to separate entertainment from reality.

I just wonder - should the rest of the population have to reduce its intellectual threshold, just to accommodate the needs of people who insist on watching programmes that they can't intellectually cope with ?

[ELVIS68]

I`m more shocked that 11 people actually watch the show