why do we allow these brainless twits air time

[SCHUMI]

i like big brother.i like the twists and turns. i like some of the celebs. what i don't like is jade goody. you cannot say she isn't racist she has been. she claimed shilpa was a liar the other nite however ten minutes after that attack she claimed she had never been violent towards anyone in her life.funny is there not a pensioner waiting to sue her after she allegedly assaulted her in a cinema?? she claims not to be racist but yet she sat and asked jermaine if he was black and why michael wasn't as black as him. she also referred to india as neverland and her sort on several occasions. she had no need to tell shilpa she called her a popodum she did that to get a rise out of shilpa and try and turn it around.the public now must turn their backs on miss goody or we'll be seen in the same light as her.she has made her money now she can take her leave.and as for the rest of these silly brainless girls i.e nicki from last years show why are they getting airtime for being stupid? this is why we are a laughing stock of europe. what next?? jodie marsh to be prime minister? great britain?? try thick britain.

[Mattk]

Havent read all of your post but you say you like big brother but not jade goody.well,im afraid to tell you that you and people like you made her what she is.i cant stand the woman.never have done and never will do but its the big brother viewers who gave her fame and fortune.

[ummmm]

I wonder how many times I have been called a thick Paddy in my life.....

Is that racist? I don't think so...

Petty, immature silly little girls....That's all

[SCHUMI]

i do like b b but i am not what made her.I never watched her the first time she was on I have never watched any of her shows I haven't bought any of her products so how can you say I made her?? I have no interest in giving her anything I think it is sad that a nobody like myself has made a fortune from being thick and the majority of the public think that is alright. as for ummmm comment on being a "thick paddy" my husband is half Irish and I think that is offensive and degrading to the Irish.I'm Scottish and being called a drunken jock is offensive to me however I know that my small opinion doesn't make much of a difference but for someone of Miss Goodys stature her opinion is beyond national news.

[ummmm]

It's just life, it's just words......I don't find it offensive. Same as I don't find Irish jokes offensive. But may be that's because I am white

[Sonak]

Schumi I completely agree with everything you have said. Jade Goody chose racist language which should not be accepted or tolerated!!! The argument between Jade and Shilpa was a heated one, but to bring racism into it just shows what she really thinks! BB shows have always had twists and turns as mentioned before, but for it to come to this by someones comments is really unacceptable and shameful to watch.

[notfrom-fiji]

such a fix i couldn't get through to vote shipla out... wouldn't mind if it was a fair game but media decides who wins that programme and as your not allowed free thinking or speech and if you don't agree with majority your apparently wrong.
iv never voted on that show and probably wont again.its fake.
they wanted shipla to make a name for herself in the UK so that's what was to happen.
when the headlines are about big brother before REAL stories of suffering/heroes/health issues making sure that society is moulded into exactly what the government/media/producers want it to be which is mindless puppets .

Racism is a terrible crime and to be labeled a racist when you are not is terrible.
jermaine jackson called Jakie "white trash!" not media coverage there though.
pathetic

[notfrom-fiji]

i agree with ummmmm im also Irish and there's endless jokes and apparently were all backwards with little leprechauns at home picking lucky shamrock.....

[frankief]

Re comments about paddys, taffs, jocks,scousers, yorkshiremen, brummies, wurzels & cockney wideboys.
If there is no truth in the joke, people don't laugh! What do you want, a ban on anything, anywhere which could hurt somebodys feelings and invoke the R word. We are losing our sense of humour.

[bird_81]

What about jermaine saying that Jackie was white trash at the beginning. You could turn say that he was being racist. I'm not defending Jade on some of her comments but why wasn't this picked up.

[smiffy65]

you have got it in one frankeif,no humour left in the world, just think of all the comedians long gone black white asian irish welsh scottish yes they made jokes about themselves and laughed at other comedians making jokes about them. but there is one thing I would like to say about the Jade Shilpa episode, if it had been the other way round and it was shilpa who started it(well she did really)would anybody have bothered to complain I dont think so,racist is one sided in this country they can say anything about us call us white trash or anything else and nothing is said,but if it is the other way round then god help us. may I add that I am not racist in any way,and I certainly do not condone bullying, but I think Jade was handpicked for this and was used by big brother for viewing figures, I for one hopes she survives this

[fotografics]

There seems to be an attitude that if the racism directed at you is humorous and you don't like it, then you lack a sense of humour.
As a Brit living in Germany I can tell you that the comments wear thin after a while. I'm fed up with "jokes" about English food, Bomber Harris, Football Hooligans and drunken Yobs. It aint funny any more and yet, if you say anything, you're told that "it's just meant as a joke."
It's easier to pretend to find it funny, than to object.

As a white Englishman, I didn't understand how draining, how annoying and how hurtful "small" racist comments could be. It's changed my attitude and shown me that NO racism, no matter how small, no matter how petty, should be tolerated.