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Anton shouldn't have used the word (why not just say Pakistani?) as it is offensive and unacceptable. But as he apologised to Laila, she is said to have accepted his apology and moved on, I think the papers should too...
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Why cares
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i'd sack him for having a name like Anton De Burk!!
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I heard thats not actually his real name Sam. Its the rather more unglamourous Tony Beak
Romero obviously you care, otherwise why post here?
Romero obviously you care, otherwise why post here?
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Becuase I am half drunk and its the net people who get worked up about such shit, well they need to get out more. I heard people being called far worse than this last night, the world never ended.grim_tales wrote:Romero obviously you care, otherwise why post here?
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Yeah, but they weren't celebrities. However, I bet some of the people got upset about it.
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Apparently he didn't(!)"Apart from the dancing he's taught me how to be gracious and he's taught me how to laugh about silly things. We've just had such a great time and I just want it to carry on. It's such a shame that this has happened and I want to move on."
It's a shame people still get so easily offended over EVERYTHING.
I was there, the big BNB blackout of november, 2008. We lost many that day...
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The BBC cannot afford to be anything but completely politically correct. They haven't been in the past and it's got them in super trouble. The public though, it can get a bit silly.
He shouldn't have said it, he's apologised. End of. Carol Thatcher didn't apologise and was fired. As she should've been, she has a responsibility as TV personality to not say such things.
I found the Ausies blacking up as the Jackson 5 more offensive.
He shouldn't have said it, he's apologised. End of. Carol Thatcher didn't apologise and was fired. As she should've been, she has a responsibility as TV personality to not say such things.
I found the Ausies blacking up as the Jackson 5 more offensive.
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That wasn't funny, and Harry Connick Jr. was right to say something. It was in very poor taste and offensive to show them as minstrels.
Also initially I thought Dannii's comments on XF were offensive (certainly irrelevant to his singing IMO!) but maybe she was actually sticking up for Danyl and could have phrased it better (she asked why did he change the gender in the song, which was from Dreamgirls?)
Also initially I thought Dannii's comments on XF were offensive (certainly irrelevant to his singing IMO!) but maybe she was actually sticking up for Danyl and could have phrased it better (she asked why did he change the gender in the song, which was from Dreamgirls?)
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It was in bad taste. It's none of her business.
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True. When I first heard it that was I thought too. Totally irrelevant to the performance (it was irrelevant, what does his sexuality have to do with it?) and none of her business, but thinking about she had a good point. She just phrased it wrong. If Danyl is happy with who he is, why change the gender? Louis and Cheryl were also mean.
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Because most people are obsessed with sex and sexuality.
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Dannii has apologised for her comment, she didnt mean to cause offence it seems and also spoke to Danyl after the show.
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I must admit I burst out laughing at the sheer absurdity of blackface in 2009.bradavon wrote:I found the Ausies blacking up as the Jackson 5 more offensive.
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I love the way it is the white people who get upset over it
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Isn't it obvious? It's white people who feel guilty. I imagine many black people disliked it too though.
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Me neither. Plus I'm not PC. I feel people should just say whatever they like, and accept that not everyone will agree with it.Markgway wrote:I never feel guilt for what other people do.
I was there, the big BNB blackout of november, 2008. We lost many that day...
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I can see why blackface is offensive and totally unacceptable.
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I can see why it would be deemed offensive as well, yet at the same time I hardly care about that kind of trivial dumb shit, nevermind feeling 'guilty' about it when others do it.grim_tales wrote:I can see why blackface is offensive and totally unacceptable.
I don't know. You just shrug your shoulders and worry about the much larger issues.
I was there, the big BNB blackout of november, 2008. We lost many that day...
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Obvious to the stupid people who get offended at everything maybe.bradavon wrote:Isn't it obvious? It's white people who feel guilty. I imagine many black people disliked it too though.