[WTF] Complaints over disabled TV presenter - Page 3

¡Punk! · 24th February 2009, 12:45am

No right hand. She must be a lefty!

**djtoast** · 24th February 2009, 12:55am

there's, like, disabled people all over the joint, not just on telly.

do these parents keep their children locked in a cupboard most of the time, and blindfold them when they do have to go out? cos there's disabled people on the streets, in supermarkets... everywhere. HOW WILL OUR YOUNGSTERS COPE?!

¡Punk! · 24th February 2009, 1:05am

She's not disabled if she'd get it.

Exit_W0unds · 24th February 2009, 1:09am

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Originally Posted by djtoast

there's, like, disabled people all over the joint, not just on telly.

do these parents keep their children locked in a cupboard most of the time, and blindfold them when they do have to go out? cos there's disabled people on the streets, in supermarkets... everywhere. HOW WILL OUR YOUNGSTERS COPE?!

First time I ever saw a person with downs was when I moved to clydebank at sixteen. That was a bit of a shock, so was watching the guy eat an icecream.

Quiz Bhoy · 24th February 2009, 1:10am

The parents that complained are fucking idiots. Why should the fact that this lassie (who is quite hot) has only part of 1 arm cause controversy? Would they complain about that dude who had his face reconstructed after the Falklands war? What about the lassie that had the deformed hand in Coronation Street? Stupid fucking bastards......

¡Punk! · 24th February 2009, 1:40am

Simon Weston freaks me out

Quiz Bhoy · 24th February 2009, 3:00am

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Originally Posted by ¡Punk!

Simon Weston freaks me out

but would you write in and complain to the BBC if he was on the telly, him being a Falklands hero and all that?

I doubt it and if kids were watching it, if you were a parent (perish the thought

) you would probably try to explain to them what made him appear "different" thus educating them a bit.

¡Punk! · 24th February 2009, 3:05am

Just because yer boat gets hit and the chip pan falls on you does not a hero make.

I think it's the moustache. I just can't get my head round him having a moustache.

He does seem a very decent fellow however.

Lynnie · 24th February 2009, 4:03am

I have a child who watches cbeebies. Seen this woman the other day, and it actually took me a few minutes to realise she only had one arm. Wasn't like she was waving her stump at the camera.
cbeebies have loads of disabled people in their programmes. Can't remember what the programme is but its presented by the guy who does all the sign language things. There are children with all different disabilaties on it, and it is good for the children to be aware of people who are not the same as them as it helps them accept it when they see it in the real world.
so if these people who complained seen a woman with one arm walking down the street would they write a letter to the council saying how dare they let people with one arm use streets that 'normal' people use?

i went to a soft play centre where there was a mentally handicapped boy who was about 11 there. Another mum actually went over to the father and told him that he shouldn't bring his child there as it was for normal children. Seriously, what chance do the kids have with parents like that?

¡Punk! · 24th February 2009, 5:06am

Oh I woulda belted that cunt right there and then if I was present. I woulda picked up his own child and used him as a chib.

erithromycin · 24th February 2009, 5:58am

The tabloids will attack the BBC at every opportunity because they either have owners who resent the fact that the BBC is State-supported or they are haemorraghing money as more and more people get their news online from sites like BBC News so view them as direct competitors. Add to that the fact that attack is always more popular than defence, that people these days are capable of tremendous outrage over the pettiest of things because it serves as a displacement activity from the fact that their circumstances are rubbish and their own beliefs mean that they would have to accept that it's their own fault and it's hardly surprising. Disappointing, upsetting, and outrageous, yes, but not surprising.

Syxx · 24th February 2009, 3:46pm

That's a whole lot of words to say nothing at all.

jenandherlaptop · 24th February 2009, 4:06pm

I've no problems with the fact she is disabled, Jack hasn't even noticed it. But he's not as interested in the presenters as he was the last, he used to sit and laugh at them, now he just shouts at me he doesn't like them because they're not happy.
And after watching it, I have noticed that the last presenters were alot more up beat and in your face with happiness. These new ones just dont cut it for me

Rio Ohki · 24th February 2009, 5:12pm

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Originally Posted by ¡Punk!

Oh I woulda belted that ---- right there and then if I was present. I woulda picked up his own child and used him as a chib.

Agreed, about as much as it's possible for me to do so without forgetting to breathe. I'd have hung that bitch from the Ceiling of the Play Area so all the other kids could use her as a fucking Pinata.

Westy · 24th February 2009, 5:34pm

Its not if she's drooling from the mouth, banging buttons on a puggy machine I'm using but have just went to sit my pint down, I've came back and she's wasted about £1 of my fuckin' cash. Get tae!

But aye, gawn yersel hen.