From dictionary.com:

fight
v. fought, (fôt) fight·ing, fights
v. intr.

1
a)To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
b)Sports. To engage in boxing or wrestling.

2
To engage in a quarrel; argue: They are always fighting about money.

3
To strive vigorously and resolutely: fought against graft; fighting for her rights.

So to call it a fight is exactly what it was. Yes I had the choice not to view, & in many parts I did look away.

As for it being reality - as Ive already said it was a manufactured situation.

But as that night has been talked about enough, I think best to leave it at that. We clearly have different views on the matter. And its good to hear other opinions. But is side-tracking from the treatment of Michelle.

In American english, yes. Not in UK english (dictionary.com is a US site)

Its a good point that it would not of looked good so many ppl getting the boot. But still dont seem right Emma was the only one that did. But its done now.

I think the reason might of been the lack of entertainment yesterday following the silent protest. Just another act by the producers to keep the audience interested. The producers clearly just make up the rules as they go along now

One of the main rules has always been "Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any point"


Endemol were concerned about saving their show with the least upheaval, not what was fair on the contestants, I'm afraid.

In the Concise Oxford English Dictionary it states :

a conflict or struggle; a vigourous effort in the face of difficulty.

So in English it is!!

Whilst that could just be drawn to mean an argument, the context of that is more "fight to survice/fight for air", not to "have a fight".

But I supposed we should just learn to accept Americanization of the language, y'all

Im well aware of the rules - but I feel they are making a mockery of themselves by changing the rules for certain HMs. I can appreciate you dont agree.

And removing Emma to save the show - er I dont think so. I personally think it was favouritism. But again thats just my take on the events.

Or you could just check your ENGLISH dictionary like I did. Not American!

Lets leave it that you dont think it was a fight - and I do. Its all good to discuss different points of view and theories on the house & the HMs - wouldnt you agree?

Mmm possibly not - lol

It's what I'm here for. Best not fight about it.














Damn.




(I have an English degree, and am a spectacular pedant with these things - sorry )

Your not the only one

double post

Good grammar. Well done :|

or even "you are"

Ummm... err... That was deliberate, yeah?

Ha Ha Ha

And I thought this was a BB forum, not an English lesson

Good point. I'd best check who started this by seeing who brought dictionary entries into it.

Oh.

If you look a bit further back you will find the person defining what a fight was.

Anyway I'd prefer to talk about BB. So if you dont - maybe you should go elsewhere.

intresting use of the word... "becoming" !

No need to get like that just because it drifted off topic.

Anyway, back to topic:

As I've said elsewhere, surely the principle of "Big Brother", be it Orwell's or Endemol's, is that it is arbitrary and unfair. The mission statement at the start of this season was of "evil" intent. An uneven hand on such things is great way to maintain that, and also to create dissent between contestants.

It should be noted that the contestants who have been "picked on" (Michelle, Stu) seem to be flourishing in the game, and in the public mind, so it's not as if it's harming them in the long run.

yes im annoyed about this too-michelle does one thing and gets a final warning

j and v discuss nominations were heavily involved in fight night yet they still havent had a final warning

favourtism bb?

I think Michelle got such a severe warning because of the act of trying to set fire to the diary room camera which she took outside, put straw around the bottom of it, then got the matches out before BB called them all to the sofa.

BB have to show responsibility towards the public & Michelle's actions were potentionally dangerous.

Good point Histeria. In the "original" the hero broke the rules. The whole book is about breaking the rules. All the people who just accepted the status quo were ridiculed. For a while Winston Smith got away with it. He was the light of hope in the world.

There are a lot of drones on here calling for "rules" to be enforced. The Anti-sex Police of our time (or whatever they were called). The whole point of Big Brother surely is to set yourself apart from the rest for as long as you can. The heroes will always get caught. Drones will always win (Cameron, Lawlor etc.).

And (read Tickle's column to see how it has happened to him!) when our heroes reach Room 101 they will be ruthlessly rehabilitated.

They will love Big Brother! They will love Endemol!

They will conform in the end.

what favoritisim???????