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Old 10-03-2011, 23:46
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FFS! when will some people get a clue. why do people actually take time out of there day to complain about this??
are they mentally disturbed?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3...e-selfish.html
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Old 11-03-2011, 00:17
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they are dinosours, and all dinosours must die out eventually.
as the years go by these types of complaints will become less and less frequent, until they are practically non existant!
only if the tv shows dont pander to them though, they should be completely ignored!! its the only way to move forward as a society...
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Old 11-03-2011, 00:35
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To be fair, the majority of people complaining about that are probably from an older generation where education about sexuality wasn't as prominent as it is now. Thankfully it's a very outdated view and will gradually die out... slowly but surely. The show never even had a gay character until 2004 and it took a further 6 years for a lesbian storyline!
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Old 11-03-2011, 00:35
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It's mostly conservative parents and small minded people who still think gay is wrong and don't want too see the level of intimacy on screen portrayed.
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Old 11-03-2011, 00:41
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How can anyone complain about two gorgeous lesbians like Soph and Sian?!
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Old 11-03-2011, 00:44
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It's mostly conservative parents and small minded people who still think gay is wrong and don't want too see the level of intimacy on screen portrayed.
Possibly, but it's infinitely more small minded not to allow room for opinions which differ from your own.

Tis a pretty big planet after all.
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Old 11-03-2011, 00:48
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Not mentally disturbed, just backward. Whenever there's any type of social change, be it feminism, racial equality or acceptance of homosexuality, there will always be those who dig their heels in the sand and refuse to move with the times. When I was a child in the 80s I had no idea that homosexuality even existed. There was little about it on television and a lesbian friend of my family felt I was too young to know about her sexuality. Nowadays, you would be hard pressed to find a child in my community who didn't know the meaning of the words gay and lesbian. Whenever social change is quick, as the widespread acceptance of homosexuality has been, people will stubbornly cling to their old ideas. Some people find change harder to accept than others and need more time to come around. Others just can't handle the thought that they may have been wrong all these years so they decide that they aren't and the world's gone crazy and frequently declare that society is just too permissive these days.
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Old 11-03-2011, 01:09
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How can anyone complain about two gorgeous lesbians like Soph and Sian?!
Two guys I can understand but two lesbians!
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Old 11-03-2011, 01:50
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Quite pathetic really that people complained.
I have a right to complain about thing's that wouldn't be upsetting anyone by me complaining, such as the cafe changing as that ruins my enjoyment of the show.
But I don't see how a gay couple is anything new now-a-days?
If someone complained about me kissing one of my ex gf's, i'd do it all the more.
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Old 11-03-2011, 01:55
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If someone complained about me kissing one of my ex gf's, i'd do it all the more.
Phwoooooar!!
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Old 11-03-2011, 01:59
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I knew you'd be on that comment like flies around....
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Old 11-03-2011, 02:01
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It's probably people from the older generation
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Old 11-03-2011, 02:12
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Quite pathetic really that people complained.
I have a right to complain about thing's that wouldn't be upsetting anyone by me complaining, such as the cafe changing as that ruins my enjoyment of the show.
But I don't see how a gay couple is anything new now-a-days?
If someone complained about me kissing one of my ex gf's, i'd do it all the more.
Show us the proof.
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Old 11-03-2011, 02:13
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Show us the proof.
Oh dear...
I don't have a gf currently.
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Old 11-03-2011, 02:14
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Two guys I can understand but two lesbians!
Why is it worse to see gay men than women?

Personally I think it's a shame that people complain about homosexual storylines. They're not offensive, or wrong; just a portrayal of real life. If anything, the fact that people are complaining like it's something out of the norm just shows the need for gay/lesbian couples to be shown on a more regular basis, until the bigots accept that it's just a way of life.
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Old 11-03-2011, 02:17
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People who complain about a TV show to the point they need to make it formal probably need to get laid....

... Just puttin' that out there!
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Old 11-03-2011, 06:46
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FFS! when will some people get a clue. why do people actually take time out of there day to complain about this??
are they mentally disturbed?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3...e-selfish.html
I had to click on the link as I didn`t know what you were talking about. I don`t watch Corrie but EE had a lesbian storyline some years ago & no-one complained.
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Old 11-03-2011, 06:54
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Hah, another non story, in Australia same sex stuff in home and away or neighbours caused major outrage.
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Old 11-03-2011, 07:27
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It's probably people from the older generation
Oh that old chestnut again. I don't know what age you're referring to but I'm 57 and can remember those brave people who instigated The Gay Liberation Front (as it was then known) more than 40 years ago, and who I might add, had thousands of straight supporters.
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Old 11-03-2011, 08:07
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Oh that old chestnut again. I don't know what age you're referring to but I'm 57 and can remember those brave people who instigated The Gay Liberation Front (as it was then known) more than 40 years ago, and who I might add, had thousands of straight supporters.
Great response! I can't remember the last time I heard about an OAP beating someone to death because of their sexuality. However, there was a teenage girl sentenced not long ago for doing just that.
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Old 11-03-2011, 08:20
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Oh that old chestnut again. I don't know what age you're referring to but I'm 57 and can remember those brave people who instigated The Gay Liberation Front (as it was then known) more than 40 years ago, and who I might add, had thousands of straight supporters.
Great response! I can't remember the last time I heard about an OAP beating someone to death because of their sexuality. However, there was a teenage girl sentenced not long ago for doing just that.
Rising 56, must keep remembering I'm 'the older generation'.

My only complaint about romance/sex scenes is why do people have to make so much noise when they're kissing? Why can't they do nice little civilized kisses, a la Rock Hudson? Why do they have to open their mouths as wide as a cement mixer?

The gender combination? I don't care. I do get concerned that it's still enough of an issue to be an issue.
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Old 11-03-2011, 08:55
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Great response! I can't remember the last time I heard about an OAP beating someone to death because of their sexuality. However, there was a teenage girl sentenced not long ago for doing just that.
I don't know. They can be lethal with those walking sticks.
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Old 11-03-2011, 10:20
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Possibly, but it's infinitely more small minded not to allow room for opinions which differ from your own.

Tis a pretty big planet after all.
dont be so utterly ridiculous!
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Old 11-03-2011, 10:24
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It's been older people saying Coronation Street shouldn't have this storyline but I just think that's ignorant if I'm honest.

It's a democratic country with freedom of speech so if it's OK to be saying pro gay things freely these days then it should also be OK to say anti gay things too. If you can say one but not the other, then it's not freedom of speech at all.
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Old 11-03-2011, 10:28
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It's a democratic country with freedom of speech so if it's OK to be saying pro gay things freely these days then it should also be OK to say anti gay things too. If you can say one but not the other, then it's not freedom of speech at all.
So racist comments are okay as well then?
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