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Originally Posted by rancidbeings:
“They did kinda make the 'selfish' choice, yep. I don't think Frankie wanted to, to be honest - I think it was driven by Rylan because he was so annoyed that Speidi referred to them all as 'weirdos' in the VT.”
He surely did. I really don't like Heidi and Spencer but they have certainly been a bit more multi-dimensional and interesting than the others. His weirdos comment, as he subsequently explained, referred to Paula's toothless picture. How shallow of Rylan to judge someone on their entry VT and not give them a chance at all, eh? Just stick 'em in the basement and start bitching straight away.
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“Would it not be fair to say that side of the argument has also been put forward (funny - you omitted that part), and Speidi fans put their fingers in their ears and do this 'LA LA LA' thing you've mentioned?”
I'm not sure who these Speidi fans you mention are; but just to clarify - again - I'm not a Speidi fan. I can't stand any of those left. I wanted Sam to win or, at a push, Gillian.
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“Rylan, like him or not, has grown up experiencing a lot of prejudice and bullying for a lot of reasons - and I totally understand why hearing Speidi say that made him think 'Blow you then! Go to the basement!'.”
Well that's the difference between you and I. I like to give people a chance - particularly people I haven't even met - before entering the bitching Olympics and using them as my punching bag.
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“And he made no bones about why he was doing it. Would I have done it - probably not. But I totally see why he did, and can't see any reason to hold it against him. I mean let's face it - the basement itsn't *actually* a damp, rat-infested, real basement - it's a TV set Speidi opted to be in just a few days later with just a flag and popcorn embellishment
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And here come the rolleyes. I don't continue discussions with people who resort to the

It doesn't constitute an argument.
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“I imagine if your 11 year old was posed with the' tit-for-tat who started it' problem, they would probably identify that Speidi did throw the first stone with their weirdo comment 
Are you going to 'LA LA LA' in response to that?”
I'm not going to la, la, la at all; I'm going to tell you what I've always told my daughter. Form your own opinions about people; meet them yourself and go with your gut instinct.
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“To be honest for me personally, that's all a non-issue when it comes to the bigger picture. Though that's how it happened and could be seen as a trigger, it never meant that Rylan or Speidi were immediately cast irrevocably as the goody or baddy - it's the behaviours that have followed and persisted that formed and continue to reinforce people's opinions.”
The script is so blindingly transparent that it's made me switch off for only the second time since the programme began.