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Old 08-01-2014, 08:27
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If you did it to someone in the street or without knowing if they'd be happy with you doing it, yes it would be rude and offensive.

As the person in question was dressed as an alien for a task in Big Brother, I'm sure they would have known there was a risk of 'audience participation' from individuals of somewhat questionable intelligence, so I'm not entirely sure I can get too worked up about it...
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Old 08-01-2014, 08:31
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I doubt the person in question got offended considering they had already agreed to dress up as a tiny alien.
An actress dresses up as a prostitute for a part. Does that mean she's agreed to let random people on set touch her arse? (outside of specific mentions in a script, I mean, which she'd know about ahead of time)
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Old 08-01-2014, 08:49
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The point is they picked up an ADULT human being and carried him. The fact that the ADULT was small was the ONLY reason they did so.
They did not pick up the average sized (or taller) human being.
It is not ok to pick up ANY adult without their consent...why do some people find this so hard to understand?
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Old 08-01-2014, 08:55
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An actress dresses up as a prostitute for a part. Does that mean she's agreed to let random people on set touch her arse? (outside of specific mentions in a script, I mean, which she'd know about ahead of time)
I don't really think that's the same thing. If Luisa and Jasmine tried to send the person into space, and I said "well I doubt he minded as he agreed to dress up as an alien". Then I could see where you were coming from.

I never said dressing up for the part gave anyone the right to pick them up. My point was that I would find it hard to imagine that the person is sensitive about his or her size if they were happy to dress up as a tiny alien.
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Old 08-01-2014, 09:03
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Can we be sure it wasn't a child in that suit? I thought it was.
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Old 08-01-2014, 09:29
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Can we be sure it wasn't a child in that suit? I thought it was.
It could be. If it is people will start making accusations of paedophilia against Jasmine and Luisa.
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Old 08-01-2014, 09:52
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You won't believe it, but this place used to be *the* place to come to have banter. You could be cheeky and borderline insulting in the way that promotes bonding in that "I'm comfortable enough with you to call you a fat-armed sea-hag" way. And people would get that instead of calling 0800-HATE-CRIMES.
If 'banter' is called a hate crime, it has surely crossed some lines. You would have to give us an example of your 'hate crime' banter and let us judge for ourselves.
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Old 08-01-2014, 10:09
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To the people saying they wouldn't care if they were picked up in the context of that Big Brother task, presumably your not that small, so wouldn't have any sensitivity about being picked up like a child.
But I guess pointing this out makes me devoid of joy and humour.
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Old 08-01-2014, 12:56
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It could be. If it is people will start making accusations of paedophilia against Jasmine and Luisa.
lol thats the truth for sure, i don't know how some of you with huge post counts have managed to stick on this forum for that long, it drives me potty with the PC shite on here.
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Old 08-01-2014, 14:05
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Even though the is in costume, under contract, and embedded in a role, there's still a real person under there. Forgetting that and dismissing it as inherently unimportant is just cold and inhuman.
Or... it's just a joke. Seriously, I very much doubt that guy in the suit minded and knew they were joking around.

In the real world, It might not be acceptable too go around picking people up left right and center. But the BB house isn't the real world and they were taking part in a fun task. I bet they didn't even think about it. It's stupid that this has created such a reaction.

Way too big of a deal out of nothing and too call someone cold and inhuman just because they don't think the guy in the suit minded is ridiculously stuck up IMO. I'm guessing he knew they were joking.
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Old 08-01-2014, 14:07
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To the people saying they wouldn't care if they were picked up in the context of that Big Brother task, presumably your not that small, so wouldn't have any sensitivity about being picked up like a child.
But I guess pointing this out makes me devoid of joy and humour.
Well, I know I wouldn't give a sh*t if someone picked me up, whether it was in a task or in real life. As long as their not trying too harm me, what's the big deal?
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Old 08-01-2014, 14:10
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Well, I know I wouldn't give a sh*t if someone picked me up, whether it was in a task or in real life. As long as their not trying too harm me, what's the big deal?
yeah, I wouldn't mind being picked up by a stranger, maybe even swung around a bit, though if they wanted to hang me from a lamppost and leave me there I would be a bit miffed
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Old 08-01-2014, 14:13
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Watching last night's show my best mate is convinced the Krankies are in those alien costumes
Surely not!
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Old 08-01-2014, 14:45
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Watching last night's show my best mate is convinced the Krankies are in those alien costumes
Surely not!
Urgghh, thats really sinister - no wonder they've put them in those alien costumes, it would have terrified the HM's otherwise!
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Old 08-01-2014, 14:50
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You won't believe it, but this place used to be *the* place to come to have banter. You could be cheeky and borderline insulting in the way that promotes bonding in that "I'm comfortable enough with you to call you a fat-armed sea-hag" way. And people would get that instead of calling 0800-HATE-CRIMES.
When was that? The only way I've seen people bonding by being borderline insulting here is when they were both directing it at someone else.

In any case, the forum used to have many fewer people posting, and so people would more often be dealing with someone they knew fairly well in forum terms, so that they could be comfortable with each other.
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Old 08-01-2014, 18:33
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As Bob Dylan once wrote:

Black people aren't crazy, fat people aren't lazy
And dwarfs aren't babies
You can't just pick 'em up, they got rights
And anyway don't assume you could, they're not light
I learnt the hard way
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Old 08-01-2014, 21:28
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i guess you must never throw a tall alien on the floor either, looks like the whole house is alienists : rolleyes :
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Old 08-01-2014, 21:30
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Maybe it was a child?
I'm betting it is Warwick Davis.
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