Originally Posted by wonkeydonkey:
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I can't see why it is such a difficult point for people to grasp. No one is complaining about the idea that anyone may be nominated: they are all grumbling, not just Sam, because they had an honest belief that a 'fair' nomination was based on something that had annoyed someone about the person they are nominating. Since both Jim and Liz have told Sam that they nominated her because they believe her to be invincibly popular, she feels, and everyone else agrees, that BB should not have accepted that nomination. They may be wrong - there is not enough precedent to show whether BB has accepted that kind of nomination in the past. Certainly Dave was allowed to nominate Rachael on just those grounds, but that was in a save and replace.
It really is possible to be a keen BB fan and never to have seen anyone nominated for being popular.”
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I can't see why it is such a difficult point for people to grasp. No one is complaining about the idea that anyone may be nominated: they are all grumbling, not just Sam, because they had an honest belief that a 'fair' nomination was based on something that had annoyed someone about the person they are nominating. Since both Jim and Liz have told Sam that they nominated her because they believe her to be invincibly popular, she feels, and everyone else agrees, that BB should not have accepted that nomination. They may be wrong - there is not enough precedent to show whether BB has accepted that kind of nomination in the past. Certainly Dave was allowed to nominate Rachael on just those grounds, but that was in a save and replace.
It really is possible to be a keen BB fan and never to have seen anyone nominated for being popular.”
I think the problem was more that Liz and Jim either misled when making it sound like they'd nominated her because they thought she was popular and wouldn't go, or else the reasons they gave in the DR were false.
And it is a bit strange that Sam suddenly received two nominations. I wonder if there was some collusion behind it.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure some HMs have claimed in the past that they nominated someone because they thought that person wouldn't go.
