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How come Bill Roache can get away with saying the things he says.. |
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How come Bill Roache can get away with saying the things he says..
But would never get sacked the way the other guy has been. Both have made disgusting comments yet only one of them sacked. Bill Roache can literally say anything he wants
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But would never get sacked the way the other guy has been. Both have made disgusting comments yet only one of them sacked. Bill Roache can literally say anything he wants
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Interesting, but where is the context! Who is the other guy?
Out of interest what did Bill say |
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But would never get sacked the way the other guy has been. Both have made disgusting comments yet only one of them sacked. Bill Roache can literally say anything he wants
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But would never get sacked the way the other guy has been. Both have made disgusting comments yet only one of them sacked. Bill Roache can literally say anything he wants
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Earlier today, Marc Anwar (Sharif Nazir) was sacked for posting some horrendously racist comments on twitter
Out of interest what did Bill say |
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In an interview with a New Zealand current affairs show a couple of years ago he said that sex abuse victims bring it upon themselves and that the perpetrators should be forgiven.
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Yes what Roache said about sex abuse victims was absolutely disgraceful. Def. some double standards going on.
Also, while not a sackable offence, I found his recent comments about Anne Kirkbride being an alcoholic who held up filming distasteful. Odious man. |
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Because Roache is King of the Soaps.
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Because Roache is King of the Soaps.
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Because nothing he said is against the law, even if they were wrong. Racist/religious/homophobic comments are.
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That is the judge, jury and executioner these days. The people decide and whatever Twitter makes a big deal of that's who gets into trouble, loses their job and in some cases get arrested. We have given the power to Twitter idiots to decide people's lives and livelihoods. So much for justice! Of course the actor who plays Pakistani Shariff will be more unpopular than the loveable British soap legend "Ken Barlow" |
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In an interview with a New Zealand current affairs show a couple of years ago he said that sex abuse victims bring it upon themselves and that the perpetrators should be forgiven.
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I think they are reducing Ken's scenes, because the whole Freddie Vs Ken thing didn't really happen did it? Now he gets the occasional comment. Maybe his age is starting to take it's toll on his ability to remember lines etc.
Now unless they are giving him a bit of a break before Peter comes back. Be interesting to see when Peter returns, how much air-time Ken will get. |
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Because nothing he said is against the law, even if they were wrong. Racist/religious/homophobic comments are.
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Yes what Roache said about sex abuse victims was absolutely disgraceful. Def. some double standards going on.
Also, while not a sackable offence, I found his recent comments about Anne Kirkbride being an alcoholic who held up filming distasteful. Odious man. Glenn Hoddle was sacked as England manager for making distasteful comments about disabled people being punished for sins in a former life. As for the breaking the law argument; did Chris Fountain break the law or did he just do/say something offensive/distasteful? |
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Yes what Roache said about sex abuse victims was absolutely disgraceful. Def. some double standards going on.
Also, while not a sackable offence, I found his recent comments about Anne Kirkbride being an alcoholic who held up filming distasteful. Odious man. And the comments on sex abuse victims were even worse, how could anybody even think like that, let alone air those views in public? |
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Yes what Roache said about sex abuse victims was absolutely disgraceful. Def. some double standards going on.
Also, while not a sackable offence, I found his recent comments about Anne Kirkbride being an alcoholic who held up filming distasteful. Odious man. I guess Corrie see as some sort of icon, so they are more lenient on him. |
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Both of these comments from Roache are vile.
Glenn Hoddle was sacked as England manager for making distasteful comments about disabled people being punished for sins in a former life. As for the breaking the law argument; did Chris Fountain break the law or did he just do/say something offensive/distasteful? |
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That is the judge, jury and executioner these days. The people decide and whatever Twitter makes a big deal of that's who gets into trouble, loses their job and in some cases get arrested. We have given the power to Twitter idiots to decide people's lives and livelihoods. So much for justice! Of course the actor who plays Pakistani Shariff will be more unpopular than the loveable British soap legend "Ken Barlow" In fact most twitter outcrys are engineered by the papers |
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He was rapping about raping women
Fountain was sacked Roache wasn't. Roache needs to keep his views to himself instead of boasting about sleeping with 1000 women and bitching about his colleague Anne Kirkbride only a few months after her death. |
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I know and this is a topic from rapping culture. It doesn't making it excusable or acceptable though. It's vile. Bill Roache said that victims of sexual abuse bring it upon themselves and that people should forgive the perpetrators of child sex crimes. It's still arguable that Chris Fountain's rapping and William Roache's comments are equally disgusting.
Fountain was sacked Roache wasn't. |
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Because nothing he said is against the law, even if they were wrong. Racist/religious/homophobic comments are.
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^^^ This. Bill Roache is a buffoon with no filter on his mouth, who I don't think actually understands that his ideas are offensive. However, regardless of how offensive his opinions may be, they aren't actually against the law. The other guy's racist comments were against the law, hence him being fired and Bill Roache still being there.
I know that racist comments are against the law. Therefore, Corrie had a good case and sacked him. However, this thread is about William Roache's comments. My point was about his remark about victims of sex attacks deserving it. When Glenn Hoddle made offensive remarks about disabled people he was sacked from his job as England manager. When Chris Fountain rapped bout raping women he was sacked from Corrie. Did Chris Fountain break the law? Did Glenn Hoddle break the law? Or was it just the offensive nature of their words which got them sacked? If it was the latter, then Roache should also have been sacked. |
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I know that racist comments are against the law. Therefore, Corrie had a good case and sacked him.
However, this thread is about William Roache's comments about victims of sex attacks deserving it. When Glenn Hoddle made offensive remarks about disabled people he was sacked from his job as England manager. When Chris Fountain rapped bout raping women he was sacked from Corrie. Did Chris Fountain break the law? Did Glenn Hoddle break the law? Or was it just the offensive nature of their words which got them sacked? If it was the latter, then Roache should also have been sacked. |
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