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Old 25-09-2016, 21:40
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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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Old 25-09-2016, 21:44
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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
Interesting, but where is the context! Who is the other guy?
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Old 25-09-2016, 21:48
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Interesting, but where is the context! Who is the other guy?
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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Old 25-09-2016, 21:58
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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
If Bill Roache said what Marc Anwar said today he would have been suspended and the given a final warning
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Old 25-09-2016, 22:03
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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
But Karma came and bit him hard.... When he ended up in the dock being falsely accused
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Old 25-09-2016, 22:04
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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
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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Old 25-09-2016, 22:55
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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.
Felt a bit differently I'll bet, on his daily attendance at Court. I've always found the ( no-good) actor creepy, personally.
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Old 25-09-2016, 22:57
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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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Old 25-09-2016, 23:00
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Because Roache is King of the Soaps.
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Old 26-09-2016, 08:56
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Because Roache is King of the Soaps.
Because nothing he said is against the law, even if they were wrong. Racist/religious/homophobic comments are.
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Old 26-09-2016, 09:04
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Because nothing he said is against the law, even if they were wrong. Racist/religious/homophobic comments are.
Karma soon followed
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Old 26-09-2016, 10:31
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One word:

TWITTER

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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Old 26-09-2016, 11:11
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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.
He must have had someone else's tongue in his cheek when he made thar statement. This is why higher education has to be encouraged, it gives you the ability to talk out of both sides of your mouth, even with someone else's tongue in your cheek. Current affairs to Ken means that slapper on the barge or Audhree so he might have misunderstood what the interview was about and was confused. He has since said that it was 1867 when he made those remarks but now that it's 1878 these remarks are unacceptable.
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Old 26-09-2016, 11:14
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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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Old 26-09-2016, 11:16
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Because nothing he said is against the law, even if they were wrong. Racist/religious/homophobic comments are.
Exactly. But everyone on here will just ignore that.
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Old 26-09-2016, 11:34
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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.
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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Old 26-09-2016, 11:47
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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 thought his comments about Anne were thoroughly vile. If a friend and colleague has just passed away after a brave battle with cancer, why on earth would you make unpleasant accusations about them that will tarnish their good name? The man is just odd.

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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Old 26-09-2016, 12:26
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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 agree. What he said about Anne was horrible, as for his comments about sexual abuse victims idk how anyone can hold such disgusting views.

I guess Corrie see as some sort of icon, so they are more lenient on him.
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Old 26-09-2016, 12:39
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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?
He was rapping about raping women
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Old 26-09-2016, 12:43
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One word:

TWITTER

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"
Except judge and jury this time was the mirror who screen grabbed it and sent it to itv to deal with before there was a twitter outcry.

In fact most twitter outcrys are engineered by the papers
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Old 26-09-2016, 13:21
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He was rapping about raping women
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.

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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Old 26-09-2016, 13:29
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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.
He was in the dock not so long after and gone for a year. surely that would have taken the light off things
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Old 26-09-2016, 14:05
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Because nothing he said is against the law, even if they were wrong. Racist/religious/homophobic comments are.
^^^ 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.
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Old 26-09-2016, 15:02
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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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Old 26-09-2016, 15:06
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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.
Did Rita get a caution for drink driving too? she should have been out on her ass for that. Drink driving can kill people. If an example ever should have been made that was it.
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