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Ant & Dec and The Last Post
Did anybody else think this was really bad taste? Ant played it on a trumpet to mock the contestants feeling sad over Larry's departure.
The Last Post is played on a very sombre occasion on Remembrance Sunday and definitely should not be associated with light entertainment and used in a jokey manner. |
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As soon as he did it I said to OH there would be complaints about that.
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I am not one to be offended by much, but I thought this was plain wrong.
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Didn't offend me personally, but I knew it would some people, so for that reason made me uncomfortable. Unnecessary really. They don't strike me as the type of entertainers who try to be controversial so I think it was just unthinking.
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Not offensive to me but the first few bars would have been enough.
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I would have thought that it was obvious that they would offend some people.
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I thought it was bad taste but didn't say anything as I thought I would be jumped on. As someone who has lost a relative killed in action I felt it was insensitive.
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Said to my partner at the time, absolutely disrespectful and bad taste.
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Unbelievable! What has happened to this country? Offended by that? Unbelievable!
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You do know why the last post is sounded don't you? Hardly appropriate for a silly reality tv show.
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Ant and Dec are just puppets who do what they're told to do unquestioningly. They don't really have minds of their own. Blame their scriptwriters.
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It is played to remember the war dead, not for the eviction of a reality TV contestant. Highly inappropriate.
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I thought at the time that it was insensitive and unnecessary.
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Well they are pricks of first class standing
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I am still shaking my head in disbelief here. All the things going on in the world and THIS is what gets people appalled and disgusted.
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I'm neither appalled nor disgusted. Just thought it might have been wiser not to have bothered.
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I'm not appalled for myself, just I know how sensitive an issue it is, and anybody with half a brain would have realised it could cause offence.
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Some people need to get a bloody grip.
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Some people need to get a bloody grip.
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Jesus they were only having a laugh.
What IS the matter with people these days. They're SO bloody over sensitive and permanently looking for reasons to be offended. Get a sense of humour and grow up. |
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The last post is used to honour the war dead so you obviously don't care about that. I do, having lost someone in combat.
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The last post is used to honour the war dead so you obviously don't care about that. I do, having lost someone in combat.
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The last post is/was also used to signal the end of the day.
A ridiculous thing to get offended over. |
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I would have thought that it was obvious that they would offend some people.
It never even crossed my mind until I started reading this thread and even then I was thinking what IS the OP on about. |
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