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I seriously hope you are joking Paul, because that is one of the most stupid posts I have EVER seen.

ITA!

Personally I think this is the funniest bit -



Why on earth would they be offended?!?!

DEAL OR NO DEAL EPISODE WEDNESDAY 19TH APRIL 2006

At precisely 4:22pm and sixteen seconds into this episode, the host Noel Edmonds was heard to emit a loud noise of "AAAAOOOOOOUUUUUUU" and tell the playing contestant, Linda, that she was 'dim'.

I find this massively offensive to all the real dim people out there who are unable to find jobs because they are dim, and in fact the woman in question was, in her own words, "far from dim".

I will tomorrow be protesting outside the dream factory with massive placards featuring Linda's face and the words "She's far from dim" next to it.

Paul, are you looking for attention or are you inherently stupid? Get a life. No, seriously. Get a life. It was all a bit of fun. Brian acts like that all of the time on the show. If a player didn't want to participate in the ceremony then they had every right to refuse. Other players have spoken in a different language before to announce the break link IIRC.

What you are saying is actually racist. She can speak how she wants, when she wants and you have no right to say otherwise. I find how the daleks speak in Doctor Who offensive because it takes the mickey out of Stephen Hawking. I also find the fact that people perceive the Irish to be stupid when they aren't offensive because I am Irish myself. I find the fact that you are being racist on this forum offensive too!

For god's sake Paul, I agree with Greeny, I SERIOUSLY hope that you are joking. If members of the British Public are offended by a woman speaking Indian on TV then they are seriously sad. Does that mean that they are offended when Mariette used to say 'Bonne Chance' to people. I think not!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

You make me so angry you................................ I'll stop now before I say something that I will REALLY regret


EDIT: The dalek thing isn't serious by the way. Hawking copied them after all!

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I don't quite get what your point is BD.

It's nearly as bad as the original post to be honest.

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The original "complaint" is almost too bizarre to justify a response... but I can't understand why anyone would take offence.

Contestants are encouraged to personalise their game. "It's your show", as Noel says. We've had a very large number of contestants who were from ethnic minorities or were born outside Britain. Why not bring your own culture into the show, if it's something you strongly identify with? We've had people speak in different languages before. Would anyone really have been offended by Giorgio speaking Italian for example? And surely anyone watching could see the bit involving Brian was a joke between him and Noel.

I got to agree with Paul on this one, although not about the greetings before the commercial break which was fine. But the dot on the forehead goes beyond race, culture, and "good luck". It represents a vital component of Hinduism so is blatant promotion of a religious faith: it is the "third eye" in Hinduism which to quote wikipedia "is the ajna chakra (sixth chakra) also known as brow chakra or brow centre This is commonly denoted in Indian and East Asian iconography with a dot, eye or mark on the forehead of deities or enlightened beings, such as Shiva (God of Destruction), the Buddha, or any number of yogis, sages and bodhisattvas. This symbol is called the "Third Eye" or "Eye of Wisdom", or, in Buddhism, the urna. In Hinduism, it is believed that the opening of Shiva's third eye causes the eventual destruction of the universe."

Just imagine if a contestant promoted their faith by giving a copy of the Koran to each of their fellow contestants during the show, or a mini-Buddha doll, or marked their foreheads with the sign of the cross in red. I think that would offend a few people wouldn't it!? And it wouldn't really be any different.

Well £31,000 Jo had a Buddha. Does that mean she was promoting a religion? No

I think that's fine if contestants want to put something on their box that means something to them, but getting the other contestants involved like Usha did today is different.

Usha was doing what made her feel comfortable and none of the contestants complained. They seemed to like it, so where's the problem?

I think people should only be marked by the red dot, sign of the cross, or anything else that is an important part of a religious faith if they genuinely believe in it, otherwise it could be seen to cheapen other people's beliefs. That's why Hindus watching might not have been comfortable with it, let alone anyone else.

Well I think if we can't learn to accept and understand and become involved in other people's religions so we can communicate with them.

If people can't accept that then they are sad.

I agree with that actually, I just think that people should be careful about
taking something on that is spiritually powerful without knowing what it is first as they may not know what they are getting themselves into.

This is over now guys, I apologise, and admit that I was wrong about how people would feel. I just wish you had all used different language rather than shouting and stuff. I admit I was wrong, and deleted the post. I am sorry if I angered people. I was only expressing an opinion, I didnt want to cause arguments. Lets be friends again yeah?

Different languages?

So you wanted to us to talk to you in Russian, Bulgarian, Portugese and Turkish?

Forget it.