Posted on 05/31/2006 1:48:48 PM PDT by Stoat
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By EMMA COX
BIG Brother was blasted by mental health chiefs yesterday after ANOTHER vulnerable contestant was put into the TV house. Show bosses have sent in pre-op transsexual Sam Brodie. Hes the fifth housemate along with Shahbaz, Pete, Lea and Nikki to have mental issues. One charity warned it was only a matter of time before the show was responsible for a tragedy. Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of Sane, added: The show is playing fast and loose with peoples lives. Sam, 18, has already told housemates: Im the most paranoid person ever. He was booted out of home at 14 after telling his family he wanted to become a woman, say his pals.
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His appearance comes after Shahbaz threatened to kill himself on live TV before walking out.
Lea has tried to commit suicide and suffers from body dysmorphia hating her looks.
Sectioned ... Nikki |
Nikki has been sectioned over her anorexia and Pete has Tourettes Syndrome.
Ms Wallace said: Housemates with vulnerable mental conditions are being used for entertainment. A trigger for suicide is putting these kind of people under stress. It is very dangerous.
Dysmorphic ... Lea |
Mental health charity Rethink said: The programme should not profit from people having a breakdown.
Dr Dee Dawson, of Rhodes Farm eating disorder clinic, added: This appears to be seeing how people with different psychiatric problems behave in an abnormal environment. Many of them are clearly not managing well.
Tourette's ... Pete |
The Tourettes Syndrome Association accused the Channel 4 show of using Pete, 24.
The storm came as George quit the house yesterday, saying he could not cope.
BB says a psychologist is on hand for housemates.
Crazy people make great television.
Crazy people on reality television shows -- what's next!? /s
B-b-but I thought transexuals were normal - at least that's what the lefties would have us believe.
Other than that, these shows are purely disgusting in their desperation for ratings.
Agreed; but I think that it's particularly strange in the UK, with the TV networks being essentially an arm of the Government as well as the healthcare system being a government entity in large measure. An interesting ethical issue but it seems cruel and exploitative for the contestants.
Agreed, although I would only be concerned that labeling Galloway as mentally ill, while probably quite true, would have the undesired effect of rendering him immune from prosecution for crimes such as treason and sedition,,,,
Yes, I have no doubt that without them the entire genre if not 98% of television would instantly dry up for lack of 'talent' :-)
Yes, they will be paraded and thrust into our faces as being "normal" until one of them is put on one of these shows and suffers a complete psychotic meltdown or suicide and then the same Leftist apologists will turn around and sue the Government for taking advantage of an at-risk person. They love to have it both ways.
Other than that, these shows are purely disgusting in their desperation for ratings.
Agreed, I generally avoid all TV except for South Park and an occasional episode of Mad TV. I find the internet far more entertaining and informative.
If mentally ill people were barred, someone would sue for discrimination.
Mentally ill people are probably under representative of the mentally ill applicants. IMO you'd have to be crazy to want to be on a show like this.
If mentally ill people were barred, someone would sue for discrimination.
Spot-on, as our British Friends say. I recall that here in the USA, the event that essentially created the "homeless" problem as it exists today was the ACLU suing the State of California (Under the legendary Governorship of Ronald Reagan, may he rest in peace) to release people from involuntary psychiatric commitment....it's now FAR harder to force a deranged person into getting the help that he or she needs as a result. When you see a mentally ill "homeless" person on the street, you can thank the ACLU for that.
Mentally ill people are probably under representative of the mentally ill applicants. IMO you'd have to be crazy to want to be on a show like this.
Agreed....as I joked earlier in this thread, without the mentally ill you wouldn't have much television left :-) But joking aside, I think that it becomes a much more serious matter when you have truly medically diagnosed mental illnesses in people who are exploited for money by putting them into an emotional pressure cooker like one of these stupid shows. I think that it truly crosses the line when that is done.
What you wrote is no joke. There are very few people on television who are not mentally ill. Liberalism is a mental disease.
Truer words have never been spoken.
I have seen this on television here in the states. The Jerry Springer show had folks suffering from FAS and those damaged from drugs on regularly.
Maybe that's why Michael Weiner - um, I mean Savage says it about every six minutes.
Since what this network is doing apparently passes the legal test in Great Britain, how long before this sort of thing happens (if it's not already going on)?
Somehow, these scenarios don't seem so very far-fetched to me, given this article.
I wasn't aware of that. How very sad.
A pre-op trannie, a suicidal gay Pakistani, a suicidal dysmorph, an anorexic, and a Tourette's sufferer.
Now THAT's TV!
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