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Originally Posted by defirish
I really do want to understand why as there are things that I dont like and I respect people who like the things I dont like. I just accept that we are all differnt people who like different things. Thats life
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I'm happy to try to explain why ... from my point of view, anyway.
First thing is, there is a difference between the person and the things they like. It is possible for me to respect, and like, someone, whilst at the same time not liking something that they do. When someone in this thread expresses loathing for Big Brother, they are not expressing loathing for you.
In the first three years I was quite a fan of Big Brother. I was interested in it as a social experiment in which people willingly took part in something where the rules and conduct of the game were both reasonable, and reasonably well understood before it began.
I went right off it when they started taking overt steps to create conflict and picking contestants not for the interesting social mix but for the likelihood that they could be relied on to do something outrageous during their stay in the house.
Some of the stuff that has gone on in the BB house in recent years has been degrading and IMO has devalued the people who took part, even if they were too willing to care (or too stupid to notice).
And I find the discussions that go on on this forum, and in the Press, to be utterly distasteful because they reduce human beings to the level of two-dimensional soap opera characters whose value is defined by how willing they are to degrade themselves or act in whatever way the viewer demands in order to derive their entertainment.
I believe prostitution is exploitation even if the prostitute is a willing participant and I believe Big Brother is right there in the same category.