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Old 03-12-2013, 09:18   #22
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Re: Remove Katie Hopkins from all programmes and interviews
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Originally Posted by Martin Dee 11 View Post
On the 30th of November 2013, Scotland was still in shock and trying to come to terms with a horrible crash that took the lives of innocent people. Within 24 hours of this happening Katie Hopkins posted vile remarks on Twitter about how long the people of Scotland live for.

This is unacceptable and distressing to those who lost friends and family.
I presume you are either a friend or family member of one of the deceased? If not, what give you the right to be offended on their behalf?

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We the undersigned are sick and tired of ITV and Channel 5 giving her airtime and want her banned from all tv shows on your channels such as This Morning and The Wright Stuff.

This woman is nothing more than an attention seeker who does not deserve to be a celebrity
While I personally don't like her, this women is doing something legal. She is expressing her opinions. If you don't her, do what I do, don't watch her. If people weren't watching, she wouldn't be on. You can bet that even in a program such as This Morning, ITV would be doing their best to track the viewing figures throughout the programme, rather than just relying on a final figure, so people clearly do watch her.

There is, IMO, too much willingness to be offended with no real need, and too many calls to ban something. This is wrong, Not because I feel some silly woman needs to be able to have a pop at the Scottish. I don't. What is worrying me is that people seem to be becoming increasingly scared of offending people which could cause them to restrict what they are saying. While we've never had truly free speech in this country (and there are good reasons we don't), this could ultimately restrict that free speech even more than it is. That is not good for society as a whole.

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Originally Posted by richard s View Post
Anyone got any pics of the aforementioned woman.
For a picture, and her "apology", see http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ash-apprentice
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