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   Nick Cooper to All   
   Re: kitten rocked.   
   05 Jun 04 22:15:37   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho, uk.media.tv.misc   
   From: tardisboy@doctorwhoiscool.com   
      
   On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 15:08:55 +0100, "mick"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Nick Cooper"  wrote in message   
   >news:40c1c5f8.379154@news.freeuk.net...   
   >> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 12:20:02 +0100, "Chogaire"    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >   
   >> >"Nick Cooper"  wrote   
   >> >> kitten sees the bigger picture and is not selfish, she was trying to   
   >> >> bond the housemates together against big brother. a statement on   
   >> >> standing up to bullies and intimidation from society and government.   
   >> >> she was trying to say united we can do anything.   
   >> >   
   >> >It_is_only_a_game_show.   
   >>   
   >> it is more than that. strike it lucky is a game show. bb is a goldfish   
   >> bowl on society. it is a national obsession where every persons words   
   >> are seized on by society as a whole. kitten is bloody clever. she   
   >> knows this.   
   >   
   >Hardly a national obsession with only around 4 million viewers. Kitten?   
   >Clever? No. She`s probably done more to destroy what credability activism   
   >has than Thatcher ever did. She is unutterably stupid.   
   >   
      
   open any paper and it is plastered with big brother stuff.   
      
      
   >> but kitten is doing the same thing in a different way. she has the   
   >> same objectives.   
   >   
   >And undermines and opens up to ridicule the very causes she purports to   
   >espouse and thus does them damage. I mean, who in their right mind would   
   >want to be associated with what she said and did?   
      
   but at least she is drawing attention to herself and her views.   
      
   >   
   >> >but I *don't* shove my opinions down other peoples   
   >> >throats, and I certainly know that there is a time and a place for   
   >> >everything.   
   >>   
   >> do you not try to engage people in discussion like kitten did and try   
   >> to turn them around ?   
   >   
   >She just talks _at_ people not to them. And when she sees that people don`t   
   >agree with her she resorts to shouting and insulting them. Usually the sign   
   >of a braindead extremist fanatic. The thing with these sorts is they tend to   
   >bandy the word `principle` the way Tories bandy the words `honourable` and   
   >`respectable`, - merely figleaves.   
   >   
   >mick   
   >   
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