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Flyincows
Member
07-17-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 9:58 am
Carrie, you are right. They did ask Howie to "tone it down". This year AG is in charge, thus the new low this season - anything goes as long as the ratings are good.
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Steviegirl
Member
07-07-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 9:58 am
I'm looking forward to the HG"s coming out of the house and getting a good dose of reality about what we think of their actions. I hope somehow Jen can get our message of disgust about how she was treated.
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Debbin67
Member
08-19-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 10:07 am
WOW! It's a GAME, let them play the game how they want. What's the point of Big Brother if CBS is going to totally control every aspect of the game? Yes, Dick can be cruel, but...........Jen asks for a lot of what she has been dished. Lucky for her Dick is a guy, because I would have knocked her out weeks ago. JMO
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 10:08 am
What's really sickening is that Dick continues to rank high in CBS' popularity polls. Most people do not see the feeds. They just see TV. I have to admit, if I just watched the TV show (not BBAD) I would like Dick too.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:15 am
"Yes, Dick can be cruel, but...........Jen asks for a lot of what she has been dished. " <77> Blaming the victim excuses the abuser for what we all know is inexcusable behavior. The ABUSER is responsible for his own actions. The "you made me do it" defense is the battle cry of the typical abuser because he refuses to hold himself accountable for his own actions. No one "asked" to be threatened with violent rape and no one deserves Dick's kind of incessant, hate filled abuse, especially when it's promoted as "entertainment".
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Kminfinity
Member
06-29-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:33 am
I agree with so many of the posters here complaining of the "new low." I'd be willing to debate the issue point by point but IMO the main argument in support of this season seems to be that it's dramatic and "not boring." There's a lot of drama and "not boring" stuff I can watch involving conflict and strategy and backstabbing, etc. but this house has sunk to such despicably low class behavior I feel slimy even watching. What I find interesting about BB is the social experiment. Will X betray Y? Will Z be able to come back from the faux pas she made? Will Q and R realize they could work well together? Will K and J find a way to overcome their fatal flaws? All of these types of conflicts are interesting to me without the daily dose of (borderline?) abusive behavior, vile invective, evil character assassinations, and shallow, self centered, immature, stupid behavior. Okay, there's ALWAYS a little of those negatives named above, but imo it has been over the top to the point it dominates everything. Yeah I know. Turn it off. I intend to - next season. I have this personality quirk where I have to "know how it ends" and so I've turned off the feeds and check the BB boards less frequently but watch the primetime shows. 
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Moderator
Moderator
06-30-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:37 am
Some posts have been removed. People are welcome to comment on the behavior and actions of the Houseguests. However, while you can disagree with other posters, you must not disparage other posters for their preferences or perspective. Thank you.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:38 am
Lucky for her Dick is a guy, because I would have knocked her out weeks ago. For what? Breathing your air?
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Eddie4ever
Member
08-17-2007
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:40 am
Dick is out of his element and sticking out like a sore thumb... If he was in the house with others who were as openly passionate about life and expressing themselves, good, bad and ugly, to the extent he does, I don't think this kind of reaction would be occurring... Kinda like a Alley Cat in a room full of Pampered Persians...
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Pawjazz
Member
08-03-2006
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:41 am
I think Amber should get a penalty nomination for eating food on the plane? Amber and Jen were on slop due to the food competition not the POV competition so how come Amber was allowed to eat on the plane. Jen did not have the opportunity to play for POV therefore the reward must have been for the trip and not the meal.
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Tanith
Member
08-25-2006
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:45 am
OOh, Paw. Is that true for a fact? So what good for the geese, isn't good for the Amber?
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 12:53 pm
I am telling this here so I don't forget it: Dick just said that if anyone wanted to murder Jen, they could use a tape of this show as a justification. Beyond a doubt, so low that there are not even adjectives to describe it.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 12:57 pm
I tell my friends all the time that if I murder my husband it will be justifiable homicide..lol I realize that some people feel this kind of talk appalling, but some of us think it's funny and everyone knows we are making a joke.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 12:59 pm
There's no way I think that's even romotely the same thing.
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Geri
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:00 pm
EM, hopefully your friends know you really love your husband so of course it is taken as a joke. ED seems to passionately and irrationally hate Jen. There is such a herd mentality in the house that if Jen and ED did come to blows, if anyone moved at all, it may be to hold Jen down while ED hits her. Sadly, I don't think I am making a a joke about that.
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Bubba
Member
07-29-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:02 pm
Em it is only a joke if it is funny.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:02 pm
do you love your husband? then it is an obvious joke. Does Dick love or like Jen? his threats arent a joke
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Ambi
Member
08-11-2007
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:03 pm
There is nonthing funny about Dick's behavior towards Jen. Nothing.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:04 pm
As I have said before..bashing, name calling, wishing horrible things to happen, is part of this game. Lisa did it to Gerry, Jen did it to Dick in the first competition, Beau did it to Janelle, Howie did it to April, Crazy Evette did it to everyone (went Cuban on them), Marcy and Amy made up violent scenarios targeting the other hgs..it has caused many hours of the same kinds of objections that we have today..it's the game.
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Bubba
Member
07-29-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:04 pm
I agree Amvil
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Marksman
Member
05-04-2007
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:06 pm
The casting is awful and the root to the entire season. Casting Dick was a horrible mistake. Casting Amber was a pretty good mistake. Casting Daniele was a minor mistake. But that is three pretty signfiicant mistakes out of 14. They have to do much better than that. There is no way the producers can defend their insertion of Dick in the house. They knew before he got there that he was not fit to be on the show, but they put him in anyways. On top of that they threw him into an extra volatile situation with his daughter who hates him. They hate to break their own age rules to even get her in to set all this up. I hope if Big Brother comes back they either get Arnold Shapiro to come back and run the show or they look for another producer. I think the way this show has been managed has been ridiculous. Besides not even having some of these people casted, there were multiple cases were people's egregious behavior should have gotten them booted. It is amateur hour on the Studio City Lot.
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Ambi
Member
08-11-2007
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:06 pm
Wanting to sodomize someone until they bleed and them kill them is no joke.
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:13 pm
Someone has definitely been handing out the BB kool-aid this year. I haven't found anyone really to root for this year. I can't stomach the mouths and attitudes on BB this year. I haven't even watched the last two shows even though I have them on tape. I got up this morning, rewound my tape, hit play and promptly forgot to watch...was halfway through when I realized the tape was playing and by then I figured if I didn't miss then it must not be interesting! LOL
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Moderator
06-30-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:17 pm
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 10:21 pm
Keep plugging away, SanFran. You express my feelings exactly. The vile abuse that a 44 year old man has heaped upon a 23 year old woman is way beyond the standard of a joke, way beyond the bounds of decency. The graphic gutter brutal sex aspect of it turns my stomach. This is not entertainment. It feels like it should be a crime, and it is being committed over and over again before the eyes of the live feed viewers for weeks and weeks. I cannot figure out how this behavior is tolerable by any standard, let alone the lowest of the low.
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