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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 3:51 pm
I do see it on the feeds and I just don't see it as abuse soft or hard core. It is his game play. If I don't like it, I root for the other guy. Bad language doesn't bother me, physical violence does. I still think he's funny.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 3:52 pm
Ohhh, Zachsmom, great idea. THAT would keep me watching!! LOL!!
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 3:57 pm
Rosem, I really appreciated your 3:21 p.m. post up there too. Thanks for expressing that perspective so well!

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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:01 pm
Thanks, Kc! (and everyone else who 'got' me!) So nice to be appreciated!
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Milosmom
Member
06-10-2006
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:03 pm
Agreed Rosem~! But then we and BB takes the chance on how the houseguests act. There is no known factors until the show start. Could be a house full of Dicks, could be a house full of Maggies. Might be interesting!! I want people there who want to win the MONEY, not just for the face time.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:05 pm
And of course, thanks to Pixieduster who I feel really started a great thread!
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:07 pm
It is a great show. It has been on for eight years...and one season is going to turn off tons of viewers?? I doubt it. It is a great show...agree or disagree, and it is ONLY ONE SEASON OUT OF EIGHT YEARS that has had this amount of dispute, again, at least from what I can remember. Not every season has been or is going to be like this. Compared to one season, I think overall BB has done great. Of course they care about ratings...nobody would turn it if it was the Nerd Herd 24/7 from the very beginning. Or to put people in who don't do anything different, who don't bend the rules. Or put a bunch of people in the house who are wonderful together and get along great...honestly, who would watch it??? IMO, there isn't many people in that house who could walk out of their with their head held high...just because of what they said in the house. Dick, from the beginning, said that he was an a**hole. Fine he has taken it too far sometimes, but what about the other houseguests. We have Dustin and Amber saying their dogs are racists, and Dustin compared his dog to a n***er. Eric has time and time again talked about incest between Dick and Dani. Jam has said some of the rudest things about Dick's mom, I don't care what he said, that was uncalled for, IMO. Jen...well, I'm sorry, she does provoke ED...whether she means to or not. The only people I can see with their heads held high are Zach and Jess. Of course, I can't remember anything bad they have said...so I could be wrong.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:14 pm
i think pixie should send her letter, but still lie and say season 2. play on their ego a bit. things might change, things might not. but at least she tried.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:15 pm
Excellent post, Rosem. Like you, I'm extremely disappointed in BB this year for what's been allowed to continue and for the DR seeming to really be calling the shots. It's obvious it isn't a game this year as much as a soap opera about 2 people. Very conflicting when there is money involved. I'm not sure how legal that is. I just ran across this list of sponsors for the show. Maybe those of us who are so very disappointed in how low this show has gone this year might feel better contacting the sponsors and letting them know how we feel. BB8 SPONSORS: Burger King-877.271.0493; Miller Brewing Company-414.931.2000; Visa- 800.VISA.911; Dove-800.761.3683; Circuit City-800.843.2489; OralB-800-446-7252; Lowes-800.445.6937; Applebees-888.59.APPLE; OnStar-888.466.7827; Band Aid (Johnson & Johnson)-866.JNJ.2873; Dell Computers-800.915.3355; Pepsico-914.253.2000; KFC-800.225.5532; Staples-800.378.2753; Crest (Proctor & Gamble)- 800.699.3974; Hyundai-800.633.5151; Subway-800.888.4848; Kohl’s-866.887.8884; Lysol-800.820.8939; Shout-800.494.4855; Domino’s-734.930.3030; Verizon-908.559.6388; Long John Silvers (YUM Foods)-502.874.8300; Sears-800.549.4505.
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Nynana
Member
05-31-2005
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:19 pm
Pixie, I so applaud you for your letter! I have an email address that you may want, message me through the board and I will send it back. Tried messaging you but I don't think you have it turned on. Rose you made excellent points too! I will probably read some of the threads here to see if things change but as of right now, I won't be watching the rest of this season. I can not watch the abuse that Dick dishes and BB allows. If one has not lived with Dick's kind of abuse, one can not understand why some of us feel so strongly about it. It bothers me a lot to see good people enjoying this stuff and letting it happen The rest of the folks in the house are condoning it, makes me wonder what this country is coming too, how much will people allow to go on while they look the other way? No one standing up to this crap...what is next? Just very saddening. If this is what AG is into, then I think the whole thing should move to Showtime and the internet but NOT on a network during primetime at an early hour. She has pushed the envelope far to far and I have already said my piece to CBS.
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Scooty
Member
07-21-2007
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:22 pm
I use to like Dick but I think he out of line now and to say it is gameplay that's not true!IMO Jen is already leaving on Thursday so why continue to harass her. Jen needs to be smart and go after Dicks weakness and that is his daughter.Poor some tea on her and maybe call her a few chioce words. Dick would porbably belt her one.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:22 pm
How sad that some want to try and take away something that many of us love so much. I have been on this board since bb1 and never have I seen so much anger toward a silly reality show. If you want the sponsors to pull out then they won't fund the show any longer, who does that hurt? US...why would you want to do that when all you have to do is not watch this season and see if it's more to your liking next season. It just doesn't seem fair to us who don't have a problem with it IMO.
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Judyg8or
Member
08-07-2007
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:23 pm
Pardon me if this seems "Jen-like" but I don't get the whole outrage thing here. You take 14 people with different personalities and lock them up for 3 months to basically cannibalize each other. What do you expect? Dick & Jen CLASH, in a big , big way. They have from day one. I am sure it made the producers of this show salivate the moment they realized it too. It's called ratings. This game does have rules. They do not include telling a person to change his personality. People say that what Dick is doing to Jen is abuse, I just can't agree with that. Language is not against the rules in the game that both these adult people decided to play. Just my 2 cents 
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:25 pm
EM, I agree. But, now that the phone numbers for the sponsors are posted, I think I'll start calling to thank them for sponsoring the show.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:26 pm
EM, this letter has been sent every year since bb2. i think we'll see season 99 
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Nutsy
Member
08-14-2001
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:26 pm
Beckie03, good points all. Just look at the controversy on this board alone. I imagine that the PTB at CBS are rubbing their hands together in glee. At least this season has been something people talk about, I can't remember a time when people at work were discussing the show more. As someone who has lived with verbal abuse, I feel I can speak up and say that Dick just doesn't get to me. Eric said himself that this was great entertainment, and I agree. I won't be turning in my VISA card, or returning our Hyundai, or our Dell, and nobody can make me use Colgate. Not even Dick. Crest all the way. I'm happy with the show this year, it's at least kept my attention. Do I agree with everything that's happened? Probably not, but I'm watching, and I'm entertained. I think that's all I can ask of CBS.
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Ambi
Member
08-11-2007
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:27 pm
I think Zack and Jessica are the worst because they somehow have the notion that they are innocent. To stand by while total abuse is happening and not say anything is absurd. Jameka may have kept quiet last night because of her position on the block. Eric may have been thinking of his AP position. All of them are quilty of far worse things than eating. Dick should have had more than his smokes messed with long ago.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:28 pm
True, Moms. I think I will call them and thank them too.
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Skydiver6
Member
07-21-2006
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:31 pm
To me, just saying turn it off or change the channel is kind of the same as telling people to just look the other way when they see something wrong in the world or even, in a way, the other HGs just looking the other way when Dick says those things to Jen and Amber etc. I wrote to sponsors for the Michael Vick situation and I'll write to sponsors about this. Now before people jump on me saying this is totally different, I agree. But in my eyes it is still distasteful and I'd like sponsors and producers to know I think that. If no one says anything then how can they ever know what we are thinking and feeling?
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Ms_snoodle
Member
07-17-2005
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:35 pm
Hear, hear Sky!!!
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Toolhound
Member
06-22-2007
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:35 pm
If I hated it I would not watch. I love it and will also call to tell them what a great job they have done this year.
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Ambi
Member
08-11-2007
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:36 pm
Good idea Sky.
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Frangap
Member
02-12-2007
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:37 pm
You are so right,Judyg8or,That is the game they all signed up for.....BB is not for the faint of heart.Everyone knew that there was a mix of personalities in the house .If they can't stand the heat......well you know! I love the interaction of all these differant people.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:37 pm
Last year, and the year before, whenever I read that someone had begun a campaign to send letters telling them off, I sent one thanking them. I even sent one to them saying that I understood their need for "FOTH". lol I also got several nice letters back from them.
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Taximomg
Member
07-17-2004
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 4:41 pm
I'm calling, too, with my thank yous!
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