Off Topic The Politics Thread

Yeah judged on your dancing ability, not your weight ffs. There was absolutely no need for that guy to call her tubby

 

Are you for real?! The woman is dancing around in front of the nation every Saturday shouting - look at me! How could anyone watch that programme on prime time national TV and not see her body? Are 67 year olds supposed to say - yeah, I just saw a head gliding around the dancefloor. Or maybe you could bring in a Woke law that prohibited anyone over 30 from watching the programme.

 

First, I shan't be calling you Tubbs in this post. Second, and without wishing to be in anyway personal, tubby/chubby is most often used to describe someone who is a tad overweight but not fat. So it's a life choice and not the effect of inherited genes that might be "ugly" which I agree would not be acceptable. Steve Allen added that the tubiness probably resulted from her father's cooking. I think it was a very mild comment.

 

Are commentators allowed to mention what dancers are wearing, which does not relate to the dancing? How about hairstyle? What about if they're clumsy? What if they have grotesque body piercings? How much do you want to censor?

 

bit hard not to look if they are dancing in front of you
who is he anyway
who is she

 

Its not about censoring mate as you well know, its about a bloke using a term to describe a young lady with that isnt nice in any way, shape or form. If thats ok with you then so be it. I generally dont see eye to eye with you so this doesnt surprise me.

 

Steve Allen is a slightly rude commentator. He's pretty much rude about everyone in show business apart from the occasional "legend". There have been sharp tongued, acerbic commentators through history. Cartoons, Spitting Image can be more cruel. No one's asking for them to be banned.

 

Last time I accept a drink from you

 

its hard to stay skinny driving trucks
no matter how small they make yorkie bars

 

EU Parliament threatens to SUE Ursula Von Der Leyen if she doesn't withhold funding from Poland as bloc’s leaders gather for two days of crunch talks amid rule of law row

• David Sassoli, president of the EU Parliament, has threatened to sue the EU Commission if Ursula Von Der Leyen refuses to punish Poland over rule of law
• Mr Sassoli said lawyers are preparing a lawsuit 'to ensure rules are enforced'
• Comes as leaders from 27-nation bloc meet in Brussels today for two days of crunch talks, with Poland at the top of the agenda
• Ms Von Der Leyen is being pressured to withhold £48billion in Covid recovery funding from Poland unless it agreed to abide by European laws

 

I'm not sure where i stand on this (i havent heard everything in context) but I'm pretty sure commentators and pundits call players fat all the time (rooney, ndombele, andy reid, fat frank) and i have never heard of this political uproar when its used for them...

Is this something we should blanket ban from tv

 

ban everything
get it over and done with

 

Yeah I’m for real I think it’s a touch odd for an old man to comment on someone young enough to be his granddaughters figure, it’s ****ing creepy.

So is this contest about people’s ability to dance? Or their figure? If it’s the first, what has the second got to do with it?

woke law

 

like I’ve responded to Goldie what’s her body type got to do with it, so why comment about it? Would you be happy if a pensioner commented on your granddaughter, if you have ones figure?

 

Calling someone who is chubby, "chubby" is not a sexual comment. It's a statement of fact. Anyone's entitled to make it under laws of freedom of speech, which I know woke warriors struggle with. If she loses some weight, perhaps he'll have done her a favour.

 

thats that then. no need for facemasks its a free for all according to moggy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58993387

 

Of course he’s welcome to say it, never suggested otherwise, like I’m welcome to respond by suggesting a man his age commenting on a teen females figure sounds a touch noncey and say the police might wanna have a look at his internet history.

It’s a dancing contest right? If I watched them I might choose to comment on the dancing, before slapping myself in the face for watching a dancing contest. I can’t think why I’d talk about a young females figure.

 

Whole lot of look over there, Labour etc. Well at least we know the Government won’t be doing a u turn about this in a few weeks totally missing the boat

 

Never even heard of him to be honest

Suppose it just boils down to values and respect. I really dont understand why he couldnt call her by her name instead of a slur. He obviously likes his young girls to be slimmer the ****in nonce.

 

Yeah, but he's a commentator and makes his living like a gossip columnist. They've always been around. They can be bitchy and Allen particularly likes having a go at talentless reality tv stars.

Incidentally, he used to live with Dale Winton, which is why I suggest female teen bodies are only of professional interest