Big Brother Protest
Matt Glovers protest against Channel 10s television show BIG BROTHER
What do you think? Should such shows occupy our airwaves/digital lines?
Now I don’t know too much about the show, but I was thinking about it the other day and asked myself; who actually determines when a show has gone too far? If you haven’t caught the news yet, let me fill you in. Many Australians are calling for the removal of the show after two male housemates were evicted from the house for assaulting a fellow female contestant. Someone somewhere determined that the housemates had overstepped the mark and had to go! The action, or is it the reaction from within the house has caused ordinary Australians to question whether this show should have center stage on our TV sets.
More questions; Was it the action of the now-evicted housemates, or the reaction of the female housemate that caused the motivation toward protest?
I wonder whether we would be moved to protest if the female contestant had simply laughed off the sick-practical joke (gone very pear-shaped) and continued as if nothing had happened. Who determines what is moral and ethical?
I suspect we would still be watching BB without giving the actions of those two knuckle-heads a second thought-had it not been for the reaction of one person. That frightens me!
