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[Youngstu]

2 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

The minority should be over represented according to your own logic - or do you choose to apply it selectively?

 

Is the hypocrisy starting to dawn on you yet?

If you look at the urban/rural stats it quite possibly is (in your favour).

Who is really classed as a minority though? or who would you like to see classed as a minority?

There seem to be quite a lot of tv programmes about rural life, are those representative in terms of time given when compared to the national population and should they be? 

 

[Mike Hill]

10 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Boat I was on recently spent a few days moored at what looked like an old fuelling berth on Askoy??, defo looked WW2 type shuttering marks on the concrete. Seen the same  in Channel Islands on old German bunkers. 

There are literally hundreds of bunkers along the coast here,if you like that kind of thing. Give me a shout next time you are in the area and we can see the former Uboat pens etc. 

[Johnsond]

13 hours ago, Youngstu said:

Thanks for contributing such a well thought out defense of one side of the argument or the other.  I guess it makes a change from telling me that I'm spouting drivel!

 

I'm suggesting that maybe our TV content should represent the more diverse parts of our country. 

 

Looking at government data, 83% of the population live in an "urban" situation, with 35% living in an  "urban major conurbation" and 43% in an "urban city and town". Only 17% live in a "rural " situation. These figures are for England as that's the first ones I could find. 

 

Urban areas are generally more diverse than rural areas, so whose normality do you think should be represented on TV?

 

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learned very quickly that debating with the likes of yourself is utterly pointless. You yearn for the beige utopia that you imagine could exist.  Myself no thanks. 

Edited October 14, 2020 by Johnsond

[Johnsond]

12 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

There are literally hundreds of bunkers along the coast here,if you like that kind of thing. Give me a shout next time you are in the area and we can see the former Uboat pens etc. 

Cheers Mike

Crazy thing is due to current madness we were quarantined on the vessel and not allowed any shore leave. 
I’m not a bunker nerd ? but do find the history of it all interesting. 

[trigger_andy]

42 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

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learned very quickly that debating with the likes of yourself is utterly pointless. You yearn for the beige utopia that you imagine could exist.  Myself no thanks. 

Said much the same from the start. I don't even both engaging him now. 

[Mark J]

I know it was suggested that some people were getting tested twice:

Used coronavirus tests handed out by mistake in Birmingham

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One student who was given a used kit said some people had opened and used the testing kits.

 

[trigger_andy]

37 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Cheers Mike

Crazy thing is due to current madness we were quarantined on the vessel and not allowed any shore leave. 
I’m not a bunker nerd ? but do find the history of it all interesting. 

Had a bunch of Nazi stuff around my house in Stavanger. As the house over looked the airport (which the Nazis built in the first place) and we where on a hill there was all sorts of relics there. 

 

An older lad with us (mid 50's) said when he was a kid they found a Nazi stash including grenades. They ended up blowing a dry stone dyke and had to spend the summer holidays rebuilding it. 

 

 

[trigger_andy]

20 hours ago, Stere said:

Wonder if thoose rainbow gay flags all over the place to support NHS  has  annoyed some?

Only the queers; 

 

Paul Hollywood mocked for saying he believes rainbow bagels ‘represent the NHS’

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‘Support the NHS all day long but the rainbow belongs to PRIDE,’ Bake Off viewer tweets

 

[Mark J]

13 hours ago, Youngstu said:

If you look at the urban/rural stats it quite possibly is (in your favour).

Who is really classed as a minority though? or who would you like to see classed as a minority?

There seem to be quite a lot of tv programmes about rural life, are those representative in terms of time given when compared to the national population and should they be? 

 

I think this is a fair point.

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of action movies featuring superheroes.

Either way, it's good to see balanced debate.

 

[Mark J]

At the end of the day, TV shows are there to generate revenue from advertising. That could be for a product or an ideology.

Whatever is topical, or is soon to be topical, will be what's delivered.

Edited October 14, 2020 by Mark J