to be horrified at Starkey

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the comment he made to that lad in Jamies Dream School,
was appalling,
(for people who didnt see)
there was no provocation the class was joking around about evolution, about animals are faster and this lad pointed to his muscle ..and Starkey said,

'you're so fat im surprised you can move!'
I felt for the lad, my blood was boiling
when will teachers learn humiliation does not work as a teaching technique!!!

sorry rant over,

There is a difference between telling a child they are fat in a nice way and singling them out and calling them fat in front of their peers.

I am getting that the upset wasn't so much the use of the word fat but the element of humiliation.

Not that I saw the program, mind

PS I also like rolf harris - is that relevant?

He's a misogynist, too.

I don't think you can separate the fat from the humiliation. They were incontrovertibly linked.

Don't let not seeing the prog hamper you. I never do.

I suppose it would be homophobic if I intended it to be. I didn't. I was using it as a statement of fact. I have no beef with homosexuals in the slightest. I wonder if the juxtaposition of 'queen' and 'nasty' was the problem

we don't pretend it's ok to be fat.
it's just there isn't an awful lot of point in pointing and laughing, or even helpfully pointing it out to people; generally I would think if a 17 year old boy is overweight he will have noticed it himself.

So are we all saying he is a compact, short, spiteful old misogynistic queen? Just to be clear.

Orm hates poofs.

Fact.

Hully! Stop it !

he didn't seem very humiliated to me... more self-righteous.

it's also quite humilating for a fat child to grow up and suddenly realise that he/she isn't actually respected for their inner beauty, as they have been taught to believe, but actually they are looked down on because they are porky...

he is all of that, plus no looker, and he's knocking on a bit in years too..

Orm indeed the juxtaposition was the problem :)

Sorry for jumping on the comment if it wasn't intended in an offensive manner.

< sidles off to find a dictionary >

I think we covered "old"

Yes

Orm hates poofs

Me too, especially the leather ones with shit in the tooling ...

No problems privateg! It was a crass thing to say.

No, she really does. She's got a badge and everything.

hully - i am not going to punch you. I am all sweetness and light

Today.

Tomorrow I may not be....

Orm a gay basher.

Who knew?

Would you like someone to hold your spoon whilst you run away Hully?

Shhhhhh

We're trying to keep it quiet. I think we've nearly got away with it.

Et tu bupcakes!

I will never reliquish my spoon, LNP, or my dish. They are dear to my very bosom.

Rolf harris i was like awww, nice relief after Starkey