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Celeb Big Brother Thread 11 - New product in the PWB shop! "Andrew's Guide to Treating Women with Respect"

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AnneEyhtMeyer · 26/01/2018 22:48

I got them cheap. Ideal gift for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day.

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MrsJayy · 27/01/2018 10:54

Just place marking away to watch now

FannyWisdom · 27/01/2018 10:58

Get your slippers ready to throw at the telly MrsJ
Andrew will have you fired up in no time.

futuristic1 · 27/01/2018 11:08

@Loonoonow - Someone said upthread that if you are a Catholic you have to disagree with homosexuality. I would beg to differ. I consider myself a fairly devout Catholic and whilst I know the church's teachings (I don't consider them rules) on homosexuality, gay marriage, contraception, sex before marriage and divorce I don't agree with them. I have free will and a conscience and I decide for myself what I think is right and wrong.

Not sure but it might be me you're referring to.

I've got to disagree. You can't consider yourself a devout Catholic if you don't obey the rules - it's not pick n' mix. If you want to consider yourself a full member of the club - you have to obey the rules.

I think you can be a Christian without subscribing to the values of the Roman Catholic church.

You can possess and display Christian values - which I don't believe Ann does nearly enough of - she's a dogmatic ideologue and it's a shame there isn't somebody (like Rachel) still in there to take her to task on her probably quite narrow and limited knowledge.

The limitations of which become particulalrly apparent in her refusal to engage in discussion with people with who she disagrees or disaproves of... harummphing and decalring 'we're not going there' - who put you in charge Ann?

There's a door if you want to leave - nobody is compelling her to stay and witness what she disaproves of - Vanity and Greed - there's a couple of proper sins.

mirialis · 27/01/2018 11:14

I've got to disagree. You can't consider yourself a devout Catholic if you don't obey the rules - it's not pick n' mix. If you want to consider yourself a full member of the club - you have to obey the rules

People can do, think and feel whatever they like when it comes to their religion, conscience and personal relationship with God.

Fairenuff · 27/01/2018 11:32

futuristic you might want to lay off the Catholic church bashing on this thread. You are coming across as bigoted.

If you want others to be tolerant and inclusive then you really ought to try and do the same yourself.

futuristic1 · 27/01/2018 11:44

@mirialis - of course you can do what you like and have any kind of relationship you can imagine with any kind of god you choose to imagine.
But the Roman Catholic Church is not defined by you - it is deffined by the Pope and the Vatican - you can think what you like but if you want to claim proper membership of their club - they decide what the rules are - not you.

Fairenuff - don't call me a bigot - straight-up. Don't.

I haven't bashed the Church at all. I have said Ann's views are dictated by her understanding of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church - this is a fact.

Not even an idiot could interpret that as criticism of the Church or even Ann - it is a statement of fact. It is a value neutral statement of public record.

I am shocked by the willingness of many so-called feminists on here to voice support for a woman whose views are so at odds with feminism.
But that's the nub of the problem isn't it?

Where are these young men's (Andrew, Dapper) views of women formed. In the home - by women - who are vocally negative about other women.

Young men like this love their mums - but so often ONLY their mums. Other women are not viewed in the same way. Where do they learn that?

There's a very big mirror needed round here.

MrsJayy · 27/01/2018 11:51

Oh dearie me gonorrea cucumbers Grin

MrsJayy · 27/01/2018 12:00

Andrew is furious but it is a total total turd I hate him.

Fairenuff · 27/01/2018 12:01

'you can think what you like but if you want to claim proper membership of their club - they decide what the rules are - not you'

Is this by any chance a non Catholic telling a Catholic how to be a Catholic?

Like non women telling women how to be women?

'There's a very big mirror needed round here'

Indeed.

mirialis · 27/01/2018 12:02

If we are so shocking for not denigrating a woman whose views are at odds with our own, and if you find our comments "stoopid", maybe find a different thread because I suspect the stoopid and shocking posters on this thread are precisely the ones who are not going be persuaded by your lectures.

EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 27/01/2018 13:13

I've got to disagree. You can't consider yourself a devout Catholic if you don't obey the rules - it's not pick n' mix

Long again sorry. I'll split my comments into two different subjects which interest me.

I have to wholly disagree with that @futuristic1 religious leaders are there to interpret the texts handed down. With each generation of teachers and followers there are influences from contemporary thinking and world events. You say yourself that Ann's views are formed by her understanding of her church's teachings and surely, unless members of a cult who've been brainwashed, this is true of everyone who follows a religion?

That said as a non believer I'm far from expert on any religion, so I read and learn and try to understand. Apparently the current Pope is regarded as more liberal and progressive than his predecessor and for example has allowed divorced and remarried Catholics to take communion and speaks out on his support for breastfeeding in public places. He's changed those rules and reactions, but I'm sure he regards himself as a 'devout Catholic' too.

His Wikipedia section regarding LGBT issues starts with
In an interview on 28 July 2013, when discussing homosexuals (both in general and their place in the clergy) and answering a question as to whether there was a "gay lobby" in the Vatican, the pontiff said, "If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him? The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains this in a beautiful way, saying...: 'no one should marginalize these people for this, they must be integrated into society'." but he would not go so far as to grant equal rights with regard to marriage and adoption, which so far as I can see, is what Ann also believes.

And contrary to what someone (En?) said in the last thread about Ann not caring about what people get up to in their own living rooms
No, that doesn't sound like me.

What I have said is that I heard Ann say to each their own and live and let live and that she removes herself from situations she finds uncomfortable, usually only offering an opinion on request e.g. when specifically engaged on a topic or at nomination time when asked to substantiate her choices. I didn't say she doesn't care about what people do, I believe she dislikes and disapproves of what she might call any kind of impropriety and that's clear for everyone to see.

AnneEyhtMeyer · 27/01/2018 13:15

Futuristic on this thread we agree to disagree. It seems you can't.

I honestly don't know what you're getting out of it because you're not willing to listen and no one is changing their mind because of your rants. And they are rants. You aren't conversing you are lecturing.

You are obsessed. That is not healthy. You come across as unhinged. I actually wonder if you're another poster who tried to get us shut down earlier in the series who has name-changed and is trying to de-rail.

Guess what - some people have different opinions. The world is not black or white.

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BeyondWitchbitchterf · 27/01/2018 13:53

So if the pope isn't homophobic, that leads to "is the pope a catholic" being answered with "no" Grin

Btw going a bit off topic a smidge - I've heard recently that in some particularly religious Christian countries, homosexuality is viewed as an illness, and "we" shouldn't condemn people for illnesses - like Jesus with his lepers - so following the NT nobody should be homophobic

Or going in another direction, using Tim Farrons paraphrased quote - "yes homosexuality is a sin, but we are all sinners". That isn't the same as saying "yes I am homophobic"

I'm not a Christian though, so I can only comment on what other people have said, not my own beliefs.

But like "Can a man be a feminist" this could probably fill a thread of its own within hours, so I'm gonna zip it on the subject now 🤐

Let me know if anyone does start another thread, I'd be interested to read it.

BeyondWitchbitchterf · 27/01/2018 13:54

Question mark missing off my first sentence

EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 27/01/2018 14:01

Again, with apologies for length Blush

Where are these young men's (Andrew, Dapper) views of women formed. In the home - by women - who are vocally negative about other women.

Young men like this love their mums - but so often ONLY their mums. Other women are not viewed in the same way. Where do they learn that?

It's an interesting debate, especially after contemporary Jess's 'massive slags' remark, but I'm not at all sure their views are formed in the home, more likely a combination of being cherished unreservedly by family and bantz with their ladz gangs I would think. It makes me sad and angry that they come out with remarks protecting their mother, grandmother, probably sister if they have any, and yet they fail to join up that thinking that the women they massively disrespect are someone else's beloved relative. I doubt they'd talk like this infront of their family and so can see where Ann was coming from by reminding them that their mother and grandmother would be watching - less about what they were doing and more that they were showing that side of themselves usually concealed. She may have gone coy for a moment when Andrew changed her sheets, but the scales soon dropped from her eyes when he revealed more of his character. I'd think most of us have a more guarded side that we show to the older generation or to colleagues compared to how we are with our friends, but suspect Ann is the same whoever she's with and would like everyone to follow that principle.

I was intrigued by Daniel's soppiness over his girlfriend, his public proposal and her very understated and tearful presentation. She's a topless and nude glamour model. I wonder how he feels about what other men will be thinking and saying about her in that role? Jess is in the same situation, how they treat her to her face i.e. the real person and how they would view and speak about her behind her back or when looking at her photos i.e. woman as object.

It's like some kind of morphing of Madonna Whore categorisation where women should be regarded as one or the other, unless you know them, in which case there can be a separation of professional images from private person. A bit like Daniel's insistence that Dapper Laughs is someone else altogether despite the fact that not only does he write and perform the content, his behaviour echoes the same when he's being 'himself' Confused

I am shocked by the willingness of many so-called feminists on here to voice support for a woman whose views are so at odds with feminism
But that's the nub of the problem isn't it?
There's a very big mirror needed round here.

I'm not a so called anything though if I had to regard my beliefs as anything prescribed, it would be humanist.

Personally I don't regard anyone as one dimensional and look to fathom out and separate their good and bad qualities and try to understand what drives and motivates them. An example of that would be Ann's attitudes towards war and abortion. A committed Christian who voted in support of the Iraq war on the basis that the amount of death and destruction caused would (in her opinion) ultimately prevent greater death and destruction. She's anti killing and anti abortion unless the mother's life is under threat So IMO she's considered and worked out what she agrees with, rather than slavishly following someone else's teaching, that is what I would support rather than the conclusions she reached, both of which are at odds with my own thinking.

Blimey!!!! And Andrew is called stoopid!
Not even an idiot could interpret that as criticism of the Church or even Ann
Twice remarks like this since I posted last night Hmm

MrsJayy · 27/01/2018 14:01

I meant to ask did we all hide behind ourhands when Daniel proposed to his gf i wanted to crawl behind my sofa.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 27/01/2018 14:17

Radio 2 pick of the pops is doing 1985 right now Smile

mirialis · 27/01/2018 14:17

MrsJayy - yes awful, and also meant he got totally off the hook in the interview with regard to some of the comments he made about women.

misscockerspaniel · 27/01/2018 14:18

MrsJayy yes, I did - it was toe-curling. She could hardly say no, could she?

I am going to put my head above the parapet and say that I have gone off Shaun J. It will be interesting to see how he changes now that the ladz have gone.

mirialis · 27/01/2018 14:22

yes I too have gone off Shane J and am looking forward to see where he goes now that the lads have gone.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 27/01/2018 14:25

can someone be truly racist and have non white friends? Would their views not spill over and damage the friendship? Just thinking aloud.

Post Brexit at on night out with some friends, one was delivering a UKIP worthy diatribe about how wonderful it's going to be now all the foreigners are going to be kicked out before turning to our friend from Czech Republic and saying "of course, I don't mean you though". Racism/homophobia/sexism is perfectly possible for someone who accepts a select few but views everyone else as a distant homogeneous blob.

PramWanker · 27/01/2018 14:30

I'll be extremely interested to get Shane J's take on Ann once the whole thing has finished. Ie not necessarily the immediate post match interview.

Rachel0Greep · 27/01/2018 15:04

I meant to ask did we all hide behind our hands when Daniel proposed to his gf i wanted to crawl behind my sofa

Yes! Cringe factor was high!

toldmywrath · 27/01/2018 15:10

Yes I cringed at Daniel publicly proposing marriage. Perhaps I'm being unfair, but his motivation might have been to escape the questions that should have been asked about his misogyny.

toldmywrath · 27/01/2018 15:11
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