When is an uproar not an uproar?

[sp1814]

Out of an audience of around 7 million viewers, 125 contacted the BBC to complain about a 'gay bedroom scene' shown in Eastenders this week.

Now, I'm not a mathematician, but surely, complaints from 0.001786% (and that's rounded up), hardly constitutes an 'uproar'?

Personally I was more incensed that the bl**dy Grand Prix coverage meant that Antiques Roadshow was cancelled on Sunday night, denying me my weekly pleasure of watching someone who thinks that the Constable left to them by Aunt Eileen actually came from Woolworths and has a value of £30.

Back to Eastenders - was it really THAT shocking?

[Sqad]

JTH...it matters not as Chuck ignores the findings anyway.

However let's ignore chuck for the moment and add the 1% to those in favour of homosexual scenes ....making it 50%..... hardly an endorsement.

[jackthehat]

Rather more than 'some' on here would be comfortable in admitting.....

[Sqad]

JTH...still not a majority.

[jackthehat]

Who said it had to be a majority............and why ?

Anyway, others will be along later to dispute the figures, I'm sure, but for completely different reasons.

[Sqad]

Trigger....yes.....I have noticed.

[Sqad]

Majority/ minority has been a traditional method of settling disputes for many a year and, until now it seems, has stood the test of time, but if you have a better system, then please let us know.

[jackthehat]

The early discussion was 'what constitutes an uproar?'

I didn't realise one had to quantify it in % terms...

[craft1948]

I love leaving comments on the DM website..............I once got 534 red arrows :-)

[bednobs]

well 18% versus 49% seems pretty decisive to me!

[jackthehat]

That'll teach you to leave rude comments about Injuns........:o)

[Answerprancer]

123 out of 7 million ? Now that's what I call the 'moral minority' !

[Sqad]

bednobs ...in who's favour?

[craft1948]

lol jack it was when I said that Halle Berry was looking old...............

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

I am often criticised for posting on Immigration, Islam, etc,and for using Daily Mail links.

Yet here is sp who forever posts on gay issues and also regularly uses Daily Mail links, yet amazingly not a word of criticism.

/// which I find very surprising and encouraging...is the large number of Daily Mail readers who have posted comments in support of the scene and basically telling the complainers to 'get a life' and 'stop being homophobic'. ///

I have looked through the Daily Mail readers comments, and there isn't one from you sp...

My comment on the Gay scenes in Eastenders, the Gays have their own TV station, put these type of scenes on there, and keep them from our programmes.

[jackthehat]

We do !?!?!

Where.........? And why haven't I been told about it ?

[Zeuhl]

Old Git

There's a fundamental flaw in your argument;

<<put these type of scenes on there, and keep them from our programmes. >>

You don't have any <<our programmes>>
You just have a share in them - same as the rest of us Licence Payers

And (sorry to break the news) your assumption that everyone else shares your point of view is probably wrong.

On the subject of Sqad's reference to surveys earlier; they were asking a different question to the original question.

I would count myself as one of the % 'uncomfortable' with seeing 'Gay scenes' but I wouldn't complain about it any more than I would complain about seeing fat, talentless people on so-called talent shows.

The original question was clarifying whether complaints from 0.001786% of the audience justified The Daily Wail's ludicrous claim of an 'uproar'.

[emmie]

i did see that report, and its hardly a mob, and they missed Emmerdale which has had much the same storyline going for a while with similar scenes and not sure if anyone complained. As to the Grand Prix, over three hours worth on BBC1, surely they could have put in BB2 at least. I think it did go over to it eventually. EE is dire, and bears little or no resemblance to the real place.

[ummmm]

YeaH Jack...you have a gay channel. No need for gays to be watching BBC when they have their own channel.

For goodness sake AOG.....it was a scene reflecting what happens in real life. Why on earth should it not be shown? My kids didn't even notice...but that would be because they have been brought up to respect other peoples choices.

[jackthehat]

I demand that someone tells me where I can find this gay TV channel !!!

I wouldn't have wasted my life watching 'Hettie-TV' had I known we had our own designated channel.

Mind you, in the interests of fairness, I suppose it'll be full of heterosexual chat-show hosts, comperes and cooks ?