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This is a link post One-Armed (BBC) CBeebies Host 'Scaring' Children!
"Parents complained that a one-armed children's TV presenter was frightening their kids"

:S
 (I helped save b3ta! Darklord, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:52, Reply)
This is a normal post That woman's right.
If their son or daughter made it big, and only had one arm or was missing an eye and as a result had their careers damaged, how would they feel?
 (I helped save b3ta! Bats, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I've noticed her
and wondered why she doesn't wear a prosthesis.
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:01, Reply)
This is a normal post stumpfucking
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 (I helped save b3ta! SpunkyBackpack, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:09, Reply)
This is a normal post yes thank you
I mean, it doesn't frighten my son, we watch cbeebies and he's never mentioned it.

But I'm curious, other people I'm aware of with bits missing often wear a prosthesis. She doesn't and it just hangs there in shot, drawing attention to itself.
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:15, Reply)
This is a normal post thats a good point
i dont know why, you could say i'm stumped
 (I helped save b3ta! mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Why should she be ashamed?
I think that she should have equal rights, but I do wonder - they would not hire an ugly man, so why a woman with a missing arm?

I am on a rant today though - I was accused (officially) of discrimination today because my job advert specified that I would only hire people who spoke French and this was unfair on those who did not.

This is from JobCentre+, not just a random nutter either.

They say that specifying a language discriminates against people from other countries.

I want a fucking translator!
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:57, Reply)
This is a normal post i didn't say she should be ashamed
I'm saying she's behaving differently to how I've seen other people deal with similar stuff on TV.

There's a bloke who's missing a hand who's sometimes on Saturday Kitchen and he wears a false plastic hand. I saw him cook several times before I noticed it was a bit shiney.

I just wonder if she's making a point by not wearing one. My gut feeling is that she wants to be famous - very famous indeed.
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Perhaps
it's uncomfortable, and if she manages without it why bother?
I am quite surprised people complain, they'll be moaning about Something Special next too.
 (I helped save b3ta! moogy boobles, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:26, Reply)
This is a normal post the chef you speak of is michael caines
he lost his good arm in a car accident and had to learn how to use the other instead. he is jolly good at holding vegetables with the plastic one as he swings his chopper
 (Stocksie, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:45, Reply)
This is a normal post She was born without the arm, and as a child wasn't made to feel she had to wear one? why change once shes older?
Maybe that chef fella lost his arm? Different strokes for different folks.

I think she should be proud of the way she looks, also I think if people think their kids are going to be scared of her, the first thing they should do is to sit them down and make them watch her. Otherwise theyre going to grow up believing disabled people should be hidden away from view or ashamed of them selves and hid their disabilities.

If she helps breed a sence of tollerence in kids by not being ashamed of her body all power to her
 (I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe it is a little bit of the....
positive discrimination mentioned in the article... the BBC wanting to make it noticable..etc etc

Certainly as mentioned aswell it will help parents talk to the children more about disabilities if its plainly on show.

What gripes me and the missus a little is that they actually have been hiding the missing limb from shot a lot.. behind books etc, which we thought was giving into the people complaining.

But anyway, dont matter who's presenting...the "do you know its springtime" song will be back soon. And i have learn't all the sign language i know from Justin (fav = green frog)
 (spaceswitch is gonna gay ya, on, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Probably never used one
She's had it from birth and seems to cope OK. Good luck to her.
 (UltimateMonkey Ban this sick filth!, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 21:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Because she would be scarier as a cyborg!

(I helped save b3ta! wangmaster2000, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:17, Reply)
This is a normal post christ almighty... I'm pretty sure kids these days are subjected to far more scary things than friendly one-armed presenters.
scarier things like their own parents.
 (I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:01, Reply)
This is a normal post she seems
armless enough to me.
 (I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:07, Reply)
This is a normal post You have to hand it to her.
I can't put my finger on it, but I recognise her. Perhaps I saw her thumbing a lift. I'd nail her.
 (I helped save b3ta! redazril I LIKE DRUGS!, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:13, Reply)
This is a normal post perhaps she was the girl who gave you...
the elbow
 (I helped save b3ta! mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Something special...
What next?

Lets ban something special? It's a programme featuring disabled kids, so it must scare their kids as well.

F**king small minded petty bigots. I can't stand people who discriminate like this.
 (Andy-Bhoy I'm here all week, try the veal., Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:14, Reply)
This is a normal post
At least they have a one armed TV presenter!

When I where a kid, all we had was a home made bong and a bit of weed, some Frank Zappa LP's, hand fulls of gravel, a rolled up news paper and a cardboard box in the middle of road...

But we were happy!


You try telling that to kids of today...
 (I helped save b3ta! Darklord, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:24, Reply)
This is a normal post memories ;-)
but im wondering what the gravel, newspaper & cardboard box was for?
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:40, Reply)
This is a normal post
www.phespirit.info/montypython/four_yorkshiremen.htm
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:59, Reply)
This is a normal post HA!
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Pfft. Kids these days. Pussies.
We had Timmy Mallet. And we truly knew what terror was.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:03, Reply)
This is a normal post she'd be a hit with the kids
if she wore a false robot arm with flashing lights on
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Twats.
I have one eye, does that mean I shouldn't be a teacher? (and no, I'm not talking about all that court stuff, that's a different issue which is well hidden, and covered up thank you very much)
 (I helped save b3ta! Occulus Swallowed, instead of spat, on, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:07, Reply)
This is a normal post my young un was a bit unsure...
i told her she was a pirate, and she probably had it bitten off by a shark or had it cleaved off with a cutlass!
she thinks its great now!
 (discodaz *generic witty comment*, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Doesn't this boil down to...
...Presenter forces parents to face their own prejudices...

...Parents complain...

...Kids couldn't give a monkeys, after all, they quite enjoy "in the night garden"...
 (I helped save b3ta! TheAlmightyBeev, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:25, Reply)
This is a normal post That's nothing
They also have gay and black people on TV these days
 (I helped save b3ta! Roland E O'Dorant R Tape loading error, 0:1, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:54, Reply)
This is a normal post
This appears to be the actual origin of the article. Just this. Nothing more, nothing less. Fucking lazy hacks.

www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=980250

Username - Barry Scott. Lovely.
 (I helped save b3ta! RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 21:08, Reply)