BBC NEWS | Health | Tourette's housemate 'exploited'
I found this article stupid and patronising.
Whatever you think of Big Brother the participants are all adults who choose to go on the programme. Suggesting that Pete is being 'exploited' suggests the very old fashioned idea that anyone with a disability needs to be protected for their own good. He's an adult with the right to choose his own path.
Individual rights apart; Pete seems to me to be one of the more stable and bright individuals on the programme and as such is likely to provide an excellant role model for children with Tourette's and to remove some of the fear of the unknown from this condition.
Whatever you think of Big Brother the participants are all adults who choose to go on the programme. Suggesting that Pete is being 'exploited' suggests the very old fashioned idea that anyone with a disability needs to be protected for their own good. He's an adult with the right to choose his own path.
Individual rights apart; Pete seems to me to be one of the more stable and bright individuals on the programme and as such is likely to provide an excellant role model for children with Tourette's and to remove some of the fear of the unknown from this condition.
posted by Jill at 11:30 PM
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