Aaron
Saturday 16th April 2011 5:13pm
Royal Berkshire
69,918 posts
Quote: dellas @ April 16 2011, 7:40 AM BST
Do not understand why you let others off for mis-spelling and crudeness? is ok to make a genuine mistake or is it 'nepotism'? such as naff 'cuddly' posts or stupid dat? or 'I'm pink an cuggley, fankuuu'?... I await answer in total despair.
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but I very rarely let anyone off for poor spelling and grammar. Crudity is another story.
Quote: dellas @ April 16 2011, 7:40 AM BST
ps If the women in 'Candy Cabs' have to be rescued by men, that is a failure and very sad indiciment of womens' strength, so to me that is false and sexist.
I'm not sure that they have been rescued by men. A couple of men have acted in their favour, certainly, but it's been made clear that they've done that hard work, and as the whole premise of the show is that a group of women are entering a traditionally macho man's world, it wouldn't really have made sense to have those other sympathetic characters as females.
Quote: Tim Azure @ April 16 2011, 11:25 AM BST
I don't think they are strong and independent, I think they are quite pathetic and that does make it sexist...
Well, they're certainly not shining examples of business-minded characters, but they've done pretty much everything off their own backs so far, so "pathetic" strikes me as a little strong - I'm not sure how that exactly makes it sexist though. There's no indication that they've run into troubles because they're women, just that they'd misunderstood or overlooked things, or made reasonable assumptions for people who hadn't any experience of this new industry they were entering.