Poor Jade Goody!!

[phykell]

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

C'mon mate, even you have to admit that you're far from being a typical example of a UK citizen. You're more moral, better educated and more respectful than the majority of people for starters.

Am I though? I know the idea of the average UK citizen is constantly under attack by the media whose sole aim is to sell papers or TV advertising - we've all seen this. However, I'd say the large proportion of our own little group here at BD are all the things you ascribe to me (thanks btw ) and it does make me wonder if we're all a bit cynical about our own country. Are we really that bad or does the media like to portray us that way simply to further its own ends.

I was in Asda late last night, and I noticed that there were plenty of Jade Goody OK magazines, sat on the shelf, unsold; and it did make me think, that just because people sit there watching it all on TV, it doesn't necessarily mean they actually buy into it all. Perhaps it's possible to watch BB without actually "loving" it but then again, perhaps it suits the media to believe that just because we buy their newspaper, just because we watch a programme, that they completely understand our motivations for doing so. I'd like to think we're a bit more complex than that, that we can't all be pigeon-holed though I do wish more people would be a bit more discerning and switch off their TV