Guy, we could go around in circles here ad infinitum.
As you will recall, I formed a sense of what the show was after watching the last twenty mins of one programme, and made a post on another forum asking was this what I thought it was? You kindly pointed out it wasn't. I reserved judgement until I watched another, but found it so distasteful after 20 mins that I switched it off, as I now realised it
was what I thought it was.
My various points regarding why I believe it to be unethical production practice are outlined earlier, so I won't go over it again, but you are welcome to read them again if you so desire. And again, my points on padding relate to the unnecessary nature of that padding, and the repetitive nature of it from programme to programme - in essence I believe the format was flawed, you don't. That doesn't make your opinion any more 'right' than it does mine, but when I gave my opinion Guy it was because I certainly do know about padding television programmes. I have personally padded out many programmes with the best of them, but always kept it
relevant to the task at hand.
As for your point that the padding makes the end meeting more successful? If adoption agencies had only known about these methods years ago, I am sure they would have adopted them themselves! That is quite an extraordinary claim, and one which I have only heard from your good self, so I am guessing that that was equally just an opinion that you have, and not hardened fact.
"It is absurd to suggest that people's votes have not been influenced by the postings as they certainly have." You are a pollster now??
Regarding the poll question - I agree with you in one regard, as I found the last option a bit odd - "Or maybe I will" - as that seems to be a secondary comment that should be made after a first opinion has been formed, but we only get one vote. But I would suggest that it is statistically as valid as your own scientific poll, where you counted how many people on another forum actually bothered to make a comment. Did you manage to read the Digital Spy threads, by the way? Fascinating reading, and as I have not posted on there, certainly not influenced by my comments, though I am sure by your reckoning that those posters will have had equally flawed motives.
I'm happy to keep dancing with you on this as long as you like Guy!
Cheers again,
Chris
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