Samantha Mumba called 'monkey' by Miss Scotland

Brian Capture · 2007-03-11 10:50:16

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2031210,00.html Very unfortunate - in the sense that anything that gives publicity to this hideously untalented and grotesque charlatan is bad.

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#32 11-03-2007 05:20PM

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The poor monkeys

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#33 11-03-2007 05:26PM

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faceman wrote:

The poor monkeys

Wont somebody think of the monkeys.

I never thought she was a looker in the first place tbh.

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#34 11-03-2007 05:29PM

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If she was lying there, and there was absolutely no work involved to get to that point and ye were feeling kinda ****ty ye would probably hit her

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#35 11-03-2007 06:32PM

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Zillah wrote:

The woman looks like a chimp ffs:

http://www.canehdian.com/non/artists/m/samanthamumba/samantha.jpg

Yeah, she kinda does, but just throw a bag over her head, and think of someone else, she'd be worth a shag.

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#36 11-03-2007 07:12PM

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She looks nothing like a monkey!

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#37 11-03-2007 08:05PM

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faceman wrote:

anyone ever the see the episode of south park that was about racism? The flag of south park had a black person (or 2, cant remember) bein hung while white folk were lookin. Chef interpreted as racist but the kids didnt and he was thick with them. The reason they didnt think it was racist because they werent lookin at skin colour. It was a good episode and summed up media interpretation of racism

They had another one too where Cartman hits Token in the head with a rock, and has to go to prison because it was deemed a Hate Crime,

so Stan, Kyle, Token (and maybe Kenny?), give a presentation to the Governor called 'Hate Crime Laws: A Savage Hypocrisy' saying that hate crime laws just create more division. It was great.

-"I'd really like to see you kids go down there and give that Governor a piece of my mind."
-"Why don't you do it?"
-"Oh he wouldn't listen to me"
-"Why not?"
-"Because I'm black"

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#38 11-03-2007 08:15PM

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eth0_ wrote:

I think she kind of does, I mean she's not got a very nice face at all, if you've seen her IRL you will agree. I think it's her jaw or sth that makes her face look a bit ugly.

Absolutely - she totally looks like a monkey - I've always thought that!

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#39 11-03-2007 08:25PM

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She lived in Crumlin for a good few years (southside) - she was a neighbour of my uncles, but don't know where she was born?

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#40 11-03-2007 08:29PM

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Yes, was in a cafe this morning and this was on page 2 of the papers. What is wrong with the media these days?

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#41 11-03-2007 08:40PM

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Brian Capture wrote:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2031210,00.html

Very unfortunate - in the sense that anything that gives publicity to this hideously untalented and grotesque charlatan is bad.

Hopefully few will take notice of your anal utterings. Tell me why not be more useful and clean up your local area!

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#42 11-03-2007 09:00PM

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So Glad wrote:

What is wrong with the media these days?

Racism makes big headlines. That's what's wrong.

It's like the whole thing with the Galwayfirst article about "African cabbies facing racism" when the reality was more along the lines of the african cabbies ripping people off, and generally not knowing where they're going, hence people not wanting to get another cab driven by an african. Had a discussion about it here.

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#43 11-03-2007 09:05PM

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Nunu wrote:

She lived in Crumlin for a good few years (southside) - she was a neighbour of my uncles, but don't know where she was born?

Your point?

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#44 11-03-2007 09:15PM

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Karl Hungus wrote:

Racism makes big headlines. That's what's wrong.

It's like the whole thing with the Galwayfirst article about "African cabbies facing racism" when the reality was more along the lines of the african cabbies ripping people off, and generally not knowing where they're going, hence people not wanting to get another cab driven by an african. Had a discussion about it here.

Yes. I really see worry in this because what would columnists jump on the racist tag so fast and freely for? What possible merits does that behold, bar paper sales (I think I've answered my question)? Complete fear mongering..

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#45 11-03-2007 09:21PM

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If, for instance I was to say that Robert Mugabe looked like an ape, I would be called all the racist names under the sun. On the other hand if I were to say Bertie Ahern looked like a chimp no one would take a blind bit of notice. Why? I wonder.

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#46 11-03-2007 09:28PM

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There are those who are too quick to jump on the racism bandwagon and call 'racist' where they really shouldn't, and then there are those who are too quick to jump on the racism-denial bandwagon, and hotly affirm their right to say a certain black person looks like a monkey. Monkey is a common enough racist call, I'm sure most people are aware of it, and this woman really shouldn't have used it.
It's not as bad as Ashley Cole and SWP getting subjected to monkey chants playing for England a few years back, but it was definitely in bad taste.

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#47 11-03-2007 09:44PM

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InFront wrote:

There are those who are too quick to jump on the racism bandwagon and call 'racist' where they really shouldn't, and then there are those who are too quick to jump on the racism-denial bandwagon, and hotly affirm their right to say a certain black person looks like a monkey. Monkey is a common enough racist call, I'm sure most people are aware of it, and this woman really shouldn't have used it.

Oh it was certainly racist, no argument from me there.

But what I'm more concerned about is the fact that 'Racism' seems to have been elevated to crime of the century, and being a murder, or a rapist, or even a paedophile. Someone goes out and kills someone, and it's barely fit for news, but if someone makes a derogatory about someone of another race, then the media is out baying for their blood.

I think in this case, miss Scotland's career is over. She'll never play this down, and she's probably never work again as a model, or on TV or such.

At the end of the day, all she really did was call someone a derogatory name. Nobody got hurt or anything, and anyone who hasn't been living in isolation has been called plenty of unsavoury things over the course of their life, and I'm sure that most people can take it on the chin. But because it was something said about a black person, the media puts on this mythic mantle of "Racism" that makes it the most horrible thing in the world.

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#48 11-03-2007 09:49PM

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Oh yeah no argument there, racism has become a full stop. It's like "anti-semitic" or "terrorist", no reasonable person defends such behaviour, so it became as easy 'crutch' for some people who perceive themselves to be disadvantaged.

It's inevitable that the media will catch hold of that and abuse it too, unfortunately their income is in hype. They love a story like this

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#49 11-03-2007 11:55PM

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Sonnenblumen wrote:

Hopefully few will take notice of your anal utterings. Tell me why not be more useful and clean up your local area!

Do not abuse me.

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#50 12-03-2007 12:22AM

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So what if she looks like a monkey. Whats wrong with calling a spade a monkey?

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#51 12-03-2007 01:33AM

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Pighead wrote:

Its utter tosh to call poor Samantha Mumba a monkey. Its blindly obvious that its an ape she looks like. People assume that monkeys and apes are the same but these people are fools.

Thank you!

I have to remind people of this about 5 or 6 times a day.

As for Mumba... if she looked like a monkey I'd have posters of her on my bedroom wall.... I don't... I have posters of Kim Hunter.

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#52 12-03-2007 02:32AM

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monkeyfudge wrote:

I have posters of Kim Hunter.

No Helena Bonham Carter?

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#53 12-03-2007 02:39AM

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I'm strictly old school.

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#54 12-03-2007 02:42AM

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monkeyfudge wrote:

I'm strictly old school.

How about Linda Harrison and you can be OS and NS. Unless you are into Charlton Heston.

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#55 12-03-2007 02:45AM

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Victor wrote:

How about Linda Harrison and you can be OS and NS. Unless you are into Charlton Heston.

She wasn't an Ape though, so I think Monkeyfudge wouldn't care for her.

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#56 12-03-2007 03:12AM

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Yeah get with the program victor :rolleyes:

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#57 12-03-2007 03:15AM

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Why would a monkey(fudge) care for an ape? Would a human get jiggy with an elephant?

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#58 12-03-2007 09:47AM

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rememeber when the pig and elephant got it on and produced a Mr. Garrisson

how romantic that was

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#59 12-03-2007 09:57AM

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Lil Kitten wrote:

I think she looks like a monkey, but more like a duck. Her and Nadine Coyle.

Ah cmon now. Nadine Coyle just looks like her face was stung by an entire hive of wasps.

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#60 12-03-2007 10:00AM

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Brian Capture wrote:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2031210,00.html

Very unfortunate - in the sense that anything that gives publicity to this hideously untalented and grotesque charlatan is bad.

yet you make a thread about her on a message board?

oh the irony

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#61 12-03-2007 10:03AM

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I dont think she looks like a monkey.

I think she looks like one of the Klingons off Star Trek.

A really hot Klingon

I would shag a klingon

Definately, no problem admitting it

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