From: Ellen K. 

Right up there with the radio show water-drinking contest that killed a
woman last week...

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:11:04 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message :

>
>
>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bigbrother.html?in_arti
cle_id=429432&in_page_id=1894
>
>The Big Brother race row exploded into an international incident today as
>India formally protested about the racist bullying of Bollywood star Shilpa
>Shetty.
>
>Effigies of the show's organisers were burned on the streets and in Britain
>it provoked over 20,000 official complaints - making it the most
>controversial programme in television history.
>
>Treasury minister Ed Balls said he was "ashamed" and added:
"The image it
>projects of Britain around the world is appalling."
>
>His boss Gordon Brown, on a visit to India, condemned the bullying, led by
>Jade Goody, which has seen Shetty, 31, described as a "dog"
and told to pick
>chicken bones from the lavatory with her teeth.
>
>Channel 4 chiefs are now under huge pressure to intervene but remained
>silent today.
>
>Asian MP Keith Vaz said they were "hiding behind a statement"
and told them
>they must act to end the race row.
>
>Indian junior foreign minister Anand Sharm said there would be a formal
>complaint and added: "Racism has no place in civilised society."
>
>Followed by: "We are awaiting a report about the show. The government will
>take appropriate measures once it gets to know the full details.
>
>The Chancellor, visiting Bangalore, said the bullying was
"offensive" and
>diplomats said it was causing genuine damage to Britain's standing and
>reputation in India.
>
>In PMQ's Tony Blair spoke out against racism "in all its forms" after
>complaints about the treatment of one of the Celebrity Big Brother
>housemates.
>

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