Thanks for grossing us all out, Oprah!

[Archae]

Did Oprah *HAVE* to show us the woman who had her face ripped off by the chimpanzee? :wow:

(The clip was shown on our 5 pm news.)

[enlightenment]

1. Nice.

Your compassion is noted.

[Thickasabrick]

29. +1

[Brickbat]

2. Thanks for grossing us out, Archae!

Did you *HAVE* to show off your total lack of humanity and compassion? :eyes:

(I shouldn't have opened this thread, but I did.)

[Archae]

7. I do feel for her. But I DON'T want her paraded on Oprah for ratings.

I don't consider daytime TV to be a "See the Freak Show!"

Granted, on Springer it is, but I just feel Oprah exploited our "rubbernecking past the car accident" tendency.

[cynatnite]

12. What makes you think the woman was forced? Maybe she wanted society to accept her...

but how can that happen when someone with the sensitivity of a rock gets their underwear in a bunch for having to look at her?

Yeah, progressive compassionate human being you are. :sarcasm:

[GoCubsGo]

43. Awww....

Cut him some slack. Why should he waste his beautiful mind on having to look at something like that.

[Inspired]

17. "See the Freak Show?" What the hell?

[Inspired]

18. dupe

[Brickbat]

19. Who says she's a freak?

Why not throw a picture of yourself up and see what people have to say?

[mentalsolstice]

40. So she's a freak huh?

Nice!? :wtf:

Your compassion is noted. What are you going to do when this victim or any similar victim sits down next to you in a restaurant?

[virginia mountainman]

3. It grosses you out, just wonder about how SHE feels about it now...

She has to live with it....And comments like yours...

[nightrain]

4. Imagine how your comment might feel to the woman...

[bobbolink]

27. I don't think people like this are capable of walking in the shoes of another.

x(

[nightrain]

33. probably true... sadly...

[Raine]

5. How do you think the poor woman feels

but poor you having to be grossed out, what suffering for you to endure. :sarcasm:

[CakeGrrl]

6. Did you have to watch?

They WARN people that the video may be disturbing, and Oprah may be a powerhouse, but she's not on EVERY channel.

You had a choice.

[tabatha]

8. I feel sorry for you that you are offended by other's pain.

What a jerk!

[Ian David]

9. If I had a million dollars.... I'd buy Glenn Beck a monkey! n/t

[UTUSN]

10. Oh. Thought it was Sarah!1 n/t

[cynatnite]

11. This is proof that not all human beings are born with compassion. n/t

[Feron]

13. Perhaps she wanted to show her face.

Perhaps she wants to teach people that a person's character is far more important than looks.

Yes she is horribly disfigured, however I would hope that people would look past that.

[cynatnite]

14. Yep, unlike the OP who is incapable of that. n/t

[me b zola]

21. Yes, she stated that she did

She stated that there was a "bounty" from the tabloids for a pic of her. She wanted to be in control so that no one could use her to make a cheap buck. She trusted Oprah and sought her out as the forum to reveal her face. And as far as the criticism of Oprah upthread, Oprah did not to my knowledge advertise the show, nor do she lead off with her story.

I was so hoping that there wouldn't be any threads like this here...ugh. But glad to see the majority of respondits like yourself in this thread.

[misanthrope]

23. Oprah's people most certainly did do advance publicity...

...I saw being proclaimed on TV earlier this morning.

And not leading with the "reveal" isn't a show of compassion but a marketing technique to keep viewers hanging on through the show.

[me b zola]

28. That's the first time I heard of it too.

Unlike days/weeks notice when they promote a show for ratings like Sarah.

[Inspired]

15. That poor woman. And you are grossed out?

Unbelievable.

[Beacool]

16. Nice going............

Your lack of compassion is duly noted. I only hope that you never have to go through something even a quarter as traumatic as this woman has gone through.

Remember that life is unpredictable.

:-(

[misanthrope]

20. Nothing like exploiting someone else's tragedy for your own benefit...

...I refuse to take part in what I see as an equivalent to an old fashioned carnival "freak" show. It's done merely for shock value. I'm not into gawking at others for amusement.

[blues90]

22. Fuck Oprah , All this is is shock value for ratings

For what other reason was this done , it was not to alert people who keep wild animals as pets and what might happen , this has been know for many years.

I don't turn on the TV set because it is all for shock value then jump right into the ad's to sell the very products who promote this horror .

How is going on this show going to help this women in any way?

If Oprah is concerned then maybe she can pitch in some funds to help out rather than do this sort of this for ratings and that's all it is ever for.

[Raschel]

30. I was turned off when Oprah had the little 'mermaid girl' on her show.

She asked the little girl's doctor very insensitive questions right in front of her. Totally unecessary.

[noamnety]

24. This reminds me of a story a couple years ago

when a bunch of people got a group of injured vets kicked out of a public pool they were using for physical therapy.

Apparently disfigured people have a moral obligation to ensure others don't have to shoulder the unbearable burden of seeing them.

- former army sgt

[katanalori]

25. The REAL FREAK SHOW

airs Monday - Oprah taped Palin today - softball interview by all accounts (people in audience). Palin brought two shields, I mean kids - Willow and Piper.

[earth mom]

26. Oprah exploited that poor woman for ratings. What a disgusting pig Oprah is for that!

Does Oprah not have any feelings or conscience?!

Did Oprah ever stop to think how that woman would feel about millions of people seeing her on t.v. like that if she knew how she really looked?!

Un fucking believable!!! :grr:

[cynatnite]

34. You don't think the woman made a choice here?

Maybe you can stop trashing Oprah long enough to see that this woman had such great courage to stand up and force the world to accept her as she is. Maybe you can realize this woman has far more beauty inside her than you and a few others who are waving around your so-called offense at the audacity that she was on television in the first place.

At best you are disingenuous...at worst you are a hypocrite.

[Raine]

35. The woman wanted to be on Oprah and

she wanted to show her face, she stated that.

[Yehonala]

38. This Is Someone Who.....

We're talking about someone (Oprah) who is pressuring her people to get Jaycee Dugard on her show. Not someone who has a clear understanding that people who go through these things need to heal and get through coming to terms with it. I'm not surprised that Oprah is behaving like this and it is making me sick.

If Oprah was insensitive about the Mermaid Girl then I can only fathom that she is likely to get disgusting about Jaycee and heaven only knows what she plans on asking this other woman.

[calico1]

42. I live in CT and it is my understanding that

Charla Nash was aware that several tabloids were after her story and pictures of her so she chose to have Oprah interview her and reveal her face on Oprah on her own terms before the tabloids did.

I am sorry you find this human being so disgusting.

[Kceres]

31. Um, your post is not what I expect from a DUer.

Get a heart.

[RoadRage]

32. Her face is certainly prettier then your personality. NT

[bluetrain]

36. The woman has no eyes anymore so she has no idea what she looks like and no hands so she can't even

really guess by touch. I didn't see it. I hear she seems to have a pretty good attitude about the whole thing. But I have to wonder whether she would have made the same choice, to appear on national television as a side show attraction, were she fully aware of what she now looks like. Sounds like she really got screwed over by the chimp owner, too.

[spanone]

37. now watch me hide this thread

[dugaresa]

39. Oprah fulfills the needs of the Great American Couch Potato Rubbernecker

[calico1]

41. Well, that was classy.

She is still a human being.

Why are you acting like a Republican?