Re: Models take heed:
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:44 am
Terry, you still didn't answer my question: Will One Eyed Jack Productions only be using tried and tested or established talent for its future productions, and not using any new talent? In effect, are YOU prepared to practice what you preach? I don't want you to take any unnecessary risks with your personal safety, you understand.
Just remember, the next amateur couple you film could be Britain's next Fred and Rose West!
Yes, as I said in my previous reply, I both applaud and appreciate the sentiment and intent behind your posting, and not for one second do I believe that you would use an incident like this to try and monopolise up and coming talent. However.....if you go back and re-read your post, it does come across like that, and does tend to tar all non-household name producers with the same brush.
Let my apply your logic another way and see if you can see the holes in it: My doctor is a white male. So was Dr. Harold Shipman. Do you think I should avoid seeing a) white doctors b) male doctors c) white male doctors or d) any doctor whatsoever? After all, he could be the next Harold Shipman!
There are plenty of sites offering advice to models on their safety, and I would advise all models to check them out, because there are some weirdoes out there. However, not everyone is a homicidal maniac, so it is both profoundly unfair, not to mention illogical, to put everyone in the same boat as you suggest.
Let me give you another example. I don't have a criminal record, nor have I served time at Her Majesty's Pleasure, but a number of well established and equally well respected names in the UK industry cannot say the same. Does this mean I am 'safer' to work with than them? Or just that I haven't been caught yet?
Also, your comments about all amateurs hiding in the shadows is even more insulting than the insinuations in your first post.
Try your statement this way, and see if you can see the sweeping generalisation contained within.
'Where will all the (gays/blacks/pakis/jews/immigrants etc.) be if the shit hit the fan (like a war or invasion?) and they had to stand up and be counted? I'd bet they'd hide in the shadows and deny ever having anything to do with (the United Kingdom), just to protect their own arses'
You could write speeches for the BNP (or at the very least ghostwrite a few of Richard Littlejohn's columns) with an attitude like that! Great way to just label and demonise a group of people en masse!
Anyway, I'm going to go and beat a hasty retreat with my tail between my legs, off to the safety of the shadows with the rest of my cowardly, selfish brethren, before Terry conceives 'The Final Solution' to those pesky amateurs!
Just remember, the next amateur couple you film could be Britain's next Fred and Rose West!
Yes, as I said in my previous reply, I both applaud and appreciate the sentiment and intent behind your posting, and not for one second do I believe that you would use an incident like this to try and monopolise up and coming talent. However.....if you go back and re-read your post, it does come across like that, and does tend to tar all non-household name producers with the same brush.
Let my apply your logic another way and see if you can see the holes in it: My doctor is a white male. So was Dr. Harold Shipman. Do you think I should avoid seeing a) white doctors b) male doctors c) white male doctors or d) any doctor whatsoever? After all, he could be the next Harold Shipman!
There are plenty of sites offering advice to models on their safety, and I would advise all models to check them out, because there are some weirdoes out there. However, not everyone is a homicidal maniac, so it is both profoundly unfair, not to mention illogical, to put everyone in the same boat as you suggest.
Let me give you another example. I don't have a criminal record, nor have I served time at Her Majesty's Pleasure, but a number of well established and equally well respected names in the UK industry cannot say the same. Does this mean I am 'safer' to work with than them? Or just that I haven't been caught yet?
Also, your comments about all amateurs hiding in the shadows is even more insulting than the insinuations in your first post.
Try your statement this way, and see if you can see the sweeping generalisation contained within.
'Where will all the (gays/blacks/pakis/jews/immigrants etc.) be if the shit hit the fan (like a war or invasion?) and they had to stand up and be counted? I'd bet they'd hide in the shadows and deny ever having anything to do with (the United Kingdom), just to protect their own arses'
You could write speeches for the BNP (or at the very least ghostwrite a few of Richard Littlejohn's columns) with an attitude like that! Great way to just label and demonise a group of people en masse!
Anyway, I'm going to go and beat a hasty retreat with my tail between my legs, off to the safety of the shadows with the rest of my cowardly, selfish brethren, before Terry conceives 'The Final Solution' to those pesky amateurs!