Comments on: Greenlit: Stacey Dooley’s Child Labour, BBC3

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:04:12 +0000

I wish Stacey would stop talking about back home in England does she not realise she works for the BBC and what the first B in BBC stands for.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:19:05 +0000

Stacey is so annoying!! shes just so fake and insensative…shes not relating to the people!…….i think the comments about women having children in these 3rd world countries needs to be considered! contraception should be handed out!
and another thing….when giving money to charity…i worry…i would love to give money to charity…but i am thinking that this money goes to the government sitting in their fancy houses in the hills! we live in a corrupt world…and maybe our government should focus on these problems rather than involving themselves in problems such as Libya just so they can get their hands on the oil!!

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:03:05 +0000

A MESSAGE FOR AL……not all muslim women are forced into wearing the head cover (burkha) they choose to wear it themselves!! its their religious belief……in the quran it states that women should wear the cover so that when working ect men would see them for the brains they have rather than sex objects!

By: B.E.

B.E. — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:43:08 +0000

Oh.. sorry, that wasn’t really directed at you Alister. More in general at those who have a go at her for no good reason. Sorry I didn’t make that clear. It’s great that you support good decisions by your providers and make them know that you’re aware of it as a consumer. :)

By: Alister

Alister — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:10:25 +0000

B.E. I am sorry you misunderstand me I made the comment “Yes Stacey is naive” Because of previous comments in the thread, however I did finish the sentence with “but at least she was prepared to make an attempt to change things” I also went on to complement her on her understanding that education was the ladder that will help raise these children from their plight.

With regard to your comment about appealing to young people I am certainly not young but I have written to my preferred chocolate provider supporting their selection of raw material from Fair Trade providers.

Just as a question, did you also have rant at Bill for the “staggeringly ignorant and self-serving” comment or SW etc.

By: B.E.

B.E. — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:14:48 +0000

Why are you saying that she is naive? For what? For getting emotional? Do you think that means she doesn’t know the extent or severity of the problem? Considering that she was inexperienced with the subject and just 22 year old at the time these were filmed I’m actually quite impressed with her. Yes she appears surprised by some things but in part that could be to get the point across to those who aren’t aware of it. They were obviously made to appeal to certain demographics (i.e. young people who are often too wrapped up in themselves and their own insecurities to see the big picture). We are all ignorant to some extent and she seems to be very thought out in her remarks. You should listen to yourselves talk as if you had an idea.. it’s sad. At least she’s trying.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:43:43 +0000

Did you misunderstand my post Alister? I most certainly feel compassion for these exploited children and revulsion for the circumstances that keep them under this yoke.
The point I was trying to make is that Stacey appears to be staggeringly ignorant and self-serving. This show is aimed at the youth demographic – one hopes it is intended to be a cautionary tale: that worthy aims can be achieved despite the ugliness of ignorant do-gooders.

By: Alister

Alister — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:05:18 +0000

Having watched the doco and read your comments I am bemused by your general lack of compassion. Yes Stacey is naive but at least she was prepared to make an attempt to change things.

She understood that education is the key to change. There is a co-relation between poverty and education. People with education have more abundant lives with less crime, conflict and reduced family size.

So you can choose to sit back and eat your cheap chocolate etc like the landed gentry of the 1800s or you can choose to consume “Fair Trade” items.

Remember “If it is to be it is up to me”. These are little words but they are very impowering.

By: Truthsayer

Truthsayer — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:08:20 +0000

These people weren’t starving before “certain” greedy agressive nations interfered in their societies. “Civilizing” them into a greed based system where the disparity between groups increased monumentally, increasing crime, deforming family values, etc. I suppose progress by western standards is a lot of useless toys and a broken system that opresses the people. Hooray for colonialism and imperialism — screwing up the world for centuries at a time. Yay, europe!!!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:45:01 +0000

Having just seen the first episode on Nepal, and not having come across Stacey Dooley before, I must say she is so tedious and insensitive it is beyond belief. The very model of a ill-informed patronising do-gooder. Indeed, so awful as to be compelling.

She was obviously (eventually) told to pull her head in by the aid organisation staff. Her incessant touching of the boy she attempted to reunite with his father was clearly making the child very uncomfortable. Nonetheless, she just couldn’t stop.

Her aims are laudable. The way she conducts herself is not.