I don't disagree with you at all but underscore that ''having the right'' and 'being a good idea'' are entirely different - and perhaps sometimes mutually exclusive!  Because the world at large is NOT a ''sheltered workshop'' - this was a bad idea for her personally.  As to whether it was a ''good idea'' for business/ratings, etc. for ...

Paul, I've watched this story with interest from the US as I have an adult cousin with an apparently smilar problem to Susan Boyle's.  Hypoxia is an acquired brain injury - so Susan didn't just ''look'' brain damaged - she actually is.  And, that was the biggest injustice to me - to spin this story as if all it was about was ...