Fifth Gear has sunk to a new low & is now on the History channel.
Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC
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Fifth Gear has sunk to a new low & is now on the History channel.
It had more gears than viewers.
This is what normally happens, more often than people expect..why do people thinkl Oisin was so worried about his job. A job I suspect he will no longer have anyway and if he had made peace with JC he would have.
I don't think anyone in this has showered themselves in glory...except for James May, who is a legend.
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Yup spot on. These TV stars are quite often primadonnas and not very nice people when the camera is off, it's a producers job to manage them, keep them happy and get the filming done. It's fair to say this producer failed at that.
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Well that is pretty disappointing news. Hope they do port the show with the same presenters to a different channel/outlet.
If they have sense they will stick together and get a new show going on another channel.... will still be top gear just under a different name and people WILL watch it.
Lets face it we like watching the 3 of em together, the cars and other parts are incidental.
Lets face it we like watching the 3 of em together, the cars and other parts are incidental.
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I, as I'm sure you and everyone else that has either worked in public sector or even private companies has had to do a module or two, or read the diversity training guidelines, and other HR related things on how to behave at work. 99% of the time people just behave the way they want to after gauging what their colleagues are like and regulate the humour/behaviour accordingly. There would be no life or soul in a work place, and no vibrancy, creativity or anything remotely enjoyable about a work place if everyone stuck to the rules in black and white.
I'm not saying this means you should rebel and act like an offensive yob to people around you - but use a little common sense. If I said an offensive joke, which I have done in the past, my colleagues would say (in private) "I think you went a little OTT there" - and I'd accept it and apologise and crack on.
People are so keen on trying to be PC that they forget to be themselves and just get on with their lives/work. That doesn't mean that I expect people to overtly show their prejudices or be purposefully offensive just to stick 2 fingers up to the rules, but there has to be a bit of a buffer/envelope around which people can test the boundaries without being typecast as sexist, or racist or whatever-ist.
Heck, I read an article that me opening doors for women, and offering to carry a bag for a woman and what one would normally call "Chivalry" is now called "Benevolent Sexism". **** off. It's called being well brought up, being a gentleman and doing the right thing (and the fact I'm reasonably strong
). However apparently this benevolent sexism "perpetuates support for gender inequality among women". What a load of horse****.I think it is just called good manners?
Anyway, I have a bit of a bone to pick with all this excessive PC crap that is overly leaned upon as a framework for a happy society - these utopian views just do not work.
I'm all for equality and equal rights - I make no secret of that, I hate unfair treatment, but at the same time I enjoy being human and not an automaton / robot-like creature.
That must have been a mind-numbingly awful thing to have done. I can imagine you were pretty much told you weren't allowed to say anything! How dare you have an opinion!
Source?
What relevance does this have? I'm unsure as to how Tymon is to blame for what happened regardless of if they did not see eye to eye.
They're both mature people.
Just because something is 'just an expression' does not mean it's not offensive.
The nursery rhyme is a prime example 'it's just a nursery rhyme', well yeh, but it's still offensive. I would explain but I'm not as boring as my professor of English (whom frequently goes on these rants) but suffice to say there are things that are 'just XXX' but can still be offensive.
I'm not a 'PC activist' at all.
Well then why say it in the first place? If it's not excuse for hitting someone do not bring it in to the conversation. They are both mature people, I do not see eye to eye with many people but I do not use any excuse to punch them (as much as I would like to).
It's a 2-way offer
I wouldn't want it any other way, makes it boring
. Although I hit hard 
.Nah, plenty of shows have changed presenters, however it is about the success of the show post change of presenters. People always attribute the success of a show to the presenters, but it's rarely the sole case, the writing, production and format all work in tangent. This is how people tell if that show has any merit or if it relied too much on the presenters. Either way, will not tell until the refresh (I presume) has happened and is given a bit of time.
Clarkson, May and Hammond will not be short of a job offer especially given Clarkson's friends at Sky.
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If you think TV personalities are right up themselves, you should try working or even just being around anyone in the music industry.
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I think the right decision was made but I wish it didn't have to be made.
I can't think Top Gear will continue on on BBC in a successful manner.
I can't think Top Gear will continue on on BBC in a successful manner.
So you're telling me that just because he did something wrong or not up to standard he deserves physical and verbal abuse? Sorry but that's just bull, nobody deserves that kind of treatment just for a stupid mistake such as providing a cold meal instead of a hot meal.
If you had that kind of reaction in any job you'd probably be fired and just because he's a celebrity and people enjoy watching him and his programme doesn't mean he should be treated any differently or he should be allowed to treat others in such an abusive manner.
I, as I'm sure you and everyone else that has either worked in public sector or even private companies has had to do a module or two, or read the diversity training guidelines, and other HR related things on how to behave at work. 99% of the time people just behave the way they want to after gauging what their colleagues are like and regulate the humour/behaviour accordingly. There would be no life or soul in a work place, and no vibrancy, creativity or anything remotely enjoyable about a work place if everyone stuck to the rules in black and white.
I'm not saying this means you should rebel and act like an offensive yob to people around you - but use a little common sense. If I said an offensive joke, which I have done in the past, my colleagues would say (in private) "I think you went a little OTT there" - and I'd accept it and apologise and crack on.
People are so keen on trying to be PC that they forget to be themselves and just get on with their lives/work. That doesn't mean that I expect people to overtly show their prejudices or be purposefully offensive just to stick 2 fingers up to the rules, but there has to be a bit of a buffer/envelope around which people can test the boundaries without being typecast as sexist, or racist or whatever-ist.
Heck, I read an article that me opening doors for women, and offering to carry a bag for a woman and what one would normally call "Chivalry" is now called "Benevolent Sexism". **** off. It's called being well brought up, being a gentleman and doing the right thing (and the fact I'm reasonably strong
I think it is just called good manners?
Anyway, I have a bit of a bone to pick with all this excessive PC crap that is overly leaned upon as a framework for a happy society - these utopian views just do not work.
I'm all for equality and equal rights - I make no secret of that, I hate unfair treatment, but at the same time I enjoy being human and not an automaton / robot-like creature.
That must have been a mind-numbingly awful thing to have done. I can imagine you were pretty much told you weren't allowed to say anything! How dare you have an opinion!
This. All of this.
I, as I'm sure you and everyone else that has either worked in public sector or even private companies has had to do a module or two, or read the diversity training guidelines, and other HR related things on how to behave at work. 99% of the time people just behave the way they want to after gauging what their colleagues are like and regulate the humour/behaviour accordingly. There would be no life or soul in a work place, and no vibrancy, creativity or anything remotely enjoyable about a work place if everyone stuck to the rules in black and white.
I'm not saying this means you should rebel and act like an offensive yob to people around you - but use a little common sense. If I said an offensive joke, which I have done in the past, my colleagues would say (in private) "I think you went a little OTT there" - and I'd accept it and apologise and crack on.
People are so keen on trying to be PC that they forget to be themselves and just get on with their lives/work. That doesn't mean that I expect people to overtly show their prejudices or be purposefully offensive just to stick 2 fingers up to the rules, but there has to be a bit of a buffer/envelope around which people can test the boundaries without being typecast as sexist, or racist or whatever-ist.
Heck, I read an article that me opening doors for women, and offering to carry a bag for a woman and what one would normally call "Chivalry" is now called "Benevolent Sexism". **** off. It's called being well brought up, being a gentleman and doing the right thing (and the fact I'm reasonably strong
I think it is just called good manners?
Anyway, I have a bit of a bone to pick with all this excessive PC crap that is overly leaned upon as a framework for a happy society - these utopian views just do not work.
If you have to think about something being offensive, just do not say it in public, save it for when you're with friends or with people you feel comfortable speaking candidly and honestly with.
I seriously do not think it's 'political correctness gone mad', that's the sort of thing old, white, right wing conservatives say in the pub of an evening. Just not being a total **** is not being politically correct, it's just being a decent person, imho.
I'm a student, I hate people talk about Chivalry (I read a bit about it, not out of choice), you know it tells you how to appropriately head butt a woman? It's a total cultural mythology surrounding it.
That must have been a mind-numbingly awful thing to have done. I can imagine you were pretty much told you weren't allowed to say anything! How dare you have an opinion!
Given it was a bout a controversial topic, it was just difficult to articulate a fair argument given that talking about things openly can be 'promoting it'. It was not awful, but just limited because everything I said out loud I had to really think about.
I'll cancel my Netflix subscription in protest and start an e-petition.
(Oh hang on I use my brother in law's Netflix...)
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