jeremy clarkson v the mail and mirror

BunnyKillBot · 2 May 2014 at 21:52

inogen said:
Calling someone a "slope" no matter how cleverly disguised is racist. If you won't admit that (now you're aware) then you are on a slippery slope my friend. Pun intended.

Nope. Not even in the slightest. I can't even remember which group it's supposed to be a slur against. I'm a slope, your a slope, everones a slope slope. Are black rappers who use the n word self hating racists? Nope. I am also a banana, and a spoon. I am the queen. I am a queen? OH MY GOD, I just insinuated I am a transvestite that likes to wear high heels and wear womens clothing singing Shirley Bassey show tunes. I am so offended, I will write a strongly worded email to myself. Grow up or grow down, which ever it is that will fix your extreme sensitivity.

inogen · 2 May 2014 at 21:52

kitkat9933 said:
Doubt he will get sacked, even though he sold his stake to the BBC, which now has full control of Bedder 6 which owns Top Gear rights. It makes them over £30m and rising per year worldwide.

I doubt they would risk it, considering how much it benefits them.

I doubt they'll make any more Top Gear with Clarkson as the Anchor.

inogen · 2 May 2014 at 21:53

BunnyKillBot said:
Nope. Not even in the slightest. I can't even remember which group it's supposed to be a slur against. I'm a slope, your a slope, everones a slope slope. Are black rappers who use the n word self hating racists? Nope. I am also a banana, and a spoon. I am the queen. I am a queen? OH MY GOD, I just insinuated I am a transvestite that likes to wear high heels and wear womens clothing singing Shirley Bassey show tunes. I am so offended, I will write a strongly worded email to myself.

Ignoramus.

Participant · 2 May 2014 at 22:02

inogen said:
I doubt they'll make any more Top Gear with Clarkson as the Anchor.

I sincerely hope you're wrong. Why can't someone at the BBC just decide to ignore the perenially offended and just keep making Top Gear? Modern media is too powerful for its own good.

Jono8 · 2 May 2014 at 22:08

inogen said:
I doubt they'll make any more Top Gear with Clarkson as the Anchor.

Their loss.

Castiel · 2 May 2014 at 22:32

inogen said:
I doubt they'll make any more Top Gear with Clarkson as the Anchor.

That is hardly going to happen. Top Gear is big business to the BBC and Clarkson is Top Gear. Besides if they did, other TV channels would be lining up to hire him in a similar capacity, just look at Jonathan Ross.

The_Baron · 2 May 2014 at 22:46

Dull non-story. Not a racist. Just a very naughty boy.

It wasn't broadcast ffs. Hope whoever leaked it loses their job.

DJMK4 · 2 May 2014 at 22:50

OhEsEcks said:
Oh so not all journalists are scum? When they're saying things we're cool with? Like casual racism? Got it.

No, not all journalists are scum, did I say all?, but he is hardly a mainstream journalist like the rest of them, he has a column in the sun, and a motoring journalist!

He's clarkson, he's also not the first person in the world to say something

inogen said:
Just happy to take a wage from a company that hacks people's phones, is complicit in smear campaigns and invades people's privacy then? (not to mention some of the other things the Sun are and have been particularly best at) What a good egg.

And? Its one column that he probably spends a bit of time writing from the comfort of his home.

Would you willingly turn in your job if a select few were found to be corrupted in your workplace, but you were not effected and you were doing nothing wrong?

Rofflay · 2 May 2014 at 22:58

He will say anything that is funny at the expense of anyone and cares nothing for the opinions of people who have zero sense of humor. That is pretty much the end of the story as Clarkson and that era of comedy have clashed with the "New Britain" and the rise of the omg racist trend. It is immigration tensions and the two groups on either sides slurs and mc carthyism sliding into television and gaming.

Sure you cannot even take a picture these days without having to have in a bunch of ethnic minorities. Remember when they asked Bloom about why the UKIP party leaflet was full of white men? Well maybe because Britain is full of white men and no one happened to turn up who was not white? Omg racist leaflet. So now these crazies are all hyped up about racism and have learned to trawl social media and peoples past lives to see what they might of once said before the current trend of madness set in. They might even go back 30 years just to grab a slope joke and smear someone.

My god if Bernard Manning was alive today they would roast him at the stake. Infact Manning would have been the British theo Van Gogh. In my early days his dvds passed around family members who were into dark comedy. Now you would probably get locked up for inciting or supporting racial hatred.

The Funktopus · 2 May 2014 at 23:01

86JR said:
However it is perfectly fine for people like Drake to use the word in their songs?

As out of touch as I am, I was initially somewhat confounded as to what songs Sir Francis Drake might have released, way back when.

But, I suppose all that Spanish gold he took would have made today's hip-hop videos pale in comparison...

DJMK4 · 2 May 2014 at 23:04

Maybe they can ban people in hip hop videos whilst they are at it, set a good example and all that.

Funny old world

In other news...people are being killed

Ryan-3 · 3 May 2014 at 00:15

Can we also ban anything off a talent show from ever appearing on TV or from being able to use autotune to help them screech across some garbage lyrics on the radio. Would make Britain better. And happier.

Baron C · 3 May 2014 at 01:14

A way past it snidey offensive moron says something which is offensive, snidey and moronic!

Stop the press!!!!

Whitewater · 3 May 2014 at 01:29

This came from a clip that wasn't aired, and only sounds suspect when digitally enhanced. What's the issue?

abbviper · 3 May 2014 at 01:34

Non story. Seeing harriet harman on tele is more offensive than this

Baron C · 3 May 2014 at 01:48

abbviper said:
Non story. Seeing harriet harman on tele is more offensive than this

Thank you, I seriously thought it was just me who felt sick to the pit of my stomach every time she has been on question Time.

Participant · 3 May 2014 at 07:13

Baron C said:
A way past it snidey offensive moron says something which is offensive, snidey and moronic!

Stop the press!!!!

"Way past it"??! Top Gear receives 350mn viewers per week across 170 different countries. It's the BBC's most profitable show. Clarkson and the rest are stopped for signatures everywhere they go.

"Past it"
:rolleyes:

kitch9 · 3 May 2014 at 07:48

Clarkson wrote an email to the shows producer 7 years ago saying he wasn't happy with that cut as it sounds likes he's saying something he shouldn't and could they re-edit it.

Whats the problem?

DJMK4 · 3 May 2014 at 09:16

kitch9 said:
Clarkson wrote an email to the shows produceri 7 years ago saying he wasn't happy with that cut as it sounds likes he's saying something he shouldn't and could they re-edit it.

Whats the problem?

Thats the thing, there is none, once again everyone is just jumping on the "oh my god the paper said this, burn him at the cross" type thing

:rolleyes:

DangerMoose · 3 May 2014 at 09:23

So the Guardian claim that his fate is undecided pending gauging of public opinion (shudder!), as well as that of other assorted outspoken people. Does that mean they think he did mean to say it then or do they simply not care? If they believe him, how about they man up (or woman for the sake of equality) and release a statement to that effect? By all means toss in a warning for being an idiot while they are at it. If they don't believe him, public opinion should not be such an issue anyway as surely internal policies would demand action.