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Jeremy Clarkson on the "One Show"

sralansralan
edited December 2011 in General Charlton
Plenty of uproar caused by his comments regarding the Public Sector strikes yesterday.
I thought this was a democratic country which means free speech, but apparently only if what you say doesn't incur the wrath of a couple of jobs worths with nothing better to do than pick up the phone and complain on behalf of us all. Some of us will take his comments with a pinch of salt as we know what he's like.
By the way, I agree with him apart from the executions!!
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  • GoonerhaterGoonerhater
    Just cant see what all the bollox is abour 4,000 knob heads complained to the BBC and UNISON are asking the OBill and lawyers to get involved. I  he said he supported the strike and then said the other in his words (as this is the BBC).



  • OaksterOakster
    Similarly exercising my right to free speech, i think he's a grade one, class A, top draw c**t  - and there's no pinch of salt with that opinion.
  • MacronateMacronate

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/8928447/Jeremy-Clarkson-apologises-as-execution-rant-sparks-4700-complaints-to-BBC.html

    Comments below are good especially Rob2385

  • LenGloverLenGlover
    Our moral guardians are quite happy for "comedians" to verbally attack handicapped children and others that cannot fight back but should anybody dare to criticise them in anyway they cry foul.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Similarly exercising my right to free speech, i think he's a grade one, class A, top draw c**t  - and there's no pinch of salt with that opinion.
    indeed he is and so are his dickhead sidekicks .. Top Gear viewers love the programme though ... 'shit can't be sooo bad ... 10 billion flies can't all be wrong'
  • Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    Bloke's an absolute c***. Always has been, and always will be. "Those of us who have to work for a living" - says the public schoolboy born with a silver spoon in his mouth who drives fast cars for a 'living'. Utter wankstain.
  • SwisdomSwisdom
    Judging by the uproar I heard from this I assumed he'd been seen punching puppies in the face.

    I've now seen what he said

    What a load of nothing!
  • SaladSalad
    agree with Oakster and Leroy - but I haven't heard the context of what he said, probably just being a little bit silly thinking that being extreme = funny (in the same way that Billy Connolly thinks that just saying f**k is funny)
  • swords_aliveswords_alive
    Can't help thinking that what he said should happen- execute strikers/ trade union supporters in front of their families - actually does happen in a lot of societies, and is probably one good reason why the workers movement is international in character and substance  
  • MountsfieldParkMountsfieldPark
    I'd remind those of you who think his critics are out of order that many public sector workers have to put up with frequent verbal and physical abuse as a routine part of their daily jobs.  Saying anything that might give encouragement to the yobs is not wise, if you are genuinely well-meaning. 

    In the circumstances, I think it would be very fair of Clarkson to make a public declaration of what his own pension expectations are.  I can't see him needing a bus pass.
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  • WheresmeticketWheresmeticket
    edited December 2011
    An excuse for the right wing hang em and flog em brigade to start waffling about freedom of speech on here and going all red in the face.  Not a big deal though.  Obviously what he's paid for - talking sh*t about things he knows nothing about.  Guys a tit.  Sad to see the unions taking it or him in any way seriously, he doesn't deserve consideration..
  • Red_in_SE8Red_in_SE8

    Vast sums of tax payers money is wasted every year on this fat, attention seeking, boring, public school shithead and his unbelievably predictable TV programs full of dull 6th form humour.

    If he wants to exercise his right to free speech to insult any section of society every 3 months he should resign from the BBC.

    It seems like his agent tells him to say something controversial every so often just to keep his name in the media. When people do that on here they are castigated for being 'Trolls'.

  • alangeealangee
    Similarly exercising my right to free speech, i think he's a grade one, class A, top draw c**t  - and there's no pinch of salt with that opinion.
    This
  • Richard JRichard J
    edited December 2011
    I agree with Red in SE 8 in that there is something wrong when someone who makes millions based on the publically funded BBC slates low paid workers in the public sector ,like Jonathan Ross he should be sacked.
    These views were also expressed @7pm on a family show not a late night debate.
  • Red_in_SE8Red_in_SE8

    Soppose it won't harm sales of his latest DVD this xmas.

  • CrayAddickCrayAddick
    Bloke's an absolute c***. Always has been, and always will be. "Those of us who have to work for a living" - says the public schoolboy born with a silver spoon in his mouth who drives fast cars for a 'living'. Utter wankstain.
    Agree. Always had a big mouth, with no reality on what real life is. MUG.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving

     

     

    He can say it and others can criticise or praise him for it.   Not sure where free speech has been repressed.

  • PlaaayerPlaaayer
    I'm more shocked people watch the One Show.
  • RugbyAddickRugbyAddick
    I thought it was all an act. We all know what he is like. He isn't afraid to say what he wants. Matt Baker apologised on air to the people who he offended so what's the problem?? I just don't take notice of what he said. He is entitled to his views and so are we. 
  • northstandstevenorthstandsteve
    watched the full thing it was tongue in cheek and I would be bloody embarassed if I was a member of a union who's leaders were getting their knickers in a twist over it.It seems they are happy to achieve maximum publicity for their cause over a throw away comment.
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  • RizzoRizzo
    Anyone stupid enough to think that his comments are meant to be taken literally should probably be taken out and executed in front of their families.
     

  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Anyone stupid enough to think that his comments are meant to be taken literally should probably be taken out and executed in front of their families.
     

    that is NOT the point .. substitute the word Blacks, Asians, women, Gypsies or Jews for Public Sector Workers and see how you get along  .. he'd be sacked and probably locked up in the cell next to John Terry for the next 250 years .. as the man above said (I paraphrase), Clarkson is a useless attention seeking gobshite who advocates smoking, drunken driving, breaking the speed limit and wasting fuel by driving around as fast as possible .. the man is a worn out clown .. he needs taking off air along with his rubbish show and his pansy yesmen sidekicks .... 
  • Red_in_SE8Red_in_SE8
    Anyone stupid enough to think that his comments are meant to be taken literally should probably be taken out and executed in front of their families.
     

    Interesting defence. 'You are stupid if you take my comments literally'. I wonder if John Terry should adopt that approach?
  • FiiiiiishFiiiiiish
    He is a soiled nappy of a human. I don't understand why he thinks he is so cool and funny, he is just a motor nerd.
  • SaladSalad
    Anyone stupid enough to think that his comments are meant to be taken literally should probably be taken out and executed in front of their families.
     

    perhaps you should've been the defence for the kids who got 4 years for 'facebooking' that they should start a riot
  • RizzoRizzo
    Anyone stupid enough to think that his comments are meant to be taken literally should probably be taken out and executed in front of their families.
     

    that is NOT the point .. substitute the word Blacks, Asians, women, Gypsies or Jews for Public Sector Workers and see how you get along  .. he'd be sacked and probably locked up in the cell next to John Terry for the next 250 years .. as the man above said (I paraphrase), Clarkson is a useless attention seeking gobshite who advocates smoking, drunken driving, breaking the speed limit and wasting fuel by driving around as fast as possible .. the man is a worn out clown .. he needs taking off air along with his rubbish show and his pansy yesmen sidekicks .... 
    And substitute 'Palace fan' or 'Millwall fan' and then see what people on this forum have suggested for them. Should we all be censured (and censored)?

    Funny how nobody seems to object to the various names that Clarkson has been called on this thread but then, who would have thought that people could be so ridiculously precious about tongue-in cheek comments?
  • IdleHansIdleHans
    It works both ways:
    (Stewart) Lee caused controversy on his If You Prefer a Milder Comedian tour with a joke about Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond.
    Referring to Hammond's accident while filming in 2006, in which he was
    almost killed, Lee joked, "I wish he had been decapitated and that his
    head had rolled off in front of his wife".[6] The Daily Mail termed this an "extraordinary attack"[38] and, having been doorstepped by a Mail journalist, Lee replied "It's a joke, just like on Top Gear when they do their jokes".[39] Lee subsequently explained the joke:

    The idea of what's acceptable and what's shocking, that's where I
    investigate. I mean, you can't be on Top Gear, where your only argument
    is that it's all just a joke and anyone who takes offence is an example
    of political correctness gone mad, and then not accept the
    counterbalance to that. Put simply, if Clarkson can say the prime
    minister is a one-eyed Scottish idiot, then I can say that I hope his
    children go blind.

    —Stewart Lee[6]

  • Norfolk_AddickNorfolk_Addick
    The more upset everyone gets the funnier it is.

    The bbc know what he's like so putting him on the show and asking him his opinion on the strikes was always going to offend people. They can't them sack him for it can they.

    Some people need to man up and get over it.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    edited December 2011
    Anyone stupid enough to think that his comments are meant to be taken literally should probably be taken out and executed in front of their families.
     

    that is NOT the point .. substitute the word Blacks, Asians, women, Gypsies or Jews for Public Sector Workers and see how you get along  .. he'd be sacked and probably locked up in the cell next to John Terry for the next 250 years .. as the man above said (I paraphrase), Clarkson is a useless attention seeking gobshite who advocates smoking, drunken driving, breaking the speed limit and wasting fuel by driving around as fast as possible .. the man is a worn out clown .. he needs taking off air along with his rubbish show and his pansy yesmen sidekicks .... 
    And substitute 'Palace fan' or 'Millwall fan' and then see what people on this forum have suggested for them. Should we all be censured (and censored)?

    Funny how nobody seems to object to the various names that Clarkson has been called on this thread but then, who would have thought that people could be so ridiculously precious about tongue-in cheek comments?
    personally , I DO object to the abuse hurled on here at Millwall and Palace fans, all northerners are monkeys etc etc etc .. however, Clarkson is a supposedly well educated public figure paid by licence fee 'subscribers' .. and not a working class football fan who has learnt hatred of his neighbours at his daddy's knee (I jest here) .... as to Clarkson being called (e.g.) a useless fat gobshite .. he started it !!!!!!
  • falconwood_1falconwood_1
    Twat makes twattish remarks shocker.

    Next!
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