Clarkson Suspended...

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Turbo Rider

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I'll tell you tomorrow's lottery results for a tenner.

The lottery's on a tuesday now as well? I must have been cryogenically frozen...still the same faces on CC though....hmmmmm....and still Clarkson has not been dealt with...hmmmm...stranger things have happened...and now he's a paedophile as well?!?! Dear lord. When will it end?!?!

*For clarity, this is a sarcastic response to the headline discussed in the previous few pages. It has been made to illustrate the point that the headline could be taken in that way, were the article not actually read properly. It is by no means an accusation or statement of belief.
 
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benb

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Well either Clarkson just pretended to be an obnoxious racist sexist bully for money, or he really is an obnoxious racist sexist bully.
Neither option paints him in a very good light.
 

Turbo Rider

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If that is all that stands between you and losing your house to pay the compo, you are a Big Issue seller in training.

He'd have to join the list of creditors...surely a man so sensible could see that it was a question? In reference to the suggestions of others as to the suggestions of others? Tis mere folly!
 

Turbo Rider

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Well, I'll wish you luck with it but, for all we know he might be really vindictive and you appear to have just called him a paedo whilst hiding behind a bit of punctuation.

Or is it ye who accuse me of this accusation? Quite a quandry, yes. Wonder if he'll want to fund me to sue you for making that accusation, so he can get the money he needs? Wonder who you'll sue in turn? We could bankrupt the world if we carry on like that. I made no such accusation, kind sir, and I do not believe that to be the case. I find the headline outrageous though and any defense of it to be completely misguided.
 

rich p

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It is pretty startling, and to me, slightly disturbing, just how much newsprint and media coverage this story has generated here and elsewhere..
The cult of the celebrity. Or should you spell 'cult', daffodil?
 
I am getting confused and for my own sanity I just want to get couple of things straight. Feel free to correct me

  • Jeremy Clarkson is a talent
  • Jimmy Saville is the presenter of Top Gear
  • The BBC has not been upfront about paedophiles
  • The question about who these paedophiles are is in contention
  • The guy with the facial hair is with Channel 4 and has a habit of repeating himself
  • Someone's wife is dead keen about the guy with the facial hair
  • The General Manager of the Newcastle hotel is the back-up chef
  • The link to Islam has yet to be discussed
  • Jimmy Choo does shoes only
  • You can buy a Rolls Royce Merlin Engine
  • Jeremy Clarkson is not a mechanic, an engineer, a racer and does not ride bikes to work
  • Hate meesages have been sent to the producer for not having hot food
  • Top Gear is not programme covering homophobia, racism but covers cars
  • Top gear is slang for quality weed.
Post Edit : beard changed to facial hair
 
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swee'pea99

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Jeremy Clarkson is a talent
You missed out 'Jeremy Clarkson is a prima-donna and bully, and also a racist, homophobic, misogynistic and immensely wealthy boorish oaf (as well as a very clever and really quite amusing chap). But other than that, spot on, I'd say.
 

GrumpyGregry

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Establishment behaviour has changed too - in the past they just ignored Saville's abuse or hoped it would stop. These days the PM thinks the UK population is so stupid he can go on TV and advocate for a guy who hospitalises his colleagues. Plenty of people seem to think he's got good judgement. I wonder whether the victim would be receiving death threats if Cameron had said categorically that physical violence should have no place in the working lives of UK citizens.

Chances are if the racist xenophobic story is proved true, Jezza may have no future on any UK TV channel.
I think that's the really awful part of it. CallmeDave thinks "My mate Jezzer is in trouble at work, best I get on TV and speak on his behalf" and a huge chunk of the UK electorate think "Good on Mr Cameron".
 

GrumpyGregry

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Saviles victims appear to think so.
"Liz Dux, a lawyer from Slater and Gordon, which is representing 169 of Savile's victims, said the comparisons were "upsetting and highly inappropriate".
She is entitled to her opinion. I wonder what her colleague Paul Daniels will have to say over coffee

Paul Daniels – employment lawyer at Slater and Gordon – declined to comment on the fracas but said: “We are assisting Oisin Tymon in relation to incidents occurring during his employment with the BBC.


“I want to make it very clear that our client will not be making any statement until the BBC investigation has taken its course.”


Saville's actions were criminal offences.
Clarkson's alleged action, is, if true, a criminal offence.
The BBC have problems with running cover on talent that commits crimes....

EDIT see also #460
 

benb

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No one is remotely suggesting that what Savile did, and what Clarkson is alleged to have done are remotely equivalent.

What they are saying is that in the former case, the BBC allowed someone's star status and financial value to prevent a proper investigation from occurring, and that the same failures should not happen in Clarkson's case.
 
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