they have feelings too you know
people bite far too easily here.
You saying you are deliberately trolling, then?
Jeremy Clarkson... 'Road Tax??'
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You saying you are deliberately trolling, then?
subaqua
What’s the point
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nope. not trolling. its called being devil advocate.
can't all be back slapping amigos .
some posters here get a bit overemotional.
I have had the discussion with the doc though. it wasn't the best day i ever had.
can't all be back slapping amigos .
some posters here get a bit overemotional.
I have had the discussion with the doc though. it wasn't the best day i ever had.
take a look at the studio audience. A more pustular, nerdy, shirt-tucked-securely-in-waistband crew you could never hope to meet. They're not hooligans, leaning out of cars and shouting abuse, they're young men who've never discovered the joys of masturbation - men who take a pride in their hatchbacks.
So you could argue that Clarkson is performing some kind of social service, giving meaning to lives that would otherwise be completely vacant...except that he ramps it up. He doesn't go out to shock, he does the very opposite - he offers a comfort blanket to the terminally dull. He says things that are unpleasant, making social some deep seated personal inadequacies in his wider audience, within which we find people so devoid of moral imagination that they can take the Clarkson attitude second hand and turn it in to the most significant parts of their identity. Nobody leans out of a car window and hurls abuse at a cyclist because they've got something about them - they've got nothing about them other than the tawdry little fantasy of belonging that they've bought from Clarkson.
So, yes, I do hope he, and Hammond, die a nasty, drawn out painful death sometime this week.
That's a joke, by the way.....
So you could argue that Clarkson is performing some kind of social service, giving meaning to lives that would otherwise be completely vacant...except that he ramps it up. He doesn't go out to shock, he does the very opposite - he offers a comfort blanket to the terminally dull. He says things that are unpleasant, making social some deep seated personal inadequacies in his wider audience, within which we find people so devoid of moral imagination that they can take the Clarkson attitude second hand and turn it in to the most significant parts of their identity. Nobody leans out of a car window and hurls abuse at a cyclist because they've got something about them - they've got nothing about them other than the tawdry little fantasy of belonging that they've bought from Clarkson.
So, yes, I do hope he, and Hammond, die a nasty, drawn out painful death sometime this week.
That's a joke, by the way.....
subaqua
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400bhp
Guru
The report states 3 sources.
One of them was a set of questions - none of which asked the respondents about their influence of the media on their driving habits.
One of the other sources was from industry "experts".
And the quote in question was from an individual no doubt keen to promote his particular ends.
Anyone with half a brain should be able to clearly see through such Daily Whail sub-quotes.
You haven't read it have you
400bhp
Guru
The BBC have a particular policy on that show to have a 50/50 male/female audience split.
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
They have a policy of putting the women at the front, but I can't see 50% being women.
Overall, when they show the audeience, the men do seem to be 35-45 ish on the whole.........
Regardless of any comments made, it's not going to change the viewpoints of the target audience.
Overall, when they show the audeience, the men do seem to be 35-45 ish on the whole.........
Regardless of any comments made, it's not going to change the viewpoints of the target audience.
The report states 3 sources.
One of them was a set of questions - none of which asked the respondents about their influence of the media on their driving habits.
One of the other sources was from industry "experts".
And the quote in question was from an individual no doubt keen to promote his particular ends.
Anyone with half a brain should be able to clearly see through such Daily Whail sub-quotes.
You haven't read it have you
Once again, it had nothing to do with the daily mail.
can you link to the report so we can see its failings?
400bhp
Guru
So, you haven't read the report yet you appear to know whether the Daily Whail's comments were out of context.
5 mins search and you'll be able to find the report yourself.
David Neave, director of general insurance at Co-operative Insurance, said: “It is undoubtedly the case that games, TV and films have fuelled the increase in speeding. The Fast & The Furious (computer game) and Top Gear are devoted to speeding and are targeted at a younger audience who are more likely to be encouraged to speed.”
He added: “What is the insurance industry doing to combat this problem? Unfortunately speeding offences are not viewed by society in the same way as drink-driving convictions and yet they can have a more devastating impact.
“We need to create the same stigma for speeding that currently exists now against drink-driving.”
http://blog.goodwithmoney.co.uk/topics/campaigns/2-young-2-die/2-young-2-die-progress/
He added: “What is the insurance industry doing to combat this problem? Unfortunately speeding offences are not viewed by society in the same way as drink-driving convictions and yet they can have a more devastating impact.
“We need to create the same stigma for speeding that currently exists now against drink-driving.”
http://blog.goodwithmoney.co.uk/topics/campaigns/2-young-2-die/2-young-2-die-progress/
Road safety campaigners and politicians accused Top Gear today of sending out an "irresponsible" message to viewers that speed does not kill.
Brake said the BBC programme's Jeremy Clarkson "glamorised" speeding in comments last night about co-presenter Richard Hammond's dragster crash.
Dramatic footage of Hammond's 288mph accident was shown for the first time on last night's Top Gear.
Aired on the first show of the new series, it revealed the 36-year-old's miraculous escape when he crashed while filming a stunt for the programme in September.
Dianne Ferreira, spokeswoman for Brake, said: "Jeremy Clarkson said on yesterday's programme 'speed kills' and then pointed at Richard Hammond as if to say 'speed doesn't kill'.
"This glamorised speeding. The programme is watched by impressionable young people, many of whom who have just passed their test and they are mad about cars.
"They are easily influenced and remarks like that are very irresponsible and could tempt them to speed."
The Scottish Green Party joined the attack, demanding Clarkson publicly apologise for the comments and accusing him of "childish arrogance".
Party leader Robin Harper MSP said: "Jeremy Clarkson should publicly say sorry. The glamorisation of driving at high speeds is unacceptable.
"People die on our roads every day and speed is often the main culprit. Mr Clarkson's almost childish arrogance contrasts sharply with such a serious problem."
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/35060-clarkson-attacked-over-top-gear-speed-comment#ixzz1DHgsGxbA
Brake said the BBC programme's Jeremy Clarkson "glamorised" speeding in comments last night about co-presenter Richard Hammond's dragster crash.
Dramatic footage of Hammond's 288mph accident was shown for the first time on last night's Top Gear.
Aired on the first show of the new series, it revealed the 36-year-old's miraculous escape when he crashed while filming a stunt for the programme in September.
Dianne Ferreira, spokeswoman for Brake, said: "Jeremy Clarkson said on yesterday's programme 'speed kills' and then pointed at Richard Hammond as if to say 'speed doesn't kill'.
"This glamorised speeding. The programme is watched by impressionable young people, many of whom who have just passed their test and they are mad about cars.
"They are easily influenced and remarks like that are very irresponsible and could tempt them to speed."
The Scottish Green Party joined the attack, demanding Clarkson publicly apologise for the comments and accusing him of "childish arrogance".
Party leader Robin Harper MSP said: "Jeremy Clarkson should publicly say sorry. The glamorisation of driving at high speeds is unacceptable.
"People die on our roads every day and speed is often the main culprit. Mr Clarkson's almost childish arrogance contrasts sharply with such a serious problem."
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/35060-clarkson-attacked-over-top-gear-speed-comment#ixzz1DHgsGxbA
The report states 3 sources.
One of them was a set of questions - none of which asked the respondents about their influence of the media on their driving habits.
One of the other sources was from industry "experts".
And the quote in question was from an individual no doubt keen to promote his particular ends.
Anyone with half a brain should be able to clearly see through such Daily Whail sub-quotes.
You haven't read it have you
None of this is true:
http://www.cfs.co.uk/corp/pdf/A_Question_of_Speeding_FINAL.pdf
