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Jeremy Clarkson suspended

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  • #1532
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    Apparently someone has been seen driving around Chipping Norton with this numberplate. Just a joke, like on Top Gear.


  • #1533
    AlanG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,446 ✭✭✭AlanG


    It’s amazing how many people are so supportive of Clarkson. If he wasn’t famous and they didn’t like him most of these people would expect anyone who hit a work colleague to be fired.
    It gives a good insight into how Jimmy Saville got away with things for so long – he also was considered too popular and important to have the normal rules of society applied to him. Same mentality but obviously a different level of offense.


  • #1534
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    BrookieD wrote: »
    Most ridiculous statement i have heard on this thread..... :rolleyes:

    Its true though.

    Theres a reason public figures often stay in the closet, its cause they'll lose numbers.


  • #1535
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Lol the king of bigotted little Englanders is dead


  • #1536
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Correct decision all up. Especially if the latest that Clarkson was screaming at the producer for 20 minutes before he engaged in violence for 30 seconds of madness is true, he had to go.

    Fanboys shoudn't worry too much, he's too big of a draw not to be picked up by Netflix or some other network. But given the BBC is run on pubic money the right decision was made. If it was any other way then effectively the BBC would be legitimising violence in the workplace and future employees who assault colleagues at work would seek to rely on the Jeremy Clarkson defence. It would have set a dangerous precendent so there was no other choice but to sack him, Clarkson forced their hand by his actions at the end of the day.

    Squeaky bum time now for Clarkson's neighbour Prime Minister David Cameron who puclically backed Clarkson and, by extension, was being an apologist for violence in the workplace. Perhaps one of Camerons staff will give him a few smacks in the face and use the Jeremy Clarkson defence :pac:


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  • #1537
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,744 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    AlanG wrote: »
    It’s amazing how many people are so supportive of Clarkson. If he wasn’t famous and they didn’t like him most of these people would expect anyone who hit a work colleague to be fired.
    It gives a good insight into how Jimmy Saville got away with things for so long – he also was considered too popular and important to have the normal rules of society applied to him. Same mentality but obviously a different level of offense.

    There are actually more people calling for him to be axed than to keep him, they're just not so loud about it.

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-be-sacked-top-gear-bbc

    According to YouGov, 45% think he should be sacked, compared with 36% who want him to keep his job. And though this privately educated member of the Chipping Norton set is presented as a man of the people against an effete bourgeois elite, there is a clear class division in his support. Among those graded middle-class, those demanding his dismissal outnumber supporters by 4 percentage points; among those labelled working-class, the gap grows to 17 percentage points.


  • #1538
    Ranchu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Ranchu


    I feel sorry for Tymon in all this. If he had knocked Clarkson out his career would be over and Clarkson probably would have got off. Fair play to the BBC for handling it the way they have.


  • #1539
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    lee_baby_simms wrote: »
    Apparently someone has been seen driving around Chipping Norton with this numberplate. Just a joke, like on Top Gear.

    Was that on a G-Wizz?


  • #1540
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Correct decision all up. Especially if the latest that Clarkson was screaming at the producer for 20 minutes before he engaged in violence for 30 seconds of madness is true, he had to go.

    Fanboys shoudn't worry too much, he's too big of a draw not to be picked up by Netflix or some other network. But given the BBC is run on pubic money the right decision was made. If it was any other way then effectively the BBC would be legitimising violence in the workplace and future employees who assault colleagues at work would seek to rely on the Jeremy Clarkson defence. It would have set a dangerous precendent so there was no other choice but to sack him, Clarkson forced their hand by his actions at the end of the day.

    Squeaky bum time now for Clarkson's neighbour Prime Minister David Cameron who puclically backed Clarkson and, by extension, was being an apologist for violence in the workplace. Perhaps one of Camerons staff will give him a few smacks in the face and use the Jeremy Clarkson defence :pac:

    To be fair, that's rubbish.


  • #1541
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,205 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    ...future employees who assault colleagues at work would seek to rely on the Jeremy Clarkson defence....

    Which is what? POW-AAAHH?? :confused:


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  • #1542
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    To be fair, that's rubbish.

    Why? Citing previous cases is legitimate


  • #1543
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,867 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    efb wrote: »
    Why? Citing previous cases is legitimate

    I think for the Clarkson Defence to be legitimate you have to shout "Biff!" as you throw your punch.


  • #1544
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,428 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    lee_baby_simms wrote: »
    Would Top Gear be successful with Chris Evans? Would any TG fans on here watch it?

    Too smily and upbeat.


  • #1545
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,202 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    Correct decision but disappointing nevertheless. Top Gear will not be the same without him.


  • #1546
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,036 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    logik wrote: »
    Does Clarkson? Apart from the nonsense (british is best) attitude he forces on his viewers... and if a car cant go 200 mile an hour it has to be crap. Oh yeah, and then there is the 80% of filler every episode has where they just blow up sh*t, because that makes me want to buy a car...

    Does clarkson? yes, quite a lot. He is an excellent motoring journalist and has been for a very long time.


  • #1547
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Chin up Jeremy, old bean..


  • #1548
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    kylith wrote: »
    There are actually more people calling for him to be axed than to keep him, they're just not so loud about it.

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-be-sacked-top-gear-bbc

    Well it depends where you look. Of course the Guardian readership would want him gone. Same survey would look different in a motoring magazine.


  • #1549
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Well it depends where you look. Of course the Guardian readership would want him gone. Same survey would look different in a motoring magazine.

    The battle lines are being drawn:

    Pinko hand-wringing, Guardian-reading, 'PC Brigade' vs People that like cars.

    Gotcha.


  • #1550
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,744 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Well it depends where you look. Of course the Guardian readership would want him gone. Same survey would look different in a motoring magazine.

    It's a YouGov poll, I don't think the Guardian have much sway over it.


  • #1551
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,928 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    anncoates wrote: »
    The battle lines are being drawn:

    Pinko hand-wringing, Guardian-reading, 'PC Brigade' vs People that like cars.

    Gotcha.

    Never again, will so much be owed, by so many, to so few.


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  • #1552
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    anncoates wrote: »
    Chin up Jeremy, old bean..

    egMnd4S.jpg


  • #1553
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    kylith wrote: »
    It's a YouGov poll, I don't think the Guardian have much sway over it.

    OK, didn't see that


  • #1554
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Renegade Mechanic wrote: »
    Never again, will so much be owed, by so many, to so few.

    http://omg.wthax.org/7TK99d.gif


  • #1555
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Well it depends where you look. Of course the Guardian readership would want him gone. Same survey would look different in a motoring magazine.

    Well if it turns out he referred to yer man as a "lazy irish" whatever, I think you can broaden that a good bit.


  • #1556
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    hmmm wrote: »
    Correct decision but disappointing nevertheless. Top Gear will not be the same without him.

    There has been no decision. Don't mind The Guardian.


  • #1557
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    AlanG wrote: »
    It’s amazing how many people are so supportive of Clarkson. If he wasn’t famous and they didn’t like him most of these people would expect anyone who hit a work colleague to be fired.

    +1

    Embarrassing, really.

    The article made an interesting point that he'll probably have less freedom elsewhere than at the Beeb rather than more.


  • #1558
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    To be fair, that's rubbish.

    How so? If the same incident happened again at the BBC whereby one employee verbally and violently assaulted another then the perpetrator would be pointing to how Clarkson was allowed get away with it. Its a public body, they can't be seen to give one employee preferential treatment and others not get the same treatment. It's called a precedent and is the basis of what all rules, regulations and laws are made up of. To set a new precendent would simply be dangerous as the BBC could find themselves in all kinds of legal trouble down the road in similar cases if they let Clarkson stay on.

    Unless you agree with verbal abuse and violence in the workplace?


  • #1559
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,434 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    There's being a 'bloke' and then there's being an arrogant pr!ck. I also saw on another site that he had a history of staying in pubs, getting ossified to the point that they couldn't actually pass breathaliser tests to drive, thus costing thousands in lost work.

    http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/25/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-biggest-controversies-quotes


  • #1560
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,251 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    +1

    Embarrassing, really.

    The article made an interesting point that he'll probably have less freedom elsewhere than at the Beeb rather than more.
    Surely David Cameron will now have to make a statement on whether or not its okay to beat an employee if they don't bring you steak and chips.


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  • #1561
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,949 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    I miss the days of yore where two men could settle their differences with a bout of Marquees of Queensbury rules & shake hands afterwards.


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