Jeremy Clarkson suspended

DeadHand wrote: »

That's a load of dishonest, misrepresentative nonsense.

I never claimed what he he did was right or an acceptable way to behave. The only point I made is that a minor incident was blown out of all proportion and the subsequent vilification of the man was vindictive and unfair.

He made a mistake and behaved appalling in a moment of anger as almost every human being with a heart has at some stage. He didn't hurt the man in any significant way. He insulted him mildly. Like an honourable man, he admitted he was in the wrong and attempted to apologise.

You'd think he decapitated the man while reciting mein kampt to read the hysterical reaction here and elsewhere.

I'm not suggesting he should be reinstated as I feel he can turn this disaster to his advantage and reinvent himself. He is, in my opinion, better off outside the BBC that once proud institution that has devolved into the gelded, craven mouthpiece of British self loathing and crawling PCism. All human beings should attempt when faced by disaster to turn it to their advantage if at all possible, even when that "disaster" is mostly manufactured by third parties like this one. To readjust, learn and evolve.

All I'm suggesting is the witch hunt and demonisation of a difficult though basically decent man has been much uglier than the relatively tame incident he is being publicly pilloried for could possibly have been.

If we were all judged on and forever remembered for our worst moments, what kind of world would that be? What kind of life would anyone have?

Best of luck to the man. I hope he continues to have a wildly successful career as nothing will upset his sanctimonious, handwringing critics more.

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

...Motorheads are a strange beast at the best of times. The leaving school after the Junior Certificate so they can buy a Japanese import car. Wearing a Mitsubishi or Subaru jacket in public. Getting up in the middle of the night so they can watch men in cars drive around a circuit for about 2 hours. Thinking that a good way to spend a Sunday is to stand behind a stone wall looking at a bit of road as some mucksavage in a Ford Escort drives past. Defending Clarkson.

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

It's outrageous that people are still on this thread trying to defend the actions of this obnoxious oaf.

Motorheads are a strange beast at the best of times. The leaving school after the Junior Certificate so they can buy a Japanese import car. Wearing a Mitsubishi or Subaru jacket in public. Getting up in the middle of the night so they can watch men in cars drive around a circuit for about 2 hours. Thinking that a good way to spend a Sunday is to stand behind a stone wall looking at a bit of road as some mucksavage in a Ford Escort drives past. Defending Clarkson.

DeadHand wrote: »

Sigh.

Again, I'm not promoting violence or defending what Clarkson did or arguing it is an acceptable way to behave.

My only misgivings were with the hysteria over the situation, the demonisation of the man and how what was a minor incident has been inflated into some savage attack.

But don't let actually reading my posts break into the time it takes to construct posts that, while popular and nicely written, bear no relation to anything I wrote and counter in any direct way any of the points I made.

DeadHand wrote: »

It was actually.