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Clarkson Suspended by BBC
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chabal said:Damocles said:I know that this is a heavily popular show worldwide, watched by hundreds of millions of people, but Im so self important that I believe any entertainment that isn't personally to my taste should be immediately scrapped. I understand that entertainment is subjective but my tastes coincidentally happen to be correct
As a licence fee payer I do believe I have the right to express an opinion as to how my money is spent.
LOL every license fee payer does. It's swings and roundabouts, I don't like the left wing slant that BBC news takes so I choose not to watch it.
foxy said:chabal said:Damocles said:I know that this is a heavily popular show worldwide, watched by hundreds of millions of people, but Im so self important that I believe any entertainment that isn't personally to my taste should be immediately scrapped. I understand that entertainment is subjective but my tastes coincidentally happen to be correct
As a licence fee payer I do believe I have the right to express an opinion as to how my money is spent.
LOL every license fee payer does. It's swings and roundabouts, I don't like the left wing slant that BBC news takes so I choose not to watch it.
Which is fair enough.
Damocles was suggesting that anyone with an opinion contrary to the populace should be ridiculed.
chabal said:Damocles said:I know that this is a heavily popular show worldwide, watched by hundreds of millions of people, but Im so self important that I believe any entertainment that isn't personally to my taste should be immediately scrapped. I understand that entertainment is subjective but my tastes coincidentally happen to be correct
As a licence fee payer I do believe I have the right to express an opinion as to how my money is spent.
Then so does everyone else and given its popularity, Clarkson should be reinstated and Top Gear should get another 5 seasons.
Will of the people and all that
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Can't stand Top Gear, can't stand Richard Hammond and I don't really have any affection for Clarkson (although I like James May and some of the programmes he makes).
The solution? I just don't watch it. Simple. There's a shit load of channels and on-demand services if I prefer to watch something else on a Sunday evening.
The way I see it is that Top Gear rakes in bucket loads of money for the BBC and helps them to make the less 'popular' programmes that I do like. So if tolerating couple of childish, boorish, slightly racist men means that I get to watch Pointless, Adam Curtis documentaries and the FA Cup, then it's a small price to pay.
The solution? I just don't watch it. Simple. There's a shit load of channels and on-demand services if I prefer to watch something else on a Sunday evening.
The way I see it is that Top Gear rakes in bucket loads of money for the BBC and helps them to make the less 'popular' programmes that I do like. So if tolerating couple of childish, boorish, slightly racist men means that I get to watch Pointless, Adam Curtis documentaries and the FA Cup, then it's a small price to pay.
without a dream
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If he's actually punched someone the BBC's hands are tied surely? He has to go.
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City Hobgoblin said:This is probably deliberate from Clarkson, trying to force the issue and get a move to a different broadcaster.
Top gear in it's current format is dragging a bit now. I suspect he will be replaced by a lady to change the dynamic.
would be like swapping Del Boy for Mrs. Brown, or worse, Miranda.
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without a dream said:If he's actually punched someone the BBC's hands are tied surely? He has to go.
Not necessarily :)
Nice pay rise and a cushy new position for whoever he punched and reinstate Clarkson, everyone is happy bar Chabal.
If you give someone a final warning, after they repeatedly say racist things, then they go and hit someone, you really have no choice but to get rid. If they don't, then how do they control him at all? He clearly already thinks he can do whatever he wants as it is, but if you let him off for this then it's just letting him know that he's bullet proof. I'm pretty surprised he's survived this long, most people don't survive one racist comment, yet alone a string of them
aguero93:20 said:without a dream said:If he's actually punched someone the BBC's hands are tied surely? He has to go.
Not necessarily :)
Nice pay rise and a cushy new position for whoever he punched and reinstate Clarkson, everyone is happy bar Chabal.
Clarkson is denying it. Not saying he's right but needs to be explored properly.