tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post1120542826247424017..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Jeremy Clarkson – Pants On FireTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-56163371378075856782014-05-06T03:41:48.909+01:002014-05-06T03:41:48.909+01:00how does Clarkson explain this other secret . Its ...how does Clarkson explain this other secret . Its shows him rehearsing racist jokes http://youtu.be/HVg7Zm6wOF8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-13343736537967771962014-05-02T15:29:47.737+01:002014-05-02T15:29:47.737+01:00Have you seen this Tim?
http://aliberallife.wordp...Have you seen this Tim?<br /><br />http://aliberallife.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/block-block-block-its-a-troll/<br /><br />This hasn't anything to do with Jezza and I don't want it published but I can't see a way of contacting you directly.<br /><br />Neilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-90048460252526218452014-05-02T14:14:42.233+01:002014-05-02T14:14:42.233+01:00Yeah, sorry Tim - don't agree. Clarkson said y...Yeah, sorry Tim - don't agree. Clarkson said yesterday he didn't say it, and then went on to say that when he was mumbling the line deliberately he was horrified when it sounded like he did. He hasn't changed his story and it's not a U-turn - he still claims he didn't say it, but has apologised for even giving the impression he did. That's not the same thing as an admission he did say it at all.<br /><br />Yes, he's guilty of being silly enough to consider a crap "not allowed to say this these days!" gag in the first place. But that's all - crucially he's the one who thought it sounded too close to the bone, he said he wasn't comfortable using it, he's apparently got production notes and definitely has other takes to to back him up, and he asked for it to be pulled it at the time. It wasn't an insult aimed at someone, he didn't come out with the N word full on even off air, he was aware enough of the context to know it wasn't suitable, and wasn't forced to edit it out against his will. Right decision made, by him.<br /><br />That should have been the end of it were it not for the Mirror digging this up and presenting it for the sole purpose of people to get offended at. And it's counterproductive - now we have Mail readers and the like screaming "It's PC gone mad!" and becoming even more deaf and ignorant to genuine casual racism.<br /><br />Plenty of people hate Clarkson - some with good reason. But FFS, let's not hang a man for realising he'd made an error in judgement and addressing it on his own merit straight away just because a tabloid with vested interests spins it like he did something he didn't years later even if it is someone that many people on the left don't like. Otherwise, we're as bad as the witch hunters at the Mail who hounded out Ross and Brand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-28839942639956448142014-05-02T13:43:03.230+01:002014-05-02T13:43:03.230+01:00He makes a shedload of money for the BBC, I doubt ...He makes a shedload of money for the BBC, I doubt if he'll get the chop. However, his pseudo-<br />contrite mea culpa where he begged forgiveness suggests that he realises that he has pushed the BBC too far and they need each other.<br /><br />Anyway, back to Littledick's column:<br /><br />Did Littlejohn make a tasteless joke about the bombing of Dresden?<br /><br />No, says Jeremy Clarkson, 'Richard mumbled a word that sounded a bit like Dresden but reading his column he clearly said Dresde....Neilnoreply@blogger.com