Jeremy Clarkson

Tinselface said:
I'll be honest though, all public sector pay comes from the government, therefore all comes from taxes of some variety. So it is the private sector taxpayers that pay for your pension :confused:

TBH I don't get why public sector workers even pay tax, whats the point of taxing people who are paid with taxes? May as well get paid less, and not pay the taxes imho. That would also cut down on LOTS of paperwork, and likely cut costs quite a bit :)

I don't pay much into my pension, but private sector pay is low atm I can't afford to pay in anymore ;)
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Thats a brilliant idea :)
 
Goldenstar said:
if that's the hardest thing you have to explain to him you will be lucky it was just a huge example of the if you do that I'll wring your neck type non PC joke that's lots of adults use all the time.
You should just have either removed the little mite from the room the moment you saw clarkson on the TV or used your own censor, the off switch.
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I would be very sad if either of my sons developed a sense of humour like Clarkson's. We tend not to encourage such egotistical behaviour up here. Whether that is weather-related or not, or just attributable to a sense of decency, I couldn't say.

Unfortunately, just like the BBC, I was caught out by the unexpected.
 
AengusOg said:
I would be very sad if either of my sons developed a sense of humour like Clarkson's. We tend not to encourage such egotistical behaviour up here. Whether that is weather-related or not, or just attributable to a sense of decency, I couldn't say.

Unfortunately, just like the BBC, I was caught out by the unexpected.
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OH dear !!!!
Dour scot alert!!!!
 
OMG how freaking sensitive are people??!!
I think certain people need to buy themselves some bubblewrap, life is not all fluffy bunnies.
So JC said things that people didn't like AND? Whatever happened to FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!
I hate cornation street it offends me greatly, so what do I do not watch it! Hey presto problem solved!!!
 
i havent read through the thread.

i found him rather funny, people are too serious these days.
i can understand people are frustrated but at least these strikers have a job. there are many out there who dont and would jump at the chance to be able to come off the dole.

So yes, i like Clarkson and his non PC ways.
 
Hardly the "unexpected", the BBC introduced him as someone who says outrageous things.

His whole style is pushing the boundaries and making tongue in cheek satirical comments that will offend those who take themselves and life too seriously.

If you don't like his style of humour then turn the telly off.
 
Kiribati_uk said:
OMG how freaking sensitive are people??!!
I think certain people need to buy themselves some bubblewrap, life is not all fluffy bunnies.
So JC said things that people didn't like AND? Whatever happened to FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!
I hate cornation street it offends me greatly, so what do I do not watch it! Hey presto problem solved!!!
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Surely freedom of speech means that those who dislike what he said, have the right to say so. :D

I have no opinion either way, I don't really watch him, I did listen to him on radio 1 the other day and he made me laugh a couple of times. I like top gear occaisonally. That's about it. :)
 
Those of you who agree with Jeremy Clarkson are quite right - there should be freedom of speech. However, let's hope none of you need to be treated in an NHS hospital in the future as half the staff will have been shot & not been replaced due to posts being frozen! The remaining staff (many of whom would be nearing their 70's & having to borrow their patients' zimmer frames) would collapse from having to do the work of half a dozen people & be retired early. Therefore, people would need to pay for private healthcare so the NHS could be abolished - That would certainly save the government some more money - what a great idea!!!
 
ottodyl1 said:
Those of you who agree with Jeremy Clarkson are quite right - there should be freedom of speech. However, let's hope none of you need to be treated in an NHS hospital in the future as half the staff will have been shot & not been replaced due to posts being frozen! The remaining staff (many of whom would be nearing their 70's & having to borrow their patients' zimmer frames) would collapse from having to do the work of half a dozen people & be retired early. Therefore, people would need to pay for private healthcare so the NHS could be abolished - That would certainly save the government some more money - what a great idea!!!
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Yes but if they were all shot, approx 2m according to the unions, just think we could get rid of unemployment in one fell swoop, and think of the money we'd save on pensions !!!
 
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Now I was deeply offended by that comedien who made jokes about Katie Price's son, and even more so by the jokes about Down's Syndrome, but I take JC's comments totally as they are meant, total tosh.
He doesn't MEAN what he says he's just joking, and anyone who listens to him more than once soon understands that.
There's a world of difference in making a joke knowing full well you will offend people and making one because you sometimes open your mouth before your brain is in gear (clever that!) . I think he just says stuff for effect but doesn't mean a word of it. (his wife would probably chop his whatsit off if he did..)
 
AengusOg said:
I would be very sad if either of my sons developed a sense of humour like Clarkson's. We tend not to encourage such egotistical behaviour up here. Whether that is weather-related or not, or just attributable to a sense of decency, I couldn't say.

Unfortunately, just like the BBC, I was caught out by the unexpected.
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My wife is Scotch, I know you hate that :D, a nation of people where men wear skirts with no nicks on and stand in fields of thistles waist high :eek:, well hard or crackers ? wonder what jezzer would say :rolleyes:
 
henryhorn said:
Now I was deeply offended by that comedien who made jokes about Katie Price's son, and even more so by the jokes about Down's Syndrome, but I take JC's comments totally as they are meant, total tosh.
He doesn't MEAN what he says he's just joking, and anyone who listens to him more than once soon understands that.
There's a world of difference in making a joke knowing full well you will offend people and making one because you sometimes open your mouth before your brain is in gear (clever that!) . I think he just says stuff for effect but doesn't mean a word of it. (his wife would probably chop his whatsit off if he did..)
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Exactly and he says that stuff because that's the Clarkson brand and it's what he is paid for its just not news worthy it would have been newsworthy if the archbishop of Canterbury said it.
 
Lizzie66 said:
Yes but if they were all shot, approx 2m according to the unions, we could get rid of unemployment in fell swoop, and think of the money we'd save on pensions !
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True - but imagine those hospital bills! Although if everyone was being shot there would be no need for hospitals. Undertakers would be in great demand. Just think, annoying, obnoxious, narrow minded TV presenters could be executed on public TV. Now that would be entertainment!
 
Sarah Sum1 FrostyBum said:
Surely freedom of speech means that those who dislike what he said, have the right to say so. :D

I have no opinion either way, I don't really watch him, I did listen to him on radio 1 the other day and he made me laugh a couple of times. I like top gear occaisonally. That's about it. :)
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Of course they have have the right to say they don't like it but should he have to say sorry have the unions say he should be sacked , sacked for making a joke, some nutter from a union has just been on the telly saying it was insightment to hatred , OMG I despair Europe financial system in in ruins and we devote hours of news time to a ( arguably ) bad taste joke Oh no..how long have I wasted on this tonight help I am off for a Gin.
 
I'm glad we have people like Jeremy Clarkson about!!:D

He made most people snort their tea through their nose - because it was so wrong, but yet so right!!

The unions wanting to press charges are a good example of organisations that take themselves far too seriously.

Jeremy Clarkson is a comedian, plain and simple - if your children were offended and worried by his comments, I'd be incredibly surprised as I've heard far worse outside schools!
 
I think the whole thing is ridiculous. Its Jeremy Clarkson for gods sake! That well known beacon of political correctness :rolleyes: It's not like he actually means it!
It has all been blow out of proportion- just a silly comment to make you splutter on your tea, maybe shake your head and thats it. If it was someone like Dvaid Cameron- it would be headline news!
 
I don't like Frankie Boyle either, but he is a comedian. Clarkson is a presenter who thinks he's funny. More a comic figure.

Pedantic, I doubt your wife is 'Scotch'. It's whisky. She may be spirited, but Scotch she is not. I think you'll find she's Scottish, or a Scot, or Scots by birth. That's pedantic for you, eh?

Methinks you are all comedians down there, but we don't find the ones up here too funny.

It doesn't really matter anyway, as all the bad boys come good sooner or later. Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Vinnie Jones, the wee politician who was jailed, wrote a book, then was let out and became a lord...it seems the badder they are the more you love them.
 
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Alec Swan said:
Very funny, and he isn't alone in his thoughts!! Well said Clarkson, you're working for the greater good, it's only a shame that those who would strike, don't.

I'd go further; sack those who strike, and fill their places with the all so often equally qualified, unemployed. Let's see how the wannabe strikers manage on the dole! ;)

Alec.

ps. As a foot note, I'm wearing my Pedantic hat!! :D
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Spot on!
If you don't like the job or conditions let someone else have it.
 
Mrs B I don't earn £4200 a month!!! I take home less than half that! THis is why I don't think my marvellous public sector pension is very cheap!!!! Certainly not how the government is deceitfully describing it!!!! I am VERY surprised by the amount my pension contributions will increase... I don't think that much of my salary SHOULD be taken by a pension... In fact my husband and I are now looking for alternatives to our 'wonderful' public sector pensions...

And actually not only does your tax pay my pension it ALSO pays my salary!!!!!

Otherwise who would run the schools your kids attend? They get a free education don't they? And a darned good one if they were at my school. Though it won't be when I'm still dothering around the classroom at 67...
 
Archer...that's it, Jeffrey Archer.

Don't worry, we've got one or two up here. Notably Donald Findlay, QC, caught singing sectarian songs but retained his position.

Great examples of decent behaviour, all of them. I don't think so.

You see, there's right...and then there's wrong.
 
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CaveCanem said:
Er, I'm not English, although I am not sure why this has turned into an English-bashing argument....oh and Vinnie Jones, played international football for...Wales :p
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Still a bad boy with a big following. I'm not bashing the English...they don't feel it anyway...it just happens that Clarkson is English.

I don't seem to be able to use smilies.
 
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