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That show is going to be worthless without him. That is assuming they even try to continue it.
I've been watching this for years now, own a few of the seasons and various specials, and I understand clearly why Jeremy Clarkson has to be let go.
We talk from time to time about celebrity double standards and we can assume with ease that if a producer walked up and hit Jeremy that producer would be fired on the spot. Jeremy did this to himself, and by effect harmed a long term running good ratings show.
We also cannot dismiss that Jeremy has had several run-ins with management over various issues. It is no surprise to see it end like this, no matter how disappointing for the series.
I've been watching this for years now, own a few of the seasons and various specials, and I understand clearly why Jeremy Clarkson has to be let go.
We talk from time to time about celebrity double standards and we can assume with ease that if a producer walked up and hit Jeremy that producer would be fired on the spot. Jeremy did this to himself, and by effect harmed a long term running good ratings show.
We also cannot dismiss that Jeremy has had several run-ins with management over various issues. It is no surprise to see it end like this, no matter how disappointing for the series.
You have to understand, Clarkson's misadventures are a good part of why he's so popular. Heck, the show is even popular over here. They found a winning trio that now has an international following. But hey, the BBC doesn't care, they still collect the same TV license fees anyway.
Another issue is, should people who make death threats on Twitter be prosecuted? Or banned from social media for their actions?
I don't see what someone being sacked for assaulting a work colleague has to do with "political correctness". Conflating the two issues only serves to muddy both.But this opens op a bigger issue, are companies too politically correct? Is the government too politically correct?
There's an important issues here too?Gives up your thoughts on this important issue.
I do not know how many people here have watched in some form or another the antics of the English versions of Moe, Larry and Curly aka the top gear UK presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James "Captain Slow" May and Richard "Hamster" Hammond.
The almost death of one of it's presenters did not end the show, the obvious previous controversies did not end the show (the gay incident, the Germany incident, the Romania incident, the Mexican incident, the racial comments of Clarkson incidents, the Argentina incident, the anti-Bush incident, the Alabama incident).
It was one man who in fact was the reason Jeremy Clarkson (who added numerous other incidents to his portfolio) was sacked. That accidental "stumbling block" for the Top Gear presenter was producer Oisin Tymon (who like the really adult and morally upstanding viewership of Top Gear in the UK is being horrendously attacked online for his part in the sacking of their hero Clarkson).
And why is he the man who stopped/ended Top Gear UK is because Clarkson decided he was allowed to verbally abuse that particular producer of the show, interrupting his verbal abuse for him and other Top Gear staff just long enough to strike mr. Tymon in the face (resulting in swelling and a bleeding lip). That is of course the "crime" that allows all those top gear watchers in the UK (most likely the same idiots who loved a good football hooligan fight, you know, cro-magnon man/neanderthal man) to attack him online (twitter, facebook). Some people even wish serious pain and death on mr. Tymon, really how idiotic can people be.
But this opens op a bigger issue, are companies too politically correct? Is the government too politically correct?
Gives up your thoughts on this important issue.
Isn't this like when they tried kicking the old man off Duck Dynasty, and the network found out the hard way that he would take his entire show and go elsewhere, leaving A&E standing there like a loser?
That show is going to be worthless without him. That is assuming they even try to continue it.
Another issue is, should people who make death threats on Twitter be prosecuted? Or banned from social media for their actions?
Depends on the nature of the death threat, thankfully we have the 1st amendment to protect jokes in poor taste and venting
I don't see what someone being sacked for assaulting a work colleague has to do with "political correctness". Conflating the two issues only serves to muddy both.
There's an important issues here too?
I'm a little confused,... first you explain that this guy has effectively had all manner of political incorrectness without repercussions, then you explain that he was let go due to an assault. So far so good. . . Then however, you ask if political correctness has gone too far?
He didn't get canned for PC, it was for assault on his producer. His lack of PC was never apparently an issue, which you acknowledge, then try to make it the topic. Do you write for FNC?
But that is not the way some people look at this. They think this "hitting incident" is all a bit of over exaggeration and that it is only because of political correctness that he is now being fired.
Then some people are idiots, why play along with their idiocy?
I do not know how many people here have watched in some form or another the antics of the English versions of Moe, Larry and Curly aka the top gear UK presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James "Captain Slow" May and Richard "Hamster" Hammond.
The almost death of one of it's presenters did not end the show, the obvious previous controversies did not end the show (the gay incident, the Germany incident, the Romania incident, the Mexican incident, the racial comments of Clarkson incidents, the Argentina incident, the anti-Bush incident, the Alabama incident).
It was one man who in fact was the reason Jeremy Clarkson (who added numerous other incidents to his portfolio) was sacked. That accidental "stumbling block" for the Top Gear presenter was producer Oisin Tymon (who like the really adult and morally upstanding viewership of Top Gear in the UK is being horrendously attacked online for his part in the sacking of their hero Clarkson).
And why is he the man who stopped/ended Top Gear UK is because Clarkson decided he was allowed to verbally abuse that particular producer of the show, interrupting his verbal abuse for him and other Top Gear staff just long enough to strike mr. Tymon in the face (resulting in swelling and a bleeding lip). That is of course the "crime" that allows all those top gear watchers in the UK (most likely the same idiots who loved a good football hooligan fight, you know, cro-magnon man/neanderthal man) to attack him online (twitter, facebook). Some people even wish serious pain and death on mr. Tymon, really how idiotic can people be.
But this opens op a bigger issue, are companies too politically correct? Is the government too politically correct?
Gives up your thoughts on this important issue.
I have read things like someone hoping Oisin Tymon would die in a fire with all his loved ones. And loads of other ones wanting to kill him and there are some that wished that Clarkson would have killed Tymon, etc. etc. etc.
It seems that twitter brings out the idiots out of the woodwork.
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