Clarksons done it again (I think this is the 4th time...)

[Trivun]

It was on MSN News this morning that Clarkson apologised for calling him Scottish and One-eyed, maintaining that this is simply a fact. However, he said he would never apologise for calling him an idiot (round of applause).
Clarkson has a decent sense of humour and is one of many recent British comedians who touch on subjects that may be offensive but are still funny. Other recent examples are Alan Carr, Jimmy Carr or Justin Lee Collins. This is different to the deliberately crude and offensive things said by people like Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross, who are simply out to cause offence and get cheap laughs from it. Many people I have heard from Scotland are not offended by what Clarkson said, and I would imagine the same is true of blind or half blind people (no matter what the authorities and blind charities and so on say).

 

[goater24]

LOL, Jeremy Clarkson lord of cars and son of Prince Philip. The difference betwwen the two is that Prince Philip doesn't understand the way the world and Clarkson does. Which makes him even more entertaining.

 

[Siris]

I think that this is just going too far for people putting up with Clarkson... There needs to be some sort of reprocution for doing this so many times

 

[Cinnamon_Toast]

Clarkson is full of lip and he always will be, so let him be. He's also a legend, so leave him alone.

 

[Joselyn]

Jeremy Clarkson is truly one of the most irritating, egocentric imbeciles I have EVER had the misfortune of viewing on Tv......but, on that note, he's quite amusing....

 

[Rock Avich]

I'm sorry? What ARE y'all talking about?

I'm from America you see... a place wholly away from the real world.

 

[uncle-ellis]

Good god clarksons a tit.
I hope he gets killed by global worming.

 

[Rock Avich]

Good god clarksons a tit.
I hope he gets killed by global worming.

Global Worming?!

Good God! Don't tell me that the Earth is now one big apple to the Worm People!

 

[MarsProbe]

Good god clarksons a tit.
I hope he gets killed by global worming.

I'm sure Clarkson would have something to say about that too. Anyway, as for Clarkson's comments, good on him, I say. Everyone is entitle to their opinion after all. Even the folks at Number 10 agree on that point.

Referencing numbers 10s response to Clarkson's comments - "Clarkson is entitle to his opinion of the current economic situation".

 

[Lord Krunk]

No, I mean he's payed to be on Top Gear as Jeremy Clarkson - the pompous and arrogant Brit we all know and love.

Speak for yourself, I'd personally get pleasure torturing the man and wiping that smug smile off his face for good, preferably with some sharp scissors and a sewing kit.

Excuse me, let me finish that sentence.

Love to hate.

 

[Lucia di Lammermore]

Personally I think the BBC has WAY over-reacted to this. I mean, part of Clarkson's "persona" is that he's insulting to pretty much everyone. Also, notice they don't make this much fuss when he describes Americans as "Fat Yanks".(though as an American, I have to agree)
Also, the American media didn't make this much fuss when someone insulted Bush

BBC television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has apologised for calling British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot".

I don't see the problem. Everything Jezza said was a truth (bar the idiot thing; that's just opinion).

Gordon Brown is blind in one eye and is Scottish...how is that insulting the Scots or blind people? Did Jezza say all blind/Scots were idiots? No, he said that Gordon Brown, a Scottish, one-eyed man, was an idiot.

I totally agree with you on this.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

After the phone call bonanza, those curtain-twitching flame-fanners have been looking for anything to do with the BBC and are taking offence on behalf of the people involved. So what if he made a joke at the expense of the Prime Minister? Doesn't everyone? After all, a joke is a joke and if you take it as anything other than that, than you really do need to simply lighten up.

I'm surprised nobody else noticed that if there is one person that would be offended by this, it would be...

Spoiler: This man

[img_inline caption="I'm a one-eyed Scotsman, and I find that offensive!" align=left width=300]http://www.freewebs.com/pyro-nation/Red_Demoman.jpg[/img_inline]

 

[Danzaivar]

BBC television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has apologised for calling British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot".

I don't see the problem. Everything Jezza said was a truth (bar the idiot thing; that's just opinion).

Gordon Brown is blind in one eye and is Scottish...how is that insulting the Scots or blind people? Did Jezza say all blind/Scots were idiots? No, he said that Gordon Brown, a Scottish, one-eyed man, was an idiot.

Nothing more, nothing less.

He didn't apologise for calling him an idiot, just the one eyed Scottish part (If you read the apology, he never said he was sorry about the idiot bit).

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/article2214239.ece

I know the Sun isn't the most credible newspaper, but Clarkson has a weekly page in it.

Respect to the man really, he's just saying what we were all thinking.

 

[Taizan]

Clarkson is a classic for making inappropriate comments, especially if people remember his truck driver one. That was ever so slightly embarrassing for the fellow.

 

[DeusFps]

Who gives a flying fuck. The UK is really going to shit.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

1. Clarkson is a Tory. That alone makes the man an utter idiot, and his sheer arrogance is, while amusing, also rather grating. And the man liked Thatcher. That's another piece of evidence for his bias and his idiocy.

2. While it seems to be rather popular for people to bash Gordon Brown, I feel the distance of living in the Dark Continent (named so for the locals per se, but their beer) has given me a better perspective than most British people on Brown. Gordon Brown is, and has been, a competent leader. (Gasps from the audience)

I know, controversial isn't it. Brown, a good leader? How dare I say such things!? How dare I go against the mainstream!? How dare I contravene the will of the newspaper men and their overlords!

Yes, you heard it hear. All your 'Brown is teh shitz, lol' opinions are not your own. They have been merrily spoonfed to you by the media, and if you cannot realise that now, you will in a few years when you're suffering under a Conservative regime. Brown is a competent politician and a brilliant economist. Yes, he hasn't stopped the recession, but he sure as hell has softened the blow. Yes, millions are out of work, but in a nation whereby 45-50 million people are working then you're always going to have a million-plus out of work at the best of times.

Yes, we had the foriegn workers debacle, but that was hardly Brown's fault. The government has no legal right to interfere with a company operating entirely within the law- foriegn employment laws instituted, in fact, under the regime of dear Mrs Thatcher!

3. The past ten to fifteen years of prosperity have also been due, in part, to Mr Brown. He successfully managed to ensure an equitable distribution of economic growth in most sectors of the economy and that the rewards of that would go not just to the rich and powerful but to all. It is entirely likely that the majority of British people have benifited from Mssrs Blair and Brown's regimes, and if you cannot see that then god help us all.

4. The Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph are rags, as is the Mirror and all other tabloids. The Telegraph is just a tarted-up rag.

 

[Simriel]

As a Scotsman, i agree. Brown is a one eyes Scottish idiot! Also Clarkson has insulted everyone who is not well... Clarkson. He just hates everyone. /thread.

 

[Simriel]

P.S he is an effective leader of Britain. Still an idiot though

 

[Rolling Thunder]

P.S he is an effective leader of Britain. Still an idiot though

I beleive the phrase you're looking for is 'better than most, but that's not saying much'.