• Top Gear 'speciale needs' joke offensive, says Ofcom
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People are still taking Jezza seriously?
"While obviously intended as a joke and not aimed directly at an individual with learning difficulties, the comment could easily be understood as ridiculing people in society with a particular physical disability or learning difficulty." Fuck off. People who aren't special needs defending people with special needs. Just like skinny people wanting to make fat food taxes law. They think they're helping fat people. No. I have a sister with Autism, and I would laugh at that joke, because it's not meant to directly insult special needs. Fuck sakes. DURR HURR HE MADE PUN SPECIALE NEEDS HURR U NOT GOOD HURR
It's funny really, it almost always seems that the people who complain about others making jokes towards minorities/people with disabilities/whatever else are the ones who fit into none of the categories.
The Mexicans would get offended about last week, but as he said, they are busy sleeping.
[QUOTE=LagMonster!!!!;27819939]The Mexicans would get offended about last week, but as he said, they are busy sleeping.[/QUOTE] Apart from the bit where the Mexican ambassador complained. [editline]2nd February 2011[/editline] [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1055620-Oh-it-seems-he-was-awake.-Top-Gear-recieves-complaints-from-Mexican-ambassador[/url].
People do not have the right to never be offended. Take Clarkson less seriously.
The show would be boring if we wasnt making fun of some country.
What's the world coming to where two complaints gets a show looked into...
america should sue him for the fat jokes
[QUOTE=sharzu;27809976]Didn't he get another complaint a few days ago? This is so stupid[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12338053[/URL] They called the car a Tortilla which made me chuckle. I'm amazed an Aussie hasn't complained yet. A Transit van did beat them after all :D
[QUOTE=tob;27822282]What's the world coming to where two complaints gets a show looked into...[/QUOTE] Everyone knows that one complaint equals one million viewers complaining.
Everyone's just attacking Top Gear lately because it's so popular. Countless other 'small' and obscure TV shows take far worse punts at more sensitive topics, but nothing ever happens because no one cares enough about the show for it to reach the gullible public masses. Just so long as BBC doesn't try and come down on Clarkson & Co over these recent bitches and moans from all these over sensitive babbies, all's good.
[QUOTE=Memobot;27823230]I'm amazed an Aussie hasn't complained yet. A Transit van did beat them after all :D[/QUOTE] We are able to take a joke. Unlike other countries, it seems.
[QUOTE=Sobek-;27826550] Just so long as BBC doesn't try and come down on Clarkson & Co over these recent bitches and moans from all these over sensitive babbies, all's good.[/QUOTE] I do believe its BBC 2's biggest pulling show, and iPlayers most requested program. They aren't going to be forced to change / gotten rid of any time soon unless they do something REALLY stupid.
Jeremy Clarkson is great. If they can't take a joke. To bad for them.
The censoring is far more offensive than the joke.
What's funny is the people who were offended because he said "Speciale Needs" have absolutely no "special needs" or are not disabled at all... They are just the cry baby soccer moms who think they know whats best for every other person on the planet.
Oh for fuck sake. People who complain about this shit need to be removed from Earth and put on Mars where they can all complain about the offensive nature of just about everything. Seriously, can they not take a joke?
Come on, this is retarded.
Well retards can't drive anyway so I don't see what the big whoop is all about.
[QUOTE=shadow_of_intent;27826667]We are able to take a joke. Unlike other countries, it seems.[/QUOTE] I wasn't being serious, but okay.
Clarksons response: [img]http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/JeremyClarkson.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Glitter;27806309]thats bullshit, who ACTUALLY goes around whining about how that kinda stuff 'offends' them?[/QUOTE] People who hate everything, and want to make everyone else as miserable as they are.
2 things about Ofcom: - They don't have power to regulate the BBC but merely pass complaints on, and - They are required to investigate every complaint anyway, but only make light of companies deemed in breach of the Broadcasting Code. Don't blame them.
Man I love Top Gear.
Top gear rips shit on my country(The USA) all the time and I still know they're joking, for fucks sake people get a sense of humor.
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