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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3755   
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I don't mind Clarkson, the way He says what he likes, sometimes makes "offensive" remarks, which really aren't "offensive", except to the "Do-Gooders" & "Tree Huggers" etc. I believe He is a genuinely FUNNY guy, although the categories I mentioned previously wouldn't think so?
And He really "makes" Top Gear, which will be nothing without him. BUT, there is NO excuse for hitting anyone, certainly not in these circumstances, so IMHO Clarkson got what He deserved. And, it wasn't just a whack, there was a continual out of control abusive situation, and after all, He was 2 hrs late! Anyway, does anyone think Clarkson will be at all concerned about all of this? Well maybe just a bit, but not very much, just adds to his "character". I predict He'll be back (not on Top Gear) "bigger & better", on another program, where He may be even more outrageous than He was on Top Gear? Pickles. |
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8th Apr 2015 11:09pm |
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| Skippy R Member Since: 08 Feb 2012 Location: Yorkshire,out 'n'about Posts: 160  
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Most truthful thing I've read in ages, can't stand either of the pr1cks Dave 98 'S' 90 300Tdi (sold) 07 D3 HSE (now sold) 1993 Scania 143 450 (should have kept that ! ) |
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9th Apr 2015 12:49am |
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, who thinks the entire planet should listen to his ridiculous rants, because he’s, like, so profound. Apparently, being ‘funny’ in his drug-addled mind entails being rude, patronising, arrogant, ignorant, insolent and downright obnoxious. He needs a quick rub-down with a house brick.
| smb Member Since: 15 Jan 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1232 
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According to reports, and I don't know how accurate they are, there is an apparent new claim being brought against Top Gear and JC.
Someone from the "Travellers" movement has issued a complaint that JC was seen with a sign saying "Pikeys Peak" when the Hamster was driving up a mountain.  They were apparently 'horrified' by the use of wording!!!  |
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5th May 2015 1:55pm |
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| epictrail Member Since: 21 Sep 2013 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 395 
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To quote:
BBC Two's Top Gear is being investigated by watchdog Ofcom over the use of the word "pikey" in an episode broadcast in February last year. The BBC Trust rejected the Traveller Movement's original complaint in March, but the group have brought it to Ofcom. It was sparked by a placard featuring the words "Pikey's Peak" which host Jeremy Clarkson put up after a race between 1980s hatchbacks. Clarkson has since been axed from the show, after a "fracas" with a producer. During the episode, broadcast on 2 February 2014, Clarkson had been ridiculing co-presenter Richard Hammond's choice of a Vauxhall Nova when the term was used. "Ofcom is investigating a complaint from the Travellers' Movement that it was offensive to include a placard with Pikey's Peak written on it in this BBC show," said a spokesperson from the broadcasting regulator. 'Common parlance' Top Gear was cleared by the Editorial Standards Committee of the BBC Trust over the comment earlier this year. It acknowledged the word "pikey" derived from the word "turnpike" and was therefore related to travellers, but said there was no "intended racist reference". The committee said the word had "evolved into common parlance among a number of people to mean 'chavvy' or 'cheap'". This, it said, meant many Top Gear viewers "would not necessarily associate it with the Gypsy and Traveller communities". It also noted that the placard was a deliberate pun on the US race course Pike's Peak, which had been referenced earlier in the show's script. Ofcom said its investigation, launched on 22 April, was looking into whether the potential for offence caused by the use of the word "pikey" was justified by the context. 'Racist abuse' A statement from the Traveller Movement welcomed the decision and said it hoped Ofcom's investigation was "thorough". "When the BBC Trust ruled that the Top Gear use of the word 'pikey' had nothing to do with gypsies and travellers and meant cheap and dodgy instead, it was clearly the trust that was being a bit cheap and dodgy," it said. "We believe in freedom of speech, but with that freedom there must be responsibility. "The BBC Trust abdicated that responsibility when they legitimised the use of a racist word on one of their most popular and money-spinning programmes." It said the topic was one that needed attention, adding: "We can bang on about semantics and meanings, but at the end of the day too many gypsies and travellers hear that word in the form of racist abuse. "How can you work for understanding and integration when racist abuse is seen as funny by a national public broadcaster paid for by the public?" Top Gear producers are currently looking for a new look presenting team for the show. Last month Clarkson's co-presenters James May and Hammond ruled themselves out of returning for the next series without him. |
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5th May 2015 2:03pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3755
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What a heap of CRAP.
How politically correct do we have to be these days without someone trying to get their two bobs worth of "indignance". Pickles. |
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5th May 2015 2:34pm |
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| rustyboxx Member Since: 08 Oct 2012 Location: Poole Posts: 548 
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Well said Pickles
If it's any consolation, any ground made by such indignance is soon lost, plus a bit more to boot, when the "My Big Fat..." series airs on TV.  2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
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5th May 2015 3:07pm |
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| mrandmrsh Member Since: 31 May 2010 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 692 
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I assume they mean those members of the public who pay taxes and TV licences and boring things like that? 2015 110 USW XS in Santorini with premium contrast leather seats in tan/black, black headlining and with Dual Finish alloys (in the garage, now on Wolf rims with Goodyear MT/Rs) 2012 '62' 2.2 X-Tech 110 USW now gone ... 1984 90 soft top with full roll cage, 200 tdi engine etc now sold 2012 USW XS 2.2 "FUU" now gone.... |
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5th May 2015 3:12pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897  
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What's the dictionary definition of Pikey?
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6th May 2015 1:27am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16979 
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The Collins English Dictionary now defines the word as
(British, slang, derogatory) a gypsy or vagrant a member of the underclass Historically the word was used to mean "an itinerant person" and derives from the shortening "pike" of the word "turnpike". It is only in recent times that the word has been used to any significant extent perjoratively - in the past it simply meant a person who spent all, or a significant part, of their time on the road. The fuss that now surrounds the word amuses me to an extent, since really I think those who now claim to be insulted by being described as pikeys are themselves responsible for the terrm being considered insulting. Nowadays the word seems to be taken as meaning a person of an itinerant nature who is prone to ignoring the mores of civilised society, indulging in (mainly, but not exclusively, petty) crime, and leaving a trail of filth, debris, and scammed persons in their wake. The people who seem to object most vociferously to being called by the word are in fact precisely those who are of an itinerant nature, prone to ignoring the mores of civilised society, indulging in (mainly, but not exclusively, petty) crime, and leaving a trail of filth, debris, and scammed persons in their wake. If such people changed their lifestyle to be more integrated into "normal" society, then the word would probably not be applied to them! It really comes down to the fact that just about any word, even the most innofensive, can be offensive if the person using it so intends. It is all about context and intent, which is hard to legislate for. |
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6th May 2015 10:49am |
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