UK Folks: Now don't joke about dead hookers

[Sarah_Jayne]

Jeremy Clarkson makes a joke about truck drivers killing prostitutes and now he is the the focus of a 'standards' complaints campaign. The BBC have done this to themselves by giving in once over Brand/Ross. Now it will be complaint after complaint.

[marcjacob]

Its crazy. Have these people ever watch Clarkson before? The UK is full of nutters lately.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by marcjacob

Its crazy. Have these people ever watch Clarkson before? The UK is full of nutters lately.

Nutters given a sense of power from last week.

[Stephen McTowelie]

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Nutters given a sense of power from last week.

Its quiet worring how the daily mail brigade seem to have so much power and voice again in this country.

It only takes about 2 complaints to get something pulled which makes no sense surely more people didnt find it offensive.
You should see some of the ads etc that have been pulled cause some up tight fuck complained !
Did you ever see the ad for Oasis drinks with the cactus guy ? That got taken off the air cause she looked abit young ! FFS its fine to be pregnant at 12 in a soap but not in a tv AD ?does she look that young ?

[PornoStar69]

shock horror call the tv police - its the end of the world as we know it - but i feel fine.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by Stephen McTowelie

Its quiet worring how the daily mail brigade seem to have so much power and voice again in this country.

It only takes about 2 complaints to get something pulled which makes no sense surely more people didnt find it offensive.
You should see some of the ads etc that have been pulled cause some up tight fuck complained !
Did you ever see the ad for Oasis drinks with the cactus guy ? That got taken off the air cause she looked abit young ! FFS its fine to be pregnant at 12 in a soap but not in a tv AD ?does she look that young ?

The worst thing about those were here accent and that they were just dumb.

Part of what I heard was that the complaints said it was encouraging internet grooming. Um, when did they mention cactus guy was on the 'net?

[Spudman]

to be honest i bet clarkson couldn't give a shit about any complaints against him and its not like the bbc will sack him as that would be the most stupid thing they could do as i bet he earns them more money than any other presenter.

[SilentKnight]

I remember a few years back when they pulled a TV commercial for a Toronto radio station (CFTR) that showed a guy who'd literally pissed himself laughing in an elevator (listening to their morning show on the way to work).

I always thought it was the funniest commercial I'd ever seen - they only aired it a short while before CRTC considered it 'distasteful'.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by Spudman

to be honest i bet clarkson couldn't give a shit about any complaints against him and its not like the bbc will sack him as that would be the most stupid thing they could do as i bet he earns them more money than any other presenter.

They won't sack him but they could go the fine path they did with Ross. They also couldn't sack Ross because of the huge amount of work he does it would cost more to replace him in all those shows he does. Plus, he probably had a clause in his contract about payment if sacked that would have pissed of tabloid readers even more.

By giving in once over a fairly minor comment they have painted themselves into a corner. Can they say comments about a grown woman sleeping with a known playboy is worse than jokes about murdering women? To me complaints about either in huge numbers is lame but interesting to see the frenzy play out.

The last thing any of us need is a 'decency' witch hunt. Especially with the conservative front bench pretending to be offended by things now too.

[Twistys Tim]

Hey Sarah - Have you lived in the UK long?

There is a long history of the BBC acting upon complaints received from license payers. BBC celebrities getting in trouble / fired for things say have said or done in nothing new in the UK.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by Twistys Tim

Hey Sarah - Have you lived in the UK long?

There is a long history of the BBC acting upon complaints received from license payers. BBC celebrities getting in trouble / fired for things say have said or done in nothing new in the UK.

Only 12 years I know the history but even anybody that lives here has to admit last week was insane. In the years I have been here there has been nothing to that degree.

[nexxus]

This is retarded, someone needs to shoot all these sensitive idiots...