betty, i think your one of, if not the most politically correct person here
The bizarre thing about that comment is that you're saying it as a criticism!
as for the punch, you said maximum punishment for a an assault was 7 years in prison, notice the word maximum, i know that a punch can land you anything from a fine to jailtime
No, I said
5 years. And what is your point anyway? I was responding to somebody äsking "who says it's wrong to punch an employee". I was explaining that it's very clearly a CRIMINAL OFFENCE.
i wouldn't call either of the hosts xenophobic, look at where they've been: africa (x2), south-america (x2), middle east, japan, china, australia, antarctica, arctic, north-america, india, vietnam, burma
Yes, and in
Burma they used a racial epithet.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/06/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-slope-comment-bbc-ofcom
In
India they caused controvery.....
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/dec/30/jeremy-clarkson-row-top-gear-india
In South America they got literally hounded out of
Argentina for making fun of the Falklands War
In
Vietnam, despite saying after the Argentina incident they'd "never" make fun of soldiers dying, they joked about the Vietnam War.
In the
United States they drove through the Southern U.S. with "gay" written on the side of the car. Classy.
On other countries:
On Mexico
Richard Hammond said they're "going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat".
May described Mexican food as "like sick with cheese on it" and Clarkson predicted they would not get any complaints about the show because "at the Mexican embassy, the ambassador is going to be sitting there with a remote control like this (snores). They won't complain, it's fine."
On Romania
"The
Romanian Times also reported that Clarkson called Romania a "
gypsy land". Complaints were also rife regarding Clarkson's actions to don a
pork pie hat which he called a "gypsy" hat, while commenting: "I'm wearing this hat so the gypsies think I am [another gypsy]."
On Germany
Talking about the Mini, Clarkson commented that they should build a car that is "quintessentially German". He suggested turn signals that displayed
Hitler salutes, "a
sat-nav that only goes to Poland" (in reference to the
Nazi invasion of Poland), and "ein fanbelt that will last a thousand years", a reference to
Adolf Hitler's
propaganda slogan of "the thousand-year
Reich". These statements gained negative attention from the German Government, and led to viewers' complaints reaching the
BBC Board of Governors.
He's hardly going to get a job at the United Nations is he?
Oh, and by the way
@lafars. Just because you travel, it doesn't mean you're not a xenophobe or a racist. What a silly and naive comment.
