Jeremy Clarkson accused of 'racism' during Top Gear series finale in Thailand

[wilcopops]

It's fairly obvious the JC is out of control, and the Beeb are in a quandary. Someone KNEW about the numberplate, and I guess is the JC knew was instrumental or tacitly agreed to the exercise.

Or it's equally obvious that the Argentinians have got their knickers in a twist over nothing. It's not as if it's a fake number plate. It's real and belongs to a grey Porsche. Are you suggesting that the BBC scoured the 2nd hand car sales to find that number plate?

I'm suggesting the numberplate was included on purpose, whether or not it was bought for the car, with the car, or the car was noticed to have this plate is something that I'm sure will become clear later.

"According to the grey Porsche’s history, it changed its registration to H1 VAE for a three-year period before 2001 and then reverted back to H982 FKL. The fact that the Top Gear team was travelling with the old plate, by now assigned to another vehicle, will add to suspicion that the BBC team realised that the original registration was contentious. Veterans groups in Argentina have described the plate as “a mockery to us all”. Independent ....

the question you have to ask is why were they carrying two sets of registration plates?

Porsche equals ...private plate.

TWO plates???? - They had TWO sets of plates, whether or not one set was a "special" is irrelevant - the car had an old personalised number that the crew appear to have brought with them.....WHY? because they knew the legal plate was offensive?

[casualbiker]

It's fairly obvious the JC is out of control, and the Beeb are in a quandary. Someone KNEW about the numberplate, and I guess is the JC knew was instrumental or tacitly agreed to the exercise.

Or it's equally obvious that the Argentinians have got their knickers in a twist over nothing. It's not as if it's a fake number plate. It's real and belongs to a grey Porsche. Are you suggesting that the BBC scoured the 2nd hand car sales to find that number plate?

I'm suggesting the numberplate was included on purpose, whether or not it was bought for the car, with the car, or the car was noticed to have this plate is something that I'm sure will become clear later.

"According to the grey Porsche’s history, it changed its registration to H1 VAE for a three-year period before 2001 and then reverted back to H982 FKL. The fact that the Top Gear team was travelling with the old plate, by now assigned to another vehicle, will add to suspicion that the BBC team realised that the original registration was contentious. Veterans groups in Argentina have described the plate as “a mockery to us all”. Independent ....

the question you have to ask is why were they carrying two sets of registration plates?

Porsche equals ...private plate.

TWO plates???? - They had TWO sets of plates, whether or not one set was a "special" is irrelevant - the car had an old personalised number that the crew appear to have brought with them.....WHY? because they knew the legal plate was offensive?

Or it could have been in the boot from the last owners.. see different answers .. may be true, may not be.

[canuckamuck]

"Jeremy! Just don't mention the war"

[green job]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

[wilcopops]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

Are you suggesting that people are incorrectly implying that Clarkson is the only racist in the world? Then you have proved you point

or

Are you suggesting that you are a bad driver? In which case I'd say you've also proved your point.

[BradinAsia]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

What is a "jap driver?" Do you think this is 1946? Your mind is still corrupted by WWII propaganda?

Also, your story is highly improbable. After living 16 years in Japan I can tell you the chances of any

Japanese driver spontaneously yelling such words at you is less than 1:100,000,000.

And for several reasons. First, very few Japanese speak fluent English. Secondly, the scenario you

describe does not fit Japanese culture -- it's much more like American culture.

In short, I seriously doubt the veracity of your story, mainly due to your overtly racist "jap" remark.

[bertty]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

What is a "jap driver?" Do you think this is 1946? Your mind is still corrupted by WWII propaganda?

Also, your story is highly improbable. After living 16 years in Japan I can tell you the chances of any

Japanese driver spontaneously yelling such words at you is less than 1:100,000,000.

And for several reasons. First, very few Japanese speak fluent English. Secondly, the scenario you

describe does not fit Japanese culture -- it's much more like American culture.

In short, I seriously doubt the veracity of your story.

Jap driver, Brit driver scotch driver.... Really do try to get over yourself.

[BradinAsia]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

What is a "jap driver?" Do you think this is 1946? Your mind is still corrupted by WWII propaganda?

Also, your story is highly improbable. After living 16 years in Japan I can tell you the chances of any

Japanese driver spontaneously yelling such words at you is less than 1:100,000,000.

And for several reasons. First, very few Japanese speak fluent English. Secondly, the scenario you

describe does not fit Japanese culture -- it's much more like American culture.

In short, I seriously doubt the veracity of your story.

Jap driver, Brit driver scotch driver.... Really do try to get over yourself.

Get over what?

The fact that for 50-60 years I've met countless folks who expect me to accept racism as normal?

Nothing is more pathetic than folks who mouth racist slurs and try to pretend they are normal.

I don't accept that. Maybe you need to reexamine and "get over" your narrow mindset.

Note: Scotch and Japanese are equivalents -- scotch and jap are not even close.

[bertty]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

What is a "jap driver?" Do you think this is 1946? Your mind is still corrupted by WWII propaganda?

Also, your story is highly improbable. After living 16 years in Japan I can tell you the chances of any

Japanese driver spontaneously yelling such words at you is less than 1:100,000,000.

And for several reasons. First, very few Japanese speak fluent English. Secondly, the scenario you

describe does not fit Japanese culture -- it's much more like American culture.

In short, I seriously doubt the veracity of your story.

Jap driver, Brit driver scotch driver.... Really do try to get over yourself.

Get over what?

The fact that for 50-60 years I've met countless folks who expect me to accept racism as normal?

Nothing is more pathetic than folks who mouth racist slurs and try to pretend they are normal.

I don't accept that. Maybe you need to reexamine and "get over" your narrow mindset.

Note: Scotch and Japanese are equivalents -- scotch and jap are not even close.

Do you know where I come from the work Paki is racist. Yet those self same people have shops that they call Paki supermarket.

They really don't need nor want you defending them.

[BradinAsia]

What is a "jap driver?" Do you think this is 1946? Your mind is still corrupted by WWII propaganda?

Also, your story is highly improbable. After living 16 years in Japan I can tell you the chances of any

Japanese driver spontaneously yelling such words at you is less than 1:100,000,000.

And for several reasons. First, very few Japanese speak fluent English. Secondly, the scenario you

describe does not fit Japanese culture -- it's much more like American culture.

In short, I seriously doubt the veracity of your story.

Jap driver, Brit driver scotch driver.... Really do try to get over yourself.

Get over what?

The fact that for 50-60 years I've met countless folks who expect me to accept racism as normal?

Nothing is more pathetic than folks who mouth racist slurs and try to pretend they are normal.

I don't accept that. Maybe you need to reexamine and "get over" your narrow mindset.

Note: Scotch and Japanese are equivalents -- scotch and jap are not even close.

Do you know where I come from the work Paki is racist. Yet those self same people have shops that they call Paki supermarket.

They really don't need nor want you defending them.

You seem to have a very odd perception of the real world.

For hundreds of years, racists have been inventing odd-ball

justifications for their biases. Yours is not new at all.

[bertty]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

[BradinAsia]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

If you don't like the word, maybe you can suggest a suitable equivalent, but it

might help to study the long history of racism first.

[green job]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

What is a "jap driver?" Do you think this is 1946? Your mind is still corrupted by WWII propaganda?

Also, your story is highly improbable. After living 16 years in Japan I can tell you the chances of any

Japanese driver spontaneously yelling such words at you is less than 1:100,000,000.

And for several reasons. First, very few Japanese speak fluent English. Secondly, the scenario you

describe does not fit Japanese culture -- it's much more like American culture.

In short, I seriously doubt the veracity of your story, mainly due to your overtly racist "jap" remark.

Are you real or what? Its called English humour The mind boggles

[green job]

By the way,it is Scottish Not scotch,as that is a blended whisky Now coming back to corner shops Thats the reason Pakistan do not play much football

Every time the get a corner,they open a shop.

[wilcopops]

It's a catch 22 situation - Most racists are simply too stupid to understand that they are racist.

Clarkson on the other hand should know better.

[wilcopops]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

"That's not racist" is what racists say when it is pointed out they are being racist.

See the list earlier

[H1w4yR1da]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

[wilcopops]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

"Made Up word"? - QED - only a person stupid enough to be a racist would have no idea how words come into the English Language - Shakespeare is credited with "making up" thousands of words - he must have been a communist!

(They would also know how to use a dictionary)

[H1w4yR1da]

Your post makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[sustento]

racist

1932 as a noun, 1938 as an adjective, from race (n.2); racism is first attested 1936 (from French racisme, 1935), originally in the context of Nazi theories. But they replaced earlier words, racialism (1871) and racialist (1917), both often used early 20c. in a British or South African context. In the U.S., race hatred, race prejudice had been used, and, especially in 19c. political contexts, negrophobia.

[Pete Beale]

This is not in any way racist.......

Last time I was driving in Japan, a jap driver leaned out of his car and shouted ,,, LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU ROUND EYED EGG AND BACON EATER

Now would you call that a recist remark ?

What is a "jap driver?" Do you think this is 1946? Your mind is still corrupted by WWII propaganda?

Also, your story is highly improbable. After living 16 years in Japan I can tell you the chances of any

Japanese driver spontaneously yelling such words at you is less than 1:100,000,000.

And for several reasons. First, very few Japanese speak fluent English. Secondly, the scenario you

describe does not fit Japanese culture -- it's much more like American culture.

In short, I seriously doubt the veracity of your story.

Jap driver, Brit driver scotch driver.... Really do try to get over yourself.

Get over what?

The fact that for 50-60 years I've met countless folks who expect me to accept racism as normal?

Nothing is more pathetic than folks who mouth racist slurs and try to pretend they are normal.

I don't accept that. Maybe you need to reexamine and "get over" your narrow mindset.

Note: Scotch and Japanese are equivalents -- scotch and jap are not even close.

Scotch when used in reference to a person is considered derogatory. Perhaps you'd like to take the opportunity to apologise to all Scottish TV members for your racist slur and maybe "reexamine and "get over" your narrow mindset"

[green job]

I am not fond of scotch anyway,, Malt for me every time A nice Glen Grant . Talking of scotch Black Label,now thats a bit racist

[green job]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

"That's not racist" is what racists say when it is pointed out they are being racist.

See the list earlier

I have posted this before,so if you have seen it forgive me... I am 100% not Racist These are my golf clubs with covers

Please lighten up a bit folk.

[wilcopops]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

"That's not racist" is what racists say when it is pointed out they are being racist.

See the list earlier

I have posted this before,so if you have seen it forgive me... I am 100% not Racist These are my golf clubs with covers

Please lighten up a bit folk.

tiger 001.jpg

you have no idea, yet you keep confirming everyone's suspicions.

[3NUMBAS]

Top Gear and BBC accused of number plate scandal cover up – Daily TV round-up Car dealer sold the show other sets of number plates.Ben Arnold – 9 hours ago

Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC's 'Top Gear' have been accused of a cover up over the growing Falklands number plate scandal.

It's claimed that the show makers were planning to film a joke stunt using alternative registration plates in the forthcoming special show, filmed in South America.

Clarkson and his team have come under intense scrutiny after it emerged that plates fixed to a Porsche contained the letters H982 FKL – thought to be a reference to the British war with Argentina in 1982.

Clarkson has told how they were set upon by an angry mob who 'wanted to kill them' over the plates, and had to hide under a bed in their hotel, describing it as a 'terrifying experience'.

They were then forced to flee for the border with Chile. Clarkson has so far insisted that the lettering on the number plate was a complete coincidence.

But a car dealer who sold sets of plates to the BBC for the show, including a set featuring the letters 'BE11 END', has said that he 'can't comment' on the matter, drawing accusations that he has been gagged over the scandal.

https://uk.tv.yahoo.com/top-gear-and-bbc-accused-of-number-plate-scandal-cover-up-%E2%80%93-daily-tv-round-up-093528027.html

[rametindallas]

Nothing ridiculous about it. You're the one who introduced oppression and victimization into this argument.

I just gave examples to show the stupidity and ignorance of that.

Racial ethnic slurs happen against ALL races and all ethnicities, whether they've been oppressed or not, though many races/ethnicities have been oppressed at one time or another.

Your ridiculous assumption that racial slurs only occur against certain groups like blacks or Asians was proven wrong yet you're so blinded by liberalism that you seem to think only whites are racist. Again, another fallacy.

There're slurs or epithets for everyone. Whites use them against blacks and vice-versa. Asians use them against whites and vice-versa. It's not the domain of one group to use or be responsible for this type of language. Nothing '18th century' about that. But I probably think you have your centuries confused if you're trying to point out what I think you are.

You'd be better off finding real racism with the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Eric Holder than someone like Jeremy Clarkson.

Suzuki GSX-R1000 L3 182 hp in-line 4 Superbike

Now you are showing your abysmal ignorance. The issue is not what constitutes an ethnic slur. The issue is the nature

of racism, and the fact that it can only be used as a weapon by a dominant ethnic group against an oppressed group.

Since you are incapable of understanding this simple reality, it is futile to discuss the issue with you.

You may now continue your clueless sojourn in the fog of ignorance. Over and out.

So as a white person, I can go anywhere in the world have no fear that I will be abused in any way because I am white? White people are never targets for discrimination?

White people can be the target for all sorts of things, but they can never experience what it means to be an

oppressed underclass lorded over by an inhumane dominant class with a false sense of superiority.

they can never experience what it means to be an oppressed underclass lorded over by an inhumane dominant class with a false sense of superiority

I guess you've never lived in Thailand or Japan, then. A white man (or any non-Thai, non-Japanese) will never be considered and equal in those countries and there may be more places I don't know about. You make ridiculous, unsubstantiated claims to bolster your misguided belief system. I love the way you are so empathetic that you can be offended for other people who may or may not be offended. As other people have said to you, "Get over yourself".

BTW, why do you describe white people as 'inhumane dominant class with a false sense of superiority'? Are all white people 'lording over an oppressed underclass'?

Hyperbolic, much?

Also, who, exactly, is Jeremy Clarkson oppressing and how is he oppressing them, by his double entendre?

[rhythmworx]

So many Clarkson haters on here.

[green job]

Racism is a word ignorant people use when they have no other argument.

"That's not racist" is what racists say when it is pointed out they are being racist.

See the list earlier

I have posted this before,so if you have seen it forgive me... I am 100% not Racist These are my golf clubs with covers

Please lighten up a bit folk.

tiger 001.jpg

you have no idea, yet you keep confirming everyone's suspicions.

555555555555555555555555 Not wanting to be rude.old chap, But where in Bongo Bongo do you come from?

[BradinAsia]

Now you are showing your abysmal ignorance. The issue is not what constitutes an ethnic slur. The issue is the nature

of racism, and the fact that it can only be used as a weapon by a dominant ethnic group against an oppressed group.

Since you are incapable of understanding this simple reality, it is futile to discuss the issue with you.

You may now continue your clueless sojourn in the fog of ignorance. Over and out.

So as a white person, I can go anywhere in the world have no fear that I will be abused in any way because I am white? White people are never targets for discrimination?

White people can be the target for all sorts of things, but they can never experience what it means to be an

oppressed underclass lorded over by an inhumane dominant class with a false sense of superiority.

they can never experience what it means to be an oppressed underclass lorded over by an inhumane dominant class with a false sense of superiority

I guess you've never lived in Thailand or Japan, then. A white man (or any non-Thai, non-Japanese) will never be considered and equal in those countries and there may be more places I don't know about. You make ridiculous, unsubstantiated claims to bolster your misguided belief system. I love the way you are so empathetic that you can be offended for other people who may or may not be offended. As other people have said to you, "Get over yourself".

BTW, why do you describe white people as 'inhumane dominant class with a false sense of superiority'? Are all white people 'lording over an oppressed underclass'?

Hyperbolic, much?

Also, who, exactly, is Jeremy Clarkson oppressing and how is he oppressing them, by his double entendre?

Obviously, a lot of folks on here need to learn what the true nature of racism is.

I've never encountered so many clueless folks in one place as here.

Rather amazing in this day and age... and a bit pathetic.

[green job]

I served for over 18 years in a british unit ( army ) . When our regement was on parade,we looked like a draughts-board,we had West Indian,etc,etc

and a large attachment of Gurkha. Jokes and banter were normal. We do not class any of this as Racist,

i have shown some of my black mates this web site, they are laurghing their turbons off at some of the narrow minded comments

By the way,there was always a argument about wearing camouflage cream...