How sad and depressing is this! - that people are forced into a position where they can barely afford their principles. Having to cross the picketline because money is so tight for families is a really sad choice but I understand it. The attack on wages, salaries and pensions is appalling though and the Government need to understand that they cannot ride roughshod over pension arrangements made in good faith. They are doing little enough to keep jobs available and these attacks on workers' rights must be looked at in the light of the aftermath of the bankers' self-rewarding and self-serving actions. At the same time as they enjoy an even bigger bonus, the child poverty and need for food sharing etc in this country is a disgrace and yet people, often those who can least afford it, rise to the challenge and give so generously (Children in Need). If you have to cross because you feel you can't afford not to, then THINK ON!

I can't think of anything better, more rational or intelligent than being outraged at Clarkson. Not his comments, just the fat, odious, curly haired oaf himself.

I am not outraged at him as I generally avoid watching or listening to anything featuring his bilious face or grating tones but if I feign some faux outrage at his crass and ill judged comments and it helps remove his offensive presence from my screen all together then what could be more rational, free thinking and intelligent than that.

Nice one.I wish I could have posted this somewhere else yesterday.

Yeh, when I see Dave I see a free thinking man of the world.

If that was what I actually said then your wonderful sarcastic response would have been justified.

If you found it offensive then I can accept it, and I understand why you would find it offensive. I happen to think that what he said was tongue in cheek though not in good taste.
However, just like the Brand/Ross situation it has been blown out of proportion by the media, who seem to jump on these things with gusto. Many of the people complaining about it won't have seen the original, but will have only seen replays of it on the news, or gone looking for it on iPlayer, presumably with the intention of being offended.

If anything, the news are offending more people than the original comment by shoving it in everyone's faces at every opportunity. Its the media equivalent of a footballer rolling around on the floor trying to get a fellow professional sent off