Has Clarkson gone too far?
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | MP calls for Clarkson to lose job
"Change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder." (my emphasis)
The joke was made on Sunday’s Top Gear as Clarkson and co recklessly and dangerously drove large trucks through walls, round obstacles and compared lorry driving to car driving and sparked hundreds of complaints.
The BBC’s response?
"This particular reference was used to comically exaggerate and make ridiculous an unfair urban myth about the world of lorry driving, and was not intended to cause offence."
What planet are they on? It’s not only unfair to the majority of people who drive lorries (some of whom are women) it completely devalues the life of any prostituted woman and implies that her murder is commonplace and so normal we can ignore it. They’re not real people after all are they Jeremy…… It’s offensive to everyone referred to and simply not acceptable.
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Jeremy bloody Clarkson…
He made me whoop with joy a few months ago when he slated the (male) motor racing press for their pornographic depictions of women racing drivers. And then he goes and makes a “joke” like that.
He’s a wanker.
Comment by witchy — November 8, 2008 @ 1:51 am
Not bloody far enough if you ask me. I vote for Pluto, at least, though it may be safer to remove him from the solar system entirely.
Comment by Polly styrene — November 9, 2008 @ 11:44 am
Nah, I’d send him to Jupiter (it’s a gas giant and seeing as he’s full of hot air that fits) or Uranus (depending on how you pronounce it)
However, he seems to be staying on Earth with us so I’ve sent off a sharp email to OfCom. Maybe if there are enough then he’ll get his arse kicked.
Comment by SharkBait — November 9, 2008 @ 11:56 am