Sorry Easy, but I'm a bit confused here. You seem to be contradicting yourself here, unless I've misinterpreted what you're saying.
Again, if you switch the two individuals involved, you reckon Clarkson would carry on working with a producer who had verbally and physically abused him, on the...
If Clarkson had been hit by his producer - can you imagine there being a petition for the producer to remain in their job? He would be out on his ear, faster than the fastest lap around the Top Gear track. The producer is, by all accounts, a nice fella who doesn't really deserve the abuse he got...