Leekbrookgull
Well-known member
Sorry i am not a petrol head,but this has made me chuckle in as what is this all about ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35800187
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Top Gear at The Cenotaph.
- Thread starter Leekbrookgull
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Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Just like knobhead Clarkson never left. Evans proving to be as big an arrogant c0ck.
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Did you watch Evans' apology (even though he had nothing to do with the clip/stunt)?
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Did you watch Evans' apology (even though he had nothing to do with the clip/stunt)?
So he knew nothing of what happened? Filmed without his knowledge?
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Obviously he knew what happened as he apologised on behalf of everyone involved or a part of the team.
I very much doubt that Chris Evans is in charge of what and where to shoot the new series. That's the Producers job.
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
I'm the same to be honest.
Fed up of everyone being so sensitive over anything and everything.
I genuinely think people get a kick out of complaining/screaming for a policeman.
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,254
If Clarkson, Hammond and May were still there this wouldn't have even been mentioned. Controversy for the sake of it by the press.
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
Raleigh Chopper
New member
As long as the car did not smash into the Cenotaph I can see no problem with this.
Fed up with pathetic yogurt knitting complainers.
Fed up with pathetic yogurt knitting complainers.
Mr Banana
Tedious chump
Hypersensitivity is the modern plague and you can't decry a programme characterised by requiring no thought for possibly operating thoughtlessly
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,071
Well, if you can't understand doing that next to the National Memorial to our war DEAD then you're a bit stupid. Obviously a lot of stupid people in this world but then we knew that already I guess. There's a guy on the radio at the moment trying to argue it's just a traffic island (yes it's just like the centre of Swindon isn't it?), using giant rats and thunderous traffic to play down (in his tiny mind) that this wasn't anything to complain about. Yep, it's a non event. Normal everyday activity. Except it happened next to the
f ucking CENOTAPH you inconsiderate morons! Jesus wept, does this really have to be explained to people?
f ucking CENOTAPH you inconsiderate morons! Jesus wept, does this really have to be explained to people?
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Agreed.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I'm also at a bit of a loss here about all the fuss and fallout over this.
OK, if this happened during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph then that'd obviously be another matter. But there was nothing going on, was there ? Another story to file under "people desperately looking for reasons to be offended". It wasn't even NEXT to the Cenotaph, they were dozens of yards down the street from it.
OK, if this happened during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph then that'd obviously be another matter. But there was nothing going on, was there ? Another story to file under "people desperately looking for reasons to be offended". It wasn't even NEXT to the Cenotaph, they were dozens of yards down the street from it.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
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portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,071
I think it's a generational thing and we probably need another 2 million dead from current generations for people to understand why this was crass and insensitive. I mean, why not go 100metres either way? Of all the places to pull that stunt. It was always going to upset a sizeable number of people who believe it's disrespectful. Even if it's a minority. Which it probably isn't when you take out those who don't even know what the cenotaph is which sadly in my view appears to grow with each passing year.
drew
Drew
Why is 100m ok but not 40m?
Why is this any more insensitive than the traffic that drives past on a daily basis?
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,071
Because 40metres is a bit odd to use as part of a general argument example?! If you're trying to argue it didn't happen next to the Cenotaph then the associated donut tyre marks are reportedly adjacent to it. Reportedly. And as I previously said, if you have to have it explained...
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,303
fuss? yes. was always going to cause an upset? yes. should they have known better? yep. still we havent heard much about it so it gets in the papers to remind us its coming along soon.
el punal
Well-known member
I think it's called respect. The Cenotaph represents the thousands of people who have died serving their country, so not exactly the most appropriate place to do "doughnuts" and other petrol head shenanigans. Bloody hell, there are a million and one other touristy places to do that in London. Unless of course it was done as a massive bad taste publicity stunt. The last word there rhyming of what you might call the producer.