Clarkson: Racist

[Blib]

irocfan said:

Blib said:

Let's not mention Douglas Bader's labrador.

though it was Guy Gibson's dog (Dambusters)

Oh well.

[FwdConvert]

Our kitten is called Snow White. Are we OK? Or do we need to change that.

You can guess what her 7 kittens are called (heightist, at all?)

[Tiggsy]

I'm not sure who's worse? people saying Clarkson is racist (when the truth is he just knows how to push peoples buttons and VERY little of what he does seems without prior thought - this included) or the people who defend him by pointing out English people used to call black dogs ????

[Derek Smith]

FwdConvert said:

Wow, they managed to find 4 people to accuse him of racism, including one with a made up name. Proof conclusive!

We have an East Asian Lowland Terrier, named Slope. Guess we are racist now? He loves to slope off and hide watches in cracks, hence his name...

I bet the one with the made-up name is Clarkson.

[rohrl]

Tiggsy said:

I'm not sure who's worse? people saying Clarkson is racist (when the truth is he just knows how to push peoples buttons and VERY little of what he does seems without prior thought - this included) or the people who defend him by pointing out English people used to call black dogs ????

Is it better to be a racist or to make crass racially-tinged remarks with the aim of drumming up publicity? Neither are particularly admirable really are they?

The second lot are worse btw.

[irocfan]

rohrl said:

Tiggsy said:

I'm not sure who's worse? people saying Clarkson is racist (when the truth is he just knows how to push peoples buttons and VERY little of what he does seems without prior thought - this included) or the people who defend him by pointing out English people used to call black dogs ????

Is it better to be a racist or to make crass racially-tinged remarks with the aim of drumming up publicity? Neither are particularly admirable really are they?

The second lot are worse btw.

genuine Q here though - is it racist? No-one would bat an eyelid if you were to call your fat, white staffie Rooney or your argumentative, antisocial terrier Richie Blackmore

[rohrl]

irocfan said:

rohrl said:

Tiggsy said:

I'm not sure who's worse? people saying Clarkson is racist (when the truth is he just knows how to push peoples buttons and VERY little of what he does seems without prior thought - this included) or the people who defend him by pointing out English people used to call black dogs ????

Is it better to be a racist or to make crass racially-tinged remarks with the aim of drumming up publicity? Neither are particularly admirable really are they?

The second lot are worse btw.

genuine Q here though - is it racist? No-one would bat an eyelid if you were to call your fat, white staffie Rooney or your argumentative, antisocial terrier Richie Blackmore

It isn't necessarily racist no. The slope comment was though, which is what has prompted this current dog-related idiocy.

[NoNeed]

Racist or not he can certainly get quite a few idiots frothing at the mouth as and when he pleases

[10 Pence Short]

Guam said:

I had a Black female dog called Cleo (short for Cleopatra), does that make me racist?

I would have thought you'd have called it Farage, as in your eyes every time it has a st it turns to gold.

[WinstonWolf]

10 Pence Short said:

Guam said:

I had a Black female dog called Cleo (short for Cleopatra), does that make me racist?

I would have thought you'd have called it Farage, as in your eyes every time it has a st it turns to gold.

I see you're really upping the bar there...

[10 Pence Short]

WinstonWolf said:

I see you're really upping the bar there...

What's that noise?

ding-a-ling-a-ling

I think Guam needs his feet rubbing; run along!

[Halb]

The HIGNFY thing was amusing and awkward.
Not quite sure how Henning took it, he was smart to play it the way he did though, got the laugh....there was a tint of menace in the 'mate' there though?

[carinaman]

Halb said:

The HIGNFY thing was amusing and awkward.

Not quite sure how Henning took it, he was smart to play it the way he did though, got the laugh....there was a tint of menace in the 'mate' there though?

I didn't realise Henning Wehn was on it. I'll have to see if I can find it online now.

I saw a photo of JC's black dog somewhere online earlier. It's a bit silly, reminds me of the black Labrador in the Dambusters film and that woman that's had her boobs and teeth done on the NHS that's about to abort her unborn so she can appear on Big Brother.

[turbobloke]

Guam said:

10 Pence Short said:

Guam said:

I had a Black female dog called Cleo (short for Cleopatra), does that make me racist?

I would have thought you'd have called it Farage, as in your eyes every time it has a st it turns to gold.

Really?

Weird.

[Martin4x4]

mybrainhurts said:

Yeee Haaaaa.....

Still trying to figure why "The Ukraine" is racist and "Ukraine" isn't.

I think he sold me a pup!

[krunchkin]

Clarkson and BBC have now apologised for this

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a566046/top-ge...

[AJS-]

anonymous said:

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Something can be a slang term without being derogatory - Geordie, Cockney, Frog, Aussie, Yank etc etc.

[pork911]

AJS- said:

anonymous said:

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Something can be a slang term without being derogatory - Geordie, Cockney, Frog, Aussie, Yank etc etc.

The ignorance defence.

Pathetic.

[blinkythefish]

I once knew someone who had a dog called Dougie Dogally, after Sportscene presenter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougie_Donnelly

I'm not sure how Didier Dogba is any different. People were more rational in the 80s......

[Einion Yrth]

AJS- said:

Something can be a slang term without being derogatory - Geordie, Cockney, Frog, Aussie, Yank etc etc.

Frog and Yank, and to some extent Cockney, certainly have just a smidgeon of the derogatory about them.