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I think they went too far. I was surprised that the comments came from the three of them. Clarkson is always the one that makes the inappropriate comments but Hammond just beat him this time. As I said before it's not because they commented about Mexico, but how they spread the word that being racist and ignorant is ok. They could've done a simple joke. Like "the exhaust sounds like farts because it eats a lot of beans" or "it comes with a sombrero" or "it works with tequila" or something simple but they crossed the line. They confused a joke with offensive and ignorant remarks and thought they could get away with it because they always have. I think an example should be made out of them, but I see them apologizing in a hypocritical way and then making fun out of it.
Oh come on, don't be so lighthearted.I'm getting sick an tired of people not seeing stuff as funny. As soon as you give a comment to someone that's from another country you're being racist.I don't understand people being offended by it, I really don't understand it.The ambassador isn't complaining about the fact they mentioned mexico, but because they mentioned him.And everybody should look at themself first, everybody makes stereotypical comments. But beware if the stereotypical comment is made about their own race...
comments were waay too harsh theres no doubt about it, but give the trio a reason make fun of you or me they will do it and it will be probably funny, if you (or I) get offended cause of that is up to us
I don't get offended by sterotypical jokes or comments, the problem I see, as I've said before, is that being a show seen by millions, ignorant people take it as if it was the truth and gives the wrong image of something that's completly different.
Should you really care about the ignorant people? Their brain is so small that by the next football match is on tv they've forgotten everything that happened in their life so far...
And besides, we all know the brits know nothing about food and that safe sex means locking the door to them. The dutch are cheap, the germans are sausage eating pigs, the irish are drunk 24/7, the belgians can't agree about anything, the greek smell, the americans are fat... And also, we all know that none of that means a thing and that every individual is unique...
Oh a little side note, indian food should be called sickfood, not mexican
im not easily offended and i can laugh at a lot of 'offensive' humour like the kind of stuff you see on south park. the problem is that this was not even close to being funny. there is nothing funny about a laundry list of stereotypes. if the joke is clever and not mean spirited people dont get offended. this was taken way too far. i think the problem is that hammond is actually not that clever and couldnt think of anything on the spot so he just spouted a bunch of stereo types. i went to see some stand up comedy in dc a few weeks ago and 99% of the jokes were over the top offensive. many of them were very funny. the problem comes when the joke doesnt have a clever aspect to it that makes fun of the sterotype itself and plays on that. if you just say something offensive about a race or a group of people with no real punchline you just come off as a dick and piss people off.
And besides, we all know the brits know nothing about food and that safe sex means locking the door to them. The dutch are cheap, the germans are sausage eating pigs, the irish are drunk 24/7, the belgians can't agree about anything, the greek smell, the americans are fat... And also, we all know that none of that means a thing and that every individual is unique...Oh a little side note, indian food should be called sickfood, not mexican
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