MrFlibble:
I wonder how many of the people posting pro-Clarkson comments would be quite so supportive if they had been said by someone who is not as publicly pro-roads and pro-motorists.
For example, what if Boris Johnson (once he’s no longer Mayor, of course) had made a similar comment on Have I Got News For You?
Also, for everyone that’s saying about the TV having an “off” button: We pay JC’s wages (via the TV license). Therefore, shouldn’t everybody be entitled to their opinion on where the money is spent?
Just being Devil’s Advocate…
how are you sure your money is being spent on top gear? they might of spent it on strictly come prancing
MrFlibble:
We pay JC’s wages (via the TV license). Therefore, shouldn’t everybody be entitled to their opinion on where the money is spent?
Top Gear probably pays for itself sevral times over, it generates a lot of money through sales to other countries, licensing, merchandise etc. It has generated the highest ratings of any BBC 2 programme and is woth millions to them, despite being one of the most pirated programmes from any country in 2007.
Coffeeholic:
MrFlibble:
We pay JC’s wages (via the TV license). Therefore, shouldn’t everybody be entitled to their opinion on where the money is spent?
Top Gear probably pays for itself sevral times over, it generates a lot of money through sales to other countries, licensing, merchandise etc. It has generated the highest ratings of any BBC 2 programme and is woth millions to them, despite being one of the most pirated programmes from any country in 2007.
Still, as a whole, it’s an organisation funded by taxation, and therefore the people funding it should have a say in how it’s run.
MrFlibble:
Coffeeholic:
MrFlibble:
We pay JC’s wages (via the TV license). Therefore, shouldn’t everybody be entitled to their opinion on where the money is spent?
Top Gear probably pays for itself sevral times over, it generates a lot of money through sales to other countries, licensing, merchandise etc. It has generated the highest ratings of any BBC 2 programme and is woth millions to them, despite being one of the most pirated programmes from any country in 2007.
Still, as a whole, it’s an organisation funded by taxation, and therefore the people funding it should have a say in how it’s run.
Taxation is compulsory. The TV licence fee is a luxury.
ive just seen the top gear episode on bbc i player. and i thought it was hilarious. i love what they did to those lorries and was suprised how fast hamsters one went. but as for jeremy’s comments. well they were just a silly joke that wasn’t even funny. i dont think other road users would see it as anything else and i dont think people would really think that truck drivers murdered prostitutes
and if by any chance he was reffering to the 5 prostitutes murderer last year. the guy was a FORKLIFT! truck driver
he always says crap about us bikers but we never take any notice. he is just narrow minded.
just thought id add my two pence 
Wheel Nut:
Taxation is compulsory. The TV licence fee is a luxury.
So the duty and VAT you pay on the fuel for your car is a luxury.
Wheel Nut:
MrFlibble:
Wheel Nut:
Taxation is compulsory. The TV licence fee is a luxury.
So the duty and VAT you pay on the fuel for your car is a luxury.
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Well, I would have thought that most people would consider duty and VAT on fuel to be “tax” not a “luxury”. However, if you’re going to claim that the TV license is a “luxury”, then so is duty/tax/license fee on everything else that you don’t actually need.
E.g. Fuel duty (and VAT on fuel)
Tobacco/alcohol duty
Vehicle Excise Duty (for private vehicles, at least)
VAT on most consumer goods (e.g. you don’t actually need a TV, washing machine, fridge, freezer, etc.)
Or maybe you’re trying to say that it’s not compulsory to have a license for my TV?
If I have a TV, then I have to pay for the BBC’s output, whether I like it or not. Even if I never watch any BBC programme ever, I still have to pay for them.
As an organisation funded through public taxation, they have a responsibility to the people who fund them.
Fair enough then, mr fibble. What should happen is that you pay for the BBC and they can show what you wish, while the rest of us will simply watch the independant channels, and yes, I do know the laws but am simply playing your own game. I saw the programme again today, and I still am completely unoffended.
Hypersensetivity is not a good thing.
I havent got any luxury items. I dont own a freezer, washing machine or even have a TV licence
Jeremy Clarkson attracts at least 30 people into the pub when Top Gear is on, that is probably more than a football match does 
bobthedog:
Fair enough then, mr fibble. What should happen is that you pay for the BBC and they can show what you wish, while the rest of us will simply watch the independant channels, and yes, I do know the laws but am simply playing your own game.
And, if you lived in the UK, how long before you get [zb]ed off that you’re paying for programmes you don’t want to watch?
bobthedog:
Hypersensetivity is not a good thing.
Nor is Reductio ad Absurdum. I am not saying that the BBC should produce programmes only one person should watch. However, because the BBC is funded through public taxation, it is also not right to ignore the opinions of people who do not like a particular programme simply because “they can choose to turn it off”. Yes, they can choose to turn it off, but they still have to pay for it to be produced. “No taxation without representation”.
No one person is going to like all the programmes the BBC produce, I know I don’t, so I just like to think my licence fee goes toward the stuff I do like, while someone else’s licence fee is paying for the stuff I don’t. Sorted 
One important thing for me is that the government cannot be blamed for another taxation as the TV does not have to be declared SORN when I decide against paying for my licence
I just pull the plug out and keep the door locked
MrFlibble:
bobthedog:
Fair enough then, mr fibble. What should happen is that you pay for the BBC and they can show what you wish, while the rest of us will simply watch the independant channels, and yes, I do know the laws but am simply playing your own game.
And, if you lived in the UK, how long before you get [zb]ed off that you’re paying for programmes you don’t want to watch?
I do live in the UK, and I DO get [zb]d off that I have to pay for Eastenders, strictly come wotsit and all the other junk the BBC fills its’ schedules with between episodes of Top Gear. 