Are we REALLY a nation of b******s...?

[sp1814]

Or are people simply giving Mr Clarkson a bit of his own medicine, humour-wise?

http://www.telegraph....te-and-utter-bds.html

[invisiblelady]

I think he invited the comments he received. It was copied and pasted in the papers....He had a ridiculous profile picture with "googly eyed glasses" and simply said "my dog died today" Nothing else. No emotion. He has insulted so many people in the past with no thought to how they may feel about his comments. Whilst I don't condone the harsh and sarcastic comments he recieved....he really was asking for it.

[invisiblelady]

and no.....we are NOT a nation of B******s. I think we are quite a compassionate nation.

[ELVIS68]

Scuse the pun but every dog has its day

#whatcomesaround

[invisiblelady]

But he is so nasty to other people! How can he expect sympathy?

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Or maybe his article was about internet trolls this week and he thought he'd let them do all the work?...Jus' sayin'. (Intended BTW).

[invisiblelady]

Possibly Mojo-jo-jo

[Booldawg]

What JC said about shooting strikers was a tongue in cheek comment. Tweeting abuse about a family pet that died is in no way comparable. The people posting these tweets had no idea how upset JC felt about his dog dying - regardless of how naive he was posting it.

Not sure about us being a nation of whatevers but we seem to be becoming a nation of spineless, faceless internet bullies.

[emmie]

no, but Clarkson must know that posting stuff on twitter, no matter how inane, or in this case personal will elicit a response, not necessarily the one that you would want. Answer is to delete twitter, facebook accounts, and don't tell people your personal stuff, there are some noodles out there who happily will slate you for no known reason.

[Booldawg]

you've only got to look on Youtube. I dont think I've seen a video clip whereby the comments havent devolved into some off topic slanging match.

[sp1814]

I think trolls are pretty disgusting, but JC to me, seems like 'Super Troll'..only he doesn't use Twitter to make his 'jokes':

http://www.carbuzz.co...y-Clarkson-Complaints

[flip_flop]

Clarkson is great - for my money just about the funniest writer writing today and worth the price of The Sunday Times on his own.

He is deliberately controversial often using laugh out loud comic hyperbole, metaphors and similies - that's what he does - and therefore anybody who gets upset by it is, frankly, a bit of an idiot.

The Speciale Needs and George Michael quotes in sp's link are excellent examples of Clarkson's style - and both, for my money, are extremely funny.

It seems to be fashionable to dislike Clarkson, which is fine - he isn't everybody's cup of tea - but what I don't understand is that the dislike is usually along the lines of "Clarkson is a C**t" or similar, and I find that a bit, well, odd.

I can't stand Toynbee, because I don't like her politics, but that doesn't make her a tw*t.

[friedgreentomato]

I like clarkson - he speaks his mind and i for one don't mind paying my TV licence to keep him on the goggle box

[ummmm]

I disagree Em...If you don't want people knowing your personal stuff you have to delete the internet completely.

[Baldric]

Was JC not being racist by naming a Black Labrador Whoopi after black actress Whoopi Golgberg?

[Mick-Talbot]

Why ?

I have a mate who had a dog called Bruno and one who still has a dog called Tyson.

Both predominantly black dogs, one being a Rotty and one being a Doberman. One mate is black and one mate is white, using your logic Baldric, my white mate is racist ......

[Kromovaracun]

""A few moments ago , my dog died, and, as an experiment, I announced the fact on Twitter."

As an experiment...? Sounds like nonsense to me.

I don't have any sympathy for Clarkson on this matter. I don't wish death on him or his dog or anything like that, but I think generally speaking anything that's written on the internet should be assumed as laden with sarcasm.

When people write responses like 'good' or 'how does she smell?', what they're implicitly doing is taking the p1ss of the fact that the news has been put out there at all. Personally, I think it's fair game. :/

[sp1814]

Baldric - maybe he called his dog Whoopi because it once won an Oscar?

[Mick-Talbot]

So you think JC is a racist sp ?

[StarBeast]

what the entire thing ummmm? That's going to be tricky!