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Originally Posted by Wharn
- "“The only person to ever look good in the back of a 4-seater convertable was Adolf Hitler”
- “The Suzuki Wagon R should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite”
- “I don’t understand bus lanes. Why do poor people have to get to places quicker than I do?”
- “I think the problem is that it’s French. It’s a surrendermonkey.” (Renault Clio)
- "The Hyundai has to die because it's made in Korea, a country where they eat dogs. I'm not joking; over there, a dog is not just for Christmas. There should be some left over for Boxing Day too."
- "The Morris Marina was the unpleasant log laid by British Leyland after communism had cracked, like an itchy red blanket, over the shop floor" (criticizing communism is always taboo at the CBC)
- "“This is the Renault Espace, probably the best of the people carriers. Not that that’s much to shout about. That’s like saying 'Ooh good I’ve got syphilis, the BEST of the sexually transmitted diseases.'" (Imagine if the same were said about the Dodge Caravan, a terrible car, but one that half of Canada unfortunately happens to drive-- never mind what syphilis carriers would think)
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I don't see any of these things really being banned in Canada. Don Cherry has pretty much called professional hockey players he dislikes "faggot" and gotten away with it, and he is the highest paid government employee in the country. (He makes, like, 10 times what Stephen Harper does). Rob Ford has made similar racist comments against Asians and he was elected mayor of our largest city. He said that if a cyclist gets killed in an accident on the street, it is always the cyclists fault for being there.
You're over-reacting just like Rob Ford did. I used to hate left wingers for being so offended at things (like the recent controversy about Dire Straits mockingly using the word faggot in a song that came out 30 years ago) but when it comes to over-reacting and misdirected outrage, right wingers have proven to be equally adept.
You are basically arguing for entertainers to say and do anything they want, while criticizing an entertainer for saying and doing something she wanted. There are people who find Top Gear distasteful and unfunny because of Clarkson's commentary (I'm not one of them, btw; I am intelligent enough to laugh at jokes and still take seriously the issues they're mocking. I once looked at "baked in stone ovens" on a bread bag and my first thought was "like the Jews!"), and you're no different than they are. You're just on the opposing team in the same sport.
I find jokes about Koreans eating dog funny because I know that most Koreans, especially young ones, no longer eat dog and actually find it disgusting. The dangerous aspect of that joke, however, is that most people don't know that. There are cannibalistic tribes in Papua New Guinea that no one ever makes fun of and Europeans look at our unwillingness to eat horse with amusement.
BTW, the consort to our head of state has more than topped all of those.
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plus anyways, American news is CRAP!!!
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