| Author | Message | ||
     Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.145.131.89 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uq3bgHAX70&feature=related When I heard what Claerkson had said about the strikers I thought it was a bit harsh even by his standards. then I found a clip that gives his prededing comments. This then puts the entire thing in context. He starts off saying that he thinks the strikes are good because there's no traffic etc, takes him back to the seventies, then he says "But because this is the BBC we need to have some balance" and goes on to make the bit that has been quoted out of context everywhere. A bit that is absolutely clearly joking and satirical. Whether you find it amusing or not, in it's context it cannot be described as offensive. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.9.228 |
Society of the Spectacle at its best. Much ado about fuck all, as Shakespeare put it. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.156.210.82 |
Who cares if it's offensive or not? The guy's a prick; let's kill him. | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.166.73 |
Aye, why not? I'm free this Wednesday.  | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.166.73 |
For the benefit of any government snoopers monitoring this website- WE ARE JOKING! (I am, anyway- I'm never sure with Gagsy. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.9.228 |
In the grand scheme of this situation, who cares what Clarkson thinks? It's an unhealthy distraction. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.156.210.82 |
Modern society is based on unhealthy distractions. Oooh...look over here: it's a shiny thing. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.9.228 |
Yes, that's what Guy Debord was on about. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 81.131.175.26 |
Context is everything - indeed. How else could it be? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.9.228 |
I've always been curious about what the context is for the notion of context. How can we truly understand the concept of context without context? Yours courtesy of postmodern paradoxes 101. |