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I saw in todays paper James May says about his mate getting sacked - "It's a tragedy."
No it's not!
Someone getting killed, or having their property blown up, or being in a car crash etc is a 'tragedy'. Not some arrogant bully getting the sack isn't.
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Having a relative on a plane that is deliberately flown into a mountain is a tragedy, not an overpaid oaf finally getting the sack, or a pop star throwing his dummy out of the pram.
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Re: oops No top gear (the Jeremy Clarksons debate)

Originally Posted by Mups ->
I saw in todays paper James May says about his mate getting sacked - "It's a tragedy."
No it's not!
Someone getting killed, or having their property blown up, or being in a car crash etc is a 'tragedy'. Not some arrogant bully getting the sack isn't.
I was disgusted when I heard the sacking called 'a tragedy' pathetic lot of schoolboys with an exaggerated sense of their own importance all of them
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26-03-2015, 07:40 PM
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I certainly agree with you all.
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26-03-2015, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by PennyW ->
Having a relative on a plane that is deliberately flown into a mountain is a tragedy, not an overpaid oaf finally getting the sack, or a pop star throwing his dummy out of the pram.
Well said!
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26-03-2015, 09:00 PM
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Well, I liked top gear and I liked the top gear team. I don't know if I would have liked them in real life, but I didn't know them so I can't say.
However, I liked the show and I liked the stunts and I liked their non-PC attitude. I regarded them as actors in a slapstick motor show - which was incidentally, one of the most popular worldwide.

How many of you do actually know them?
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26-03-2015, 09:18 PM
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I don't think we need to and personally I would be disgusted if I knew people like him. We mix with nicer people altogether.
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Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->
If JC is any sort of decent man he will now tell his fans to back off the producer he hit because poor bloke is getting death threats !
He has done this. Thank goodness.
But I do agree a very wrong use of the word 'tragedy', unfortunate yes, tragic no.
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26-03-2015, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ruthio ->
He has done this. Thank goodness.
But I do agree a very wrong use of the word 'tragedy', unfortunate yes, tragic no.
That's good, shows he has some decency about him.
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26-03-2015, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Meg ->
I was disgusted when I heard the sacking called 'a tragedy' pathetic lot of schoolboys with an exaggerated sense of their own importance all of them


Hear hear, Meg & Penny. That's how I feel too.
Self important boys with their toys.
 
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