>Yeah pretty much. But that'll happen when you clock one of the
>producers.

Historically it won't, actually, but the BBC is in the process of an old-boy-network backlash right now and is Making an Example. It's Clarkson's hard luck that he happened to commit an offense that would normally be hushed up by the network at a time when the network is under intense scrutiny for its long track record of hushing such things up.

Please note I'm not defending the man's conduct; simply noting that the BBC's longstanding hypocrisy regarding similar matters makes their very public aren't-we-virtuous, watch-us-kill-the-golden-goose-for-a-principle stance is more than a little nauseating. The whole thing is a sad and shabby business. The only person who comes out of it with any real honor is the guy who got hit, and what he's getting for his trouble is death threats on Twitter, proving once more that the Internet really isn't in humanity's best interest after all.

Do excuse me, the whole affair has put me in a bit of a mood.

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