Yes LH but it seems it's OK to incite nations to hate nations.

Remember the Cold War.

A few years ago, I got to teach a bunch of pilots from Uzbekistan, including ex-military pilots included (i.e. the 'enemy'). All they wanted from life was: a decent job, a nice home and money enough for clothes, a car, education and health care for their families etc. Obviously these were the 'Devil Spawn' of the Communist regime that we'd all been told about. Actually, they were a nice bunch of PEOPLE, I liked them.

But when someone in the public domain says something risqué, then 'everyone' demands them to resign or generally throw themselves on their sword.

Why?

I too have asked Unison members what they felt - they thought to a man (and woman) that it was funny.

Apart from all that, Jeremy (anything but an idiot) Clarkson is still someone I listen to because more times than enough he actually says what many of us think - perhaps not all the humour, but he daren't be boring - that's his trade mark.

Good luck to him