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Thread #119608   Message #2595332
Posted By: Ebbie
23-Mar-09 - 11:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: How to lose friends and alienate countries
Subject: RE: BS: How to lose friends and alienate countri
"If you want to get to the heart of what makes a nation tick, you've got to get right in there like the boys from Top Gear did. The most popular motoring TV show in the UK certainly gave a hint of how some the locals behave in the most advanced nation on the planet . . . "sugarfoot

I'm not addressing the Fox clip- it, of course, is appalling. However, the Top Gear clip is just as juvenile. I have no idea what they were trying to prove. I'd like to see the equivalent done in the UK- perhaps merrily painted cars depicting the Brits' army shooting Republicans? Or Sinn Fein assaulting bobbies in downtown London? An irony deficiency?

('Man Love'? Isn't that the paedophilia club/movement? They thought that was funny?)

Sure, the Alabamans should have caught on that it was a big put on, but the Englishers don't have a clue either.

Incidentally, when they "gave away" the vehicles, I hope the video just forgot to show that they also gave away the titles and registrations. Otherwise, the lucky recipients are in line to be charged with theft.