Top Gear at The Cenotaph.

[glasfryn]

I think it's a generational thing and we probably need another 2 million dead from current generations for people to understand why this was crass and insensitive. I mean, why not go 100metres either way? Of all the places to pull that stunt. It was always going to upset a sizeable number of people who believe it's disrespectful. Even if it's a minority. Which it probably isn't when you take out those who don't even know what the cenotaph is which sadly in my view appears to grow with each passing year.

you are absolutey right it is a generational thing and crass was the first word that came into my mind as well.
strange is it not all those who died in the wars so that crass exercise could happen without the youth of today even thinking it was wrong.
that little tw@t who urinated on the war memorial in Brighton comes to mind

 

[mothy]

They didn't go burning it round the cenotaph specifically, they did it on a public road that has buses cars & taxis passing every day - isn't that disrespectful enough..

Much ado about nothing (as usual), trial by media & social media.

I bet many of those dead would have loved to see a powerful car smoking it's wheels & making some noise - except that no one is actually buried there

 

[drew]

Because 40metres is a bit odd to use as part of a general argument example?! If you're trying to argue it didn't happen next to the Cenotaph then the associated donut tyre marks are reportedly adjacent to it. Reportedly. And as I previously said, if you have to have it explained...

So why is it ok for cars, lorries etc to drive past the Cenotaph every day of the week and not get a mention. Why is that not disrespectful? Seems to me like double standards. And I don't need you or anyone to explain what the cenotaph represents.

As for the 40 metres, that was the distance away from the memorial that the donuts were done, according to reports.+

 

[Big G]

Maybe LeBlank(ideas) and his BBC cronies who don't think there's anything wrong with stupid stunts at our War memorials should go and do doughnuts in a speedboat in the middle of Pearl Harbour next?

 

[cunning fergus]

They didn't go burning it round the cenotaph specifically, they did it on a public road that has buses cars & taxis passing every day - isn't that disrespectful enough..

Much ado about nothing (as usual), trial by media & social media.

I bet many of those dead would have loved to see a powerful car smoking it's wheels & making some noise - except that no one is actually buried there

I suspect you are right, on the same basis maybe they should do it at Auschwitz next time...........

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Publicity stunt to get people talking about new TG. I bet this thread is one of thousands of conversations going on all over the country about it.

In that case, their goal has been achieved...

 

[sparkie]

Someone really needs to punch the producer for this.

 

[W.C.]

I checked out the link expecting to think what's the fuss, but after watching it I do think it's a pretty stupid, disrespectful place to be doing that. I know if I was choosing places in London to mess about in, near the cenotaph wouldn't be one of them.

 

[Albion Dan]

All part of the PR plan for the show.....

 

[wellquickwoody]

So he knew nothing of what happened? Filmed without his knowledge?

From what he has said, yes.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Well, if you can't understand doing that next to the National Memorial to our war DEAD then you're a bit stupid. Obviously a lot of stupid people in this world but then we knew that already I guess. There's a guy on the radio at the moment trying to argue it's just a traffic island (yes it's just like the centre of Swindon isn't it?), using giant rats and thunderous traffic to play down (in his tiny mind) that this wasn't anything to complain about. Yep, it's a non event. Normal everyday activity. Except it happened next to the
f ucking CENOTAPH you inconsiderate morons! Jesus wept, does this really have to be explained to people?

Calm down dear, it is only a bollard.

 

[Zebedee]

I can't believe anyone watches Top Gear. A grossly overrated programme in my view which will only get worse now that Evans and his cronies are involved.

 

[wellquickwoody]

I can't believe anyone watches Top Gear. A grossly overrated programme in my view which will only get worse now that Evans and his cronies are involved.

They currently don't, as it is still in production right now. It was news footage that was shown.

 

[nwgull]

I can't believe anyone watches Top Gear. A grossly overrated programme in my view which will only get worse now that Evans and his cronies are involved.

Millions of people have different taste to you. Top Gear is one of the most watched and successful BBC series ever made.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Already stopped listening to the Top Gear trailers and publicity adverts, sorry Chris Evans Breakfast show. Feels like the baby is going out with the bathwater. Not only has Top Gear (allegedly) been reduced from 8 shows to 6 due to cost overruns, but Evans' radio show is partly presented by the unlistenable Sarah Cox or has no content. Evans has spread himself too thin, so now TFI and his breakfast show are bland, content free rubbish, sacrificed to his ego at the altar of Top Gear, which is probably going to fail whatever stunts they try.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Really can't understand why people find driving silly cars round London streets so interesting anyway.

Top Gear always was a load of laddish bullsh*t and this just underlines that.

It was and always will be a lame excuse for a bunch of overgrown schoolboys to spunk a chunk of our licence fee on expensive playthings

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Storm in a teacup.

But you would have thought the producer might have noticed the poppies in the background and suggested a slightly different angle for the shot. After all, people love a good opportunity to get offended on behalf of people who don't give two shits.

 

[El Presidente]

Because 40metres is a bit odd to use as part of a general argument example?! If you're trying to argue it didn't happen next to the Cenotaph then the associated donut tyre marks are reportedly adjacent to it. Reportedly. And as I previously said, if you have to have it explained...

40 metres was the distance though that they were from the monument. That's certainly not next to the cenotaph.

 

[brightn'ove]

I watched the video and it's nowhere bloody near it

I could understand if they were doing donuts AROUND the cenotaph but they are quite a way away from it. Surely it's featured in bond films and the like before and as previously mentioned cars and buses drive just metres past it every day. Should they make the whole of Whitehall off limits so that nobody gets upset?

 

[WATFORD zero]

Whether it was the top gear team or the gutter press that saw this as a great opportunity to get the terminally stupid up in arms is secondary. This thread is proof they have achieved their aims.

Neither of them would put consider putting respect for the dead above their careers, and now you have made me join in